Short-term changes in the temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloud cover, wind direction and speed, and other conditions in the troposphere at a given place and time.
APES Ch 7 Climate & Biomes Vocab Quiz

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10th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
weather
climate
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Largest scale movement of air driven by convection.
EX: Hadley, Ferrel, Polar cells.
Coriolis Effect
prevailing winds
atmospheric circulation cells
El Nino - Southern Oscillation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
An effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.
prevailing winds
Coriolis Effect
atmospheric circulation cells
orographic lifting
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and salinity fluxes due to evaporation and freezing.
ocean gyre
ocean currents
orographic lift
thermohaline circulation
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The effects of a band of sea surface temperatures which are anomalously warm or cold for long periods of time that develops off the western cost of South America and causes climatic changes across the tropics and subtropics.
Coriolis Effect
El Nino - Southern Oscillation
prevailing winds
climate
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
An area having relatively little precipitation due to the effect of a topographic barrier, especially a mountain range, that causes the prevailing winds to lose their moisture on the windward side, causing the leeward side to be dry.
orographic lifting
rain shadow effect
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A circular ocean current formed by the Earth's wind patterns and the forces created by the rotation of the planet.
ocean currents
ocean conveyer belt
ocean gyre
thermohaline circulation
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