APES Review 1

Which of the following does not drive ocean currents?

• salinity

• prevailing winds

• gravity

• temperature

• precipitation

High productivity and nutrient availability in the ocean occurs in areas with

• gyres

• upwellings

• warm waters

• El Nino

• prevailing westerlies

Which of the following is NOT true of an El Nino event?

• It causes increased upwhellings on the coast of South America

• It causes wetter conditions in the southern US

• It can last for several weeks to several years

• It includes a reversal in tropical ocean currents.

The coriolis effect is responsible for

• convergence of two ascending Hadley Cells

• location of atmospheric currents caused by unequal heating of Earth

• Cooling effect of air as it rises and expands

• deflection of atmospheric currents

• counterclockwise air circulation in the Northern Hemisphere due to Earth's tilt

Which of the following does not pay a role in causing rain shadows?

• cold polar air

• prevailing trade winds

• mountain ranges

• adiabatic cooling

• humid ocean air

Which is the correct order of the convection cells staring from the equator?

• polar, ferrell, hadley

• ferrell, hadley, polar

• polar, hadley, ferrell

• hadley, ferrell, polar

Which of the following best describes the ITCZ?

• latitude that receives the most intense sunlight and causes the ascending branches of the two Hadley cells to converge.

• latitude that receives the least intense sunlight and causes ascending branches of the two Hadley cells to converge

• latitude that receives the most intense sunlight and causes the ascending branches of the two polar cells to converge

• latitude that receives the least intense sunlight and causes the ascending branches of the two polar cells to converge

Which statement best describes the location of Polar cells?

• 60-90 degrees north and south

• 60-90 degrees north

• 60-90 degrees south

Which list is in the correct order of atmospheric layers starting from Earth's surface?

• thermosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, exosphere

• exosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere

• mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, troposphere

• thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, exosphere, mesosphere

• troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

Which of the following contributes to the unequal warming of Earth?

I. variation in the angle of sunlight that reaches Earth

II. variation in the amount of surface area over which the Sun's rays are distributed

III. variation in the amount of sunlight reflected from clouds

• I only

• I and II only

• II and III only

• III only

• I, II and III