meteorology 1

This diagram demonstrates which type of heat transfer?

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation
• Insolation 

Cool air _______.

• rises
• sinks

Air moves from...

• high to high pressure
• low to high pressure
• high to low pressure
• low to low pressure

The following is a diagram of a 

• sea breeze
• land breeze
• rain shadow
• density current

In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow?

• FROM the east
• FROM the west
• FROM the south
• FROM the north

What causes wind?

• convection currents
• conduction currents
• radiation currents
• tropical currents

The curving of air to the right in the Northern hemisphere is caused by ___________ and is called the _________ effect.

• Earth's rotation...Coriolis
• Earth's revolution...Coriolis
• Earth's rotation...Doppler
• Earth's revolution...Doppler

What type of front is being modeled in the diagram?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

Low-pressure systems are usually associated with ________ weather.

• cold and dry

• cloudy and rainy

• sunny and dry

• warm and humid

Lines on a weather map that connect equal points of air pressure

• Dew point
• Fronts
• Air masses
• Isobars