Wind Energy

What is the surface pressure at sea level with a thick column of air?

• 1 atmosphere

• 2 atmospheres

• 0.5 atmosphere

• 3 atmospheres

What happens to cool, dense air?

• It rises

• It sinks

• It stays at the same level

• It evaporates

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Warm, moist air ______, resulting in lower surface pressure.

• rises

• sinks

• stays the same

• spreads horizontally

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Fill in the blank: Wind is ________ air.

• moving

• still

• hot

• cold

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Air flows from _______ pressure to _______ pressure on a fictional non-spinning Earth.

• high, low

• low, high

• medium, high

• low, medium

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In which direction does the Coriolis Effect deflect the path of a moving object in the Northern Hemisphere?

• A) Left

• B) Right

• C) Up

• D) Down

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Fill in the blank: The Coriolis Effect is due to Earth's _______.

• rotation

• revolution

• gravity

• magnetic field

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Where is the Coriolis Effect zero?

• Poles

• Equator

• Tropics

• Prime Meridian

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Where is the Coriolis Effect greatest?

• Equator

• Poles

• Tropics

• Prime Meridian

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Fill in the blank: The change in Earth's rotating velocity with latitude is more than 1600 km/hour at the _______.

• equator

• poles

• tropics

• prime meridian

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