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WorksheetsAtmospheric Pressure and Wind Test Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Aneroid barometers and mercury barometers are both used to measure what?
Temperature
Air pressure
Density
Moisture
In what direction does pressure move?
From low to high
From north to south
From east to west
From high to low
What is the ultimate driving force of wind?
The sun
The Earth's rotation
The moon
Tectonic plate shifting
The picture indicates warm waters being brought to South America. What event is occurring at this time?
La Nina
The Coriolis effect
El Nino
Drought conditions
What occurs in a high pressure system?
Warm air rises
Warm air is pushed down
Clouds form
Snow/precipitation
What occurs in a low pressure system?
Warm air is pushed down
Cold air rises
High chance of storms/precipitation
Strong winds
When tracking a hurricane, when can you expect a hurricane to lose strength?
When a low pressure system pushes against it
When a high pressure system pushes against it
When it hits land
After it passes into cooler waters
The Coriolis effect is the deflection of wind due to the Earth's rotation. What kind of deflection occurs at the equator?
Left
Right
South
No deflection
Which of the following biomes could you find next to an arctic tundra?
Savanna
Tropical rainforest
Boreal forest
Chaparral
Which of the following causes wind friction, altering the strength/direction of the wind?
Trees
Mountains
Buildings
All of these
