WorksheetsGrd 11 Climate Quiz 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
In a LP, (a) ______ air will (b)____
(a) warm (b) sink
(a) cold (b) rise
(a) cold (b) sink
(a) warm (c) rise
This a/an (a)_______ pressure in the (b) ___________hemisphere
(a) Low (b) Southern
(a) High (b) Northern
(a) High (b) Southern
(a) Low (b) Northern
Pressure Gradient force is.....
the pressure gradient that exists because of differences in
pressure between areas.
The effect that a rotational body has on a moving
object, moving across the surface of the rotating body.
The imaginary lines drawn on a synoptic weather
map joining lines of EQUAL pressure.
This is the reflective ability of a surface.
The pressure belt located at label A is the...
Sub-polar LP
Equatorial LP
Sub-tropical HP
Polar HP
Label F is the.....
Hadley Cell
Polar Cell
Ferrel Cell
Su-tropical cell
Label G is the...
Hadley cell
Ferrel cell
Polar cell
Sub-polar cell
Label B is the...
Tropical HP belt
Tropical LP belt
Sub-tropical LP belt
Sub-tropical HP belt
Label C is the...
Sub-polar HP belt
Sub-polar LP belt
Polar HP belt
Polar LP belt
Label D is the...
Easterlies
Westerlies
Tropical easterlies
Tropical westerlies
Label E is the...
Tropical Westerlies
Westerlies
Easterlies
Tropical easterlies
Which LP weather system develops at the Polar front?
Tropical cyclones
Hurricanes
The jetstreams
Mid-latitude cyclones
Clouds and precipitation is associated with a...
LP
HP
Warm, dry and clear weather is associated with a...
LP
HP
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.
Geostroph
Flow
Geostrophic
Flow
Coriolis wind
Pressure gradient wind
The lines highlighted in yellow on the synoptic chart are called...
Isobars
Isotherms
Isohyets
Contour lines
