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WorksheetsThermal balance & Wind
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
The process by which heat transfer takes place between objects by direct contact.
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Evaporation
Number of processes in which Earth's surface releases heat
1
3
2
4
The invisible force that appears to deflect the wind is the
trade winds
Coriolis action
Coriolis force
westerlies
Total amount of heat absorbed by the earth is not always equal to the total amount of heat released into the atmosphere
True
False
The process by which air heated by contact with the warm earth surface
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Evaporation
During June and July, ITCZ is found
around the equator
a little south of the equator
a little north of the equator
Warm equatorial air rises higher into the atmosphere and migrates toward the poles. This is a ___ pressure system
average
medium
low
high
Wind is the movement of air caused by the _____ heating of the Earth by the sun
Uneven
Even
Stable
Unstable
Winds generally blow from____ areas
High pressure
low-pressure to high-pressure
high-pressure to low-pressure
low pressure
Differences in atmospheric pressure generate
storm
snow
rainfall
winds
ITCZ changes location throughout the year
true
false
At the Equator, the sun warms the water and land ___ it does the rest of the globe
more than
less than
equal
The Coriolis force at the Equator is
minimum
zero
maximum
negative
____ are the powerful prevailing winds that blow from the east across the tropics
prevailing winds
Trade winds
tropic wind
doldrums
The area where the northerly and southerly winds meet, is referred to as the
inter-tropical convection zone
inter-trade convection zone
inter-tropical convergence zone
inter-trade convergence zone
The area that experiences either completely calm conditions or only very light breezes of irregular directions is known as
trade winds
tropical front
doldrums
polar winds
During December and January, the ____ is heated more strongly by the sun
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Equator
tropic of cancer
Rain shadow is caused in the windward side
true
false
Mountains can also control ___ winds
local
global
glocal
annual
Köppen climate classification has Tropical, Dry, ___, ___, Polar
Temperate rainforest climate, Continental
Tropical rainforest climate, Continental
Temperate, Continental
savannah, arid
