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    This document contains a 12 question multiple choice quiz about atmospheric circulation and global wind patterns. The questions cover topics like the direction of winds in different global circulation cells, locations of pressure systems, prevailing winds in certain latitudes, and the causes of global desert distributions. Sample answers are provided for each question.

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    This document contains a 12 question multiple choice quiz about atmospheric circulation and global wind patterns. The questions cover topics like the direction of winds in different global circulation cells, locations of pressure systems, prevailing winds in certain latitudes, and the causes of global desert distributions. Sample answers are provided for each question.

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    Multiple Choice: Identify The Choice That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question

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    This document contains a 12 question multiple choice quiz about atmospheric circulation and global wind patterns. The questions cover topics like the direction of winds in different global circulation cells, locations of pressure systems, prevailing winds in certain latitudes, and the causes of global desert distributions. Sample answers are provided for each question.

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    Multiple Choice
    Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

    ____ 1. A westerly wind (wind blowing from west) means that the atmosphere:
    a. would act to decrease the rotation of the earth.
    b. is moving faster than the earth spins.
    c. is moving slower than the earth spins.
    d. is moving as fast as the earth rotates.
    ____ 2. The large thermally driven convection cell that is driven by convective "hot" towers along the equator is the
    ____.
    a. Ferrel cell
    b. Hadley cell
    c. Ekman spiral
    d. El Niño cell
    ____ 3. Air moving eastward more slowly than the earth rotates, would appear to be ____ wind to an observer on the
    earth.
    a. a counterclockwise
    b. an east
    c. an upward
    d. a west
    ____ 4. Chicago, Illinois (latitude 42 N) is located in the ____.
    a. northeast trades
    b. southeast trades
    c. westerlies
    d. doldrums
    ____ 5. The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a region where:
    a. the polar front meets the subtropical high.
    b. northeast trades meet the southeast trades.
    c. northeast trades converge with the subtropical high.
    d. the Ferrel cell converges with the Hadley cell.
    e. polar easterlies converge with the air at the doldrums.
    ____ 6. In terms of the three-cell model of the general circulation, areas of surface low pressure should be found at:
    a. the equator and the poles.
    b. the equator and 30 latitude.
    c. the equator and 60 latitude.
    d. 30 latitude and 60 latitude.
    e. 30 latitude and the poles.
    ____ 7. At Barrow, Alaska (latitude 70 N), you would expect the prevailing wind to be:
    a. northerly.
    b. easterly.
    c. southerly.
    d. westerly.
    ____ 8. According to the three-cell general circulation model, at the equator we would not expect to find:
    a. the ITCZ.
    b. a ridge of high pressure.
    c. cumuliform clouds.
    d. light winds.
    e. heavy showers.
    ____ 9. The wind belt observed on the poleward side of the polar front is called the:
    a. polar easterlies.
    b. prevailing westerlies.
    c. northeast trades.
    d. doldrums.
    ____ 10. On a weather map of the Northern Hemisphere, the trade winds would be observed:
    a. north of the polar front.
    b. between the polar front and the subtropical highs.
    c. south of the subtropical highs.
    d. between the subpolar lows and the subtropical highs.
    ____ 11. The world's deserts are found at 30 latitude because:
    a. the intertropical convergence zone is located there.
    b. of the sinking air of the polar front.
    c. of the convergence of the prevailing westerlies and the Northeast Trades.
    d. of the sinking air of the subtropical highs.
    e. of the doldrums
    ____ 12. In terms of the three-cell model of the general circulation, areas of surface high pressure should be found at:
    a. the equator and the poles.
    b. the equator and 30 latitude.
    c. the equator and 60 latitude.
    d. 30 latitude and 60 latitude.
    e. 30 latitude and the poles.

    Answers below
    Answer Section

    MULTIPLE CHOICE

    1. ANS: B (The earth also spins from west to east)


    2. ANS: B
    3. ANS: B
    4. ANS: C
    5. ANS: B
    6. ANS: C
    7. ANS: B (Barrow is in the polar easterly belt. )
    8. ANS: B
    9. ANS: A
    10. ANS: C
    11. ANS: D
    12. ANS: E

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