Atmospheric Science Quiz

Both El Nino and La Nina have this in common

• Influence birds that migrate over the ocean

• Influence rainy / dry weather world wide

• The weather at the polar regions

• The directions that ships travel in the oceans

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During an El Nino, trade winds are typically...

• about average

• stronger

• weaker

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The image is of a(n):

• El Nino event

• La Nina event

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

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In India, which direction do the monsoons blow during the summer?

• From the sea towards the land.

• From the land towards the sea.

• Across the deserts.

• Down from the mountain ranges.

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In India, which direction do monsoon winds blow during the winter?

• From the land towards the sea.

• From the sea towards the land.

• Down from the mountain ranges.

• Up the mountain ranges.

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The eye of a cyclone is

• an area of high pressure

• an area of low pressure

• an area with high speed winds

• none of these

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97% of the water on the Earth is

• saltwater

• freshwater

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Cyclones have _________________ pressure at the centre.

• Low

• High

• Gradient

• Steep

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Isobars are imaginary lines drawn on a map joining places having same or equal mean ______________________ reduced to sea level.

• atmospheric pressure

• temperature

• rainfall

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The pressure belt that lies around the Equatorial region is -

• Equatorial high pressure belt

• Equatorial low pressure belt

• Tropical high pressure belt

• Sub-tropical low pressure belt

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