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Grd 11 Climate Quiz 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a LP, (a) ______ air will (b)____

a)

(a) warm (b) sink

b)

(a) cold (b) rise

c)

(a) cold (b) sink

d)

(a) warm (c) rise

2.

This a/an (a)_______ pressure in the (b) ___________hemisphere

a)

(a) Low (b) Southern

b)

(a) High (b) Northern

c)

(a) High (b) Southern

d)

(a) Low (b) Northern

3.

Pressure Gradient force is.....

a)

the pressure gradient that exists because of differences in

pressure between areas.

b)

The effect that a rotational body has on a moving

object, moving across the surface of the rotating body.

c)

The imaginary lines drawn on a synoptic weather

map joining lines of EQUAL pressure.

d)

This is the reflective ability of a surface.

4.

The pressure belt located at label A is the...

a)

Sub-polar LP

b)

Equatorial LP

c)

Sub-tropical HP

d)

Polar HP

5.

Label F is the.....

a)

Hadley Cell

b)

Polar Cell

c)

Ferrel Cell

d)

Su-tropical cell

6.

Label G is the...

a)

Hadley cell

b)

Ferrel cell

c)

Polar cell

d)

Sub-polar cell

7.

Label B is the...

a)

Tropical HP belt

b)

Tropical LP belt

c)

Sub-tropical LP belt

d)

Sub-tropical HP belt

8.

Label C is the...

a)

Sub-polar HP belt

b)

Sub-polar LP belt

c)

Polar HP belt

d)

Polar LP belt

9.

Label D is the...

a)

Easterlies

b)

Westerlies

c)

Tropical easterlies

d)

Tropical westerlies

10.

Label E is the...

a)

Tropical Westerlies

b)

Westerlies

c)

Easterlies

d)

Tropical easterlies

11.

Which LP weather system develops at the Polar front?

a)

Tropical cyclones

b)

Hurricanes

c)

The jetstreams

d)

Mid-latitude cyclones

12.

Clouds and precipitation is associated with a...

a)

LP

b)

HP

13.

Warm, dry and clear weather is associated with a...

a)

LP

b)

HP

14.

Name the wind based on the following definition:

This occurs when PGF and Coriolis Effect (CE) exert an

equal and OPPOSITE effect on a parcel of moving air. This

will cause the air to flow PARALLEL to the isobars.

a)

Geostroph

Flow

b)

Geostrophic

Flow

c)

Coriolis wind

d)

Pressure gradient wind

15.

The lines highlighted in yellow on the synoptic chart are called...

a)

Isobars

b)

Isotherms

c)

Isohyets

d)

Contour lines