Mid term review 8th grade

Which of the following best describes what causes La Nina?

• La Nina is caused by strong winds and strong upwelling

• La nina is caused by weak trade winds and weak upwelling

• La nina is caused by strong winds and weak upwelling

what process brings the deep cold ocean currents up to the surface?

• conduction

• convection currents

• Global wind patterns

• temperature

which type of air do clear skies indicate

• low pressure

• high pressure

• medium pressure

• idk presssure

which of the following best describes what causes El Nino

• El Nino is caused by strong winds and weak upwelling

• El nino is caused by weak trade winds and weak upwelling

• El Nino is caused by strong trade winds and upwelling

What is the Coriolis effect?

• The rotation of the earth causes global warming

• The rotation of the earth causes currents trajectory to curve

• The rotation of the earth causes ice ages

• The rotation of the earth causes water to move randomly

What weather has the HIGHEST wind speeds?

• Tornado

• thunderstorms

• hurricane

• typhoon

Tropical storms are air masses that ...

• that form over land (are dry)

• that form over the poles

• that form over the ocean

• Form over the tropics

Polar cold air masses

• form over the poles

• from over the tropics

• form over the ocean

• form over land (dry land)

If you decrease the temperature of water is becomes ____

Continental form over

• land and are dry

• the poles

• the tropics

• the ocean