Exam on weather patterns

Wind is horizontal movement of the air on the earth's surface caused by the Coriolis effect.

 The Coriolis effect can best be used to explain

• movement of air in a straight path from low pressure to high pressure

• deflection of winds to the left in the Northern

  Hemisphere

• direction of convection currents in the

  asthenosphere

• deflection of winds to the right in the Northern

  Hemisphere

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State the general relationship between temperature and latitude for locations shown on the map.

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During which phase change will one gram of

water gained 334 joules of heat energy.

• condensation

• vaporization

• freezing

• melting

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Which cross section best represents how surface winds form by midafternoon near a shoreline on a hot summer day? [Diagrams are not drawn to scale.]

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The weather map below shows a storm centered

north of Iceland. Points A, B, C, and D indicate

locations on Earth’s surface. Isobars are labeled

in millibars.

Which location was probably experiencing the

highest wind speed?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Base your answer to question on the weather map below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The weather map shows a low-pressure center (L) with associated fronts. A high-pressure center (H) is also shown. The isobars represent air pressure in millibars (mb). Point X, Z, B represent a surface location.

Describe the two characteristics of the general surface wind circulation pattern associated with this low-pressure system.

A____________ B.__________

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Base your answers to questions on the weather map below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The weather map shows a low-pressure center (L) with associated fronts. A high-pressure center (H) is also shown. The isobars represent air pressure in millibars (mb). Point X, Z, B represent a surface location.

Identify the compass direction toward which the center of the low-pressure system will move if it follows a typical storm track.

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Base your answers to questions on the weather map below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The weather map shows a low-pressure center (L) with associated fronts. A high-pressure center (H) is also shown. The isobars represent air pressure in millibars (mb). Point X, Z, B represent a surface location.

The surface wind circulation pattern around the center of this storm system is

• outward and counterclockwise

• outward and clockwise

• inward and counterclockwise        

• inward and clockwise                       

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Based on the diagram, what happens to the temperature, pressure, and water vapor as you move from point 1 to point 2?

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Base your answer to the question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents the water cycle. Letters A through C identify water cycle processes. Arrows represent the movement of water or water vapor. The level of the water table is indicated.

Water vapor forms a cloud of liquid droplets at location A.

State the number of joules per gram of heat energy that is released into the atmosphere during this process.

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