19.2 Pressure Centers and Winds

Which ocean has the greatest amount of cyclones in the world?

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Indian Ocean

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Are weather reports always accurate?

• No

• Yes

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What are trade winds caused by?

• Topographic effects

• The Coriolis Effect

• Westerlies

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In tropical regions, less solar radiation is received than is radiated back to space. In regions near the poles, the opposite is false, more solar energy is received than it is lost.

• False

• True

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The only truly continuous pressure belt is the sub-polar low in the.....

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Equator

• Polar front

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Cyclones are centers of low pressure, and anti-cyclones are centers of high pressure.

• True

• False

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What does a surface low need to exist for very long?

• Winds must be deflected to the left

• The unequal heating of the Earth's surface

• It must be maintained from above

• Converging air at the surface must be balanced by outflows aloft

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Low pressure centers can produce either good or bad weather, depending on the season

• True

• False

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The center of the subtropical high encircles the globe near [___] degrees north and south latitude

• 10

• 90

• 30

• 40

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