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Thermal balance & Wind

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process by which heat transfer takes place between objects by direct contact.

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Evaporation

2.

Number of processes in which Earth's surface releases heat

a)

1

b)

3

c)

2

d)

4

3.

The invisible force that appears to deflect the wind is the

a)

trade winds

b)

Coriolis action

c)

Coriolis force

d)

westerlies

4.

Total amount of heat absorbed by the earth is not always equal to the total amount of heat released into the atmosphere

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The process by which air heated by contact with the warm earth surface

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Evaporation

6.

During June and July, ITCZ is found

a)

around the equator

b)

a little south of the equator

c)

a little north of the equator

7.

Warm equatorial air rises higher into the atmosphere and migrates toward the poles. This is a ___ pressure system

a)

average

b)

medium

c)

low

d)

high

8.

Wind is the movement of air caused by the _____ heating of the Earth by the sun

a)

Uneven

b)

Even

c)

Stable

d)

Unstable

9.

Winds generally blow from____ areas

a)

High pressure

b)

low-pressure to high-pressure

c)

high-pressure to low-pressure

d)

low pressure

10.

Differences in atmospheric pressure generate 

a)

storm

b)

snow

c)

rainfall

d)

winds

11.

ITCZ changes location throughout the year

a)

true

b)

false

12.

At the Equator, the sun warms the water and land ___ it does the rest of the globe

a)

more than

b)

less than

c)

equal

13.

The Coriolis force at the Equator is

a)

minimum

b)

zero

c)

maximum

d)

negative

14.

____ are the powerful prevailing winds that blow from the east across the tropics

a)

prevailing winds

b)

Trade winds

c)

tropic wind

d)

doldrums

15.

The area where the northerly and southerly winds meet, is referred to as the

a)

inter-tropical convection zone

b)

inter-trade convection zone

c)

inter-tropical convergence zone

d)

inter-trade convergence zone

16.

The area that experiences either completely calm conditions or only very light breezes of irregular directions is known as

a)

trade winds

b)

tropical front

c)

doldrums

d)

polar winds

17.

During December and January, the ____ is heated more strongly by the sun

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Equator

d)

tropic of cancer

18.

Rain shadow is caused in the windward side

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Mountains can also control ___ winds

a)

local

b)

global

c)

glocal

d)

annual

20.

Köppen climate classification has Tropical, Dry, ___, ___, Polar

a)

Temperate rainforest climate, Continental

b)

Tropical rainforest climate, Continental

c)

Temperate, Continental

d)

savannah, arid