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2.3 Patterns Of Circulation
Test Description: Section Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is a High?
A
cold air sinking
B
None of the above.
C
Warm air sinking
D
Both of the above
2) What is the Coriolis effect?
A
A hurricane
B
The way the earth's rotation causes a change in the course of the winds
C
An objects resistance to change in speed or direction
D
A wind storm
3) Where are the doldrums located?
A
The polar regions
B
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
C
The trade winds
D
The horse lattitudes
4) Which direction does the northern hemisphere rotate?
A
It does not rotate
B
counter clockwise
C
Both
D
clockwise
5) Which direction does the southern hemisphere rotate?
A
clockwise
B
It does not rotate
C
counter clockwise
D
Both
6) What is the cause of winds?
A
Lows only
B
Sinking cold air and rising warm air
C
highs only
D
Sinking warm air and rising cold air
7) Which measures the distance in degrees from the equator?
A
Lattitude
B
Neither
C
Longitudes
D
Both 1 & 3
8) Which measures the distance from the Prime Meridian?
A
Latitude
B
Both 1 & 3
C
Neither
D
Longitude
9) What are the horse latitudes?
A
Both 1 & 2
B
Regions of high pressure and gentle winds at 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south latitudes
C
Neither 1 or 2
D
Regions of high pressure and gentle winds at 60 degrees north and 60 degrees south latitudes
10) Which winds blow toward the equator from the high-pressure regions of the horse latitudes?
A
The polar easterlies
B
The horse latitudes
C
Jet streams
D
Trade Winds
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