WorksheetsPaleoiklim Chap 2 - Atmospheric Circulation
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins
What is Atmospheric Circulation ?
(a)
What are the role of atmospheric circulation?
Atmosphere provides the most rapid communication between geographic regions within climate system.
Leads to areas of high rainfall, when the water froms the oceans is evaporated and carried in the air to land.
Atmospheric motions carry heat from the tropics to the polar regions.
Winds supply momentum to ocean surface currents that transport heat and oceanic trace constituents such as salt and nutrients.
What is the factor for atmospheric processes?
(a)
By increasing the elevations (mountains), means that it has ...... density and ...... pressure.
(a)
What is this?
Low Pressure
High Pressure
What is this?
Low Pressure
High Pressure
What happened when high and low pressure occured together?
(a)
What is an Isobar ?
(a)
Why the pressure gradient move from high-pressure air to low pressure air ?
During summer, ITCZ are more frequent to move to the ....... direction.
North
West
East
South
Geostrophic winds are the combination of coriolis effect and (a)
The effect of surface friction is can overcome the balance of pressure gradient and coriolis by (a)
What is the most dominant wind patterns on the planet ?
(a)
What is this cell?
Polar cell
Ferrel cell
Hadley cell
What is this cell ?
Hadley cell
Polar cell
Ferrel cell
There are 7 components of general worldwide circulation.
Name one component.
(a)
At high altitudes of the jet stream, pressure is much higher in (a) air and resulted in wind. This wind is geostrophic at high elevations and parallels the isobars.
What is the local winds ?
Typhoon
Aeolian
Sea-breeze
Land-breeze
