ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS

The following are the 3 atmospheric cells, except

• Ferrel cell

• Hadley cell

• Tropical cell

• Polar cell

Warm air (rises or sinks)

(a)  

Cold air (rises or sinks)

(a)  

High pressure is also known as (a)  

Most deserts can be found in (a)   cell

1.      (a)   makes wind systems twist counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Largest atmospheric cell

(a)  

A long, narrow current of strong winds in the midlatitudes that is generally found in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

(a)  

In one sentence, explain why earth experience differential heating

List the 5 major wind zones