APES Unit 4 Review - Earth Systems & Resource

Most of the Earth's deserts are at approximately 30° latitude, north and south, because these latitudes are characterized by

• generally warm ocean currents

• A predominantly low atmospheric pressure

• descending dry air currents

• slow-moving jet streams

• enhanced solar radiation

Which of the following best explains why City B regularly receives less precipitation than City A?

• As air rises up the side of the mountain near City B, the temperature and the relative humidity increase, causing increased precipitation on the other side of the mountain over City A.

• Air that is forced upward on the side of the mountain near City B leads to the formation of stratospheric clouds.

• The urban heat island from City B causes a warmer climate that leads to reduced cloud formation.

• The rain shadow effect causes City B to be drier because the mountain blocks precipitation from reaching the city.

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Which of the following best explains why the shaded area receives more snowfall than the other parts of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio?

• Air pollutants from power plants and industrial emissions in the Midwest increase snowfall rates.

• Sea spray from the Atlantic Ocean is carried westward by prevailing winds.

• Moisture picked up from the warmer water in the Great Lakes is deposited as snow downwind.

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How does the Coriolis Effect influence hurricanes and cyclones

• determines how powerful they will be
• determines where they will go
• determines where they form
• determines the direction of the wind rotation

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If the Earth did not rotate, air at the Equator would simply

• Sink and move toward the poles.
• Rise and move toward the poles.
• Stay stationary.
• None of the above.

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Uneven heating of Earth's surface by the sun causes which of these?

• wind patterns
• cloud formation
• volcanic activity
• nutrient cycling

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The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

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During a(n) ____ event, trade winds are much stronger than usual.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Normal

• Partly sunny

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During an El Nino, it rains

• in the central Pacific

• in the FAR eastern Pacific

• in the western Pacific

• In all of the Pacific

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The picture represents a(n) ___ event.

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Non-El Nino (normal conditions)

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