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3.3.3 Tropical Storms and Drought Conditions

Authored by Rachael Inns

Geography

12th Grade

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3.3.3 Tropical Storms and Drought Conditions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tropical storms travel in jet streams

True

False

Answer explanation

  1. TRADE WINDS

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tropical storms initially move from east to west

True

False

Answer explanation

  1. DEFLECTING TRADE WINDS

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Monsoons are a result of seasonal temperature gradients between land and sea

True

False

Answer explanation

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The land heats and cools slower than the sea

True

False

Answer explanation

Faster- water has a high heat capactiy and therefore takes longer to warm up.

Metals within land masses conduct heat and therefore warm quickly

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Monsoons in Asia pull the ITCZ southwards

True

False

Answer explanation

Media Image

Northwards - following the thermal equator moving with the earth's orbit and tilt around the sun. In January, the soouthern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tropical storms will gain more energy travelling along a shallow coastline

True

False

Answer explanation

Shallower water heats up more quickly and retains its heat as not cooled by deeper oceans water that recive less sunlight

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Atlantic Multi-decadal oscillation changes every 10-20 years

True

False

Answer explanation

60-80 years

Cooling periods are sometimes linked to La Nina (strengthening of trade winds) but can also be linked to freshwater input at the poles, and SE trade winds causing cold deep sea water to come to the surface at the equator (upwelling), replacing evaporating surface water.

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