Aviation Weather Part A: Circulation, Coriolis & Convection

What causes the uneven heating of the Earth's surface?

• Tilt of the Earth

• Rotation of the Earth

• Revolution of the Earth

• Atmospheric pressure

What creates the global wind circulation patterns through convection currents?

• Warming and cooling at the same rate across the globe

• Warming at the poles and cooling at the equator

• No specific pattern of warming and cooling

• Warming at the equator and cooling at the poles

What is the deflection of air due to the Earth's rotation called?

• Coriolis Effect

• Foucault Effect

• Centrifugal Effect

• Euler Effect

What is the process by which heat is transferred by currents from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Reflection

The movement of air from high pressure to low pressure as well as from rising warm air and sinking cool air causes...

• Wind

• Current

• Jet Stream

• Pressure Gradient

All weather on Earth is due, primarily, to...

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