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An environment curve depicts:

Change of relative humidity with height

Change of relative humidity over time

Change of temperature with height

Change of temperature over time

Which of the following statements is correct?

Coriolis force need not be taken into account when determining strong wind flow away from the equator

Coriolis force is an apparent force that deflects the flow of air to the left in the southern hemisphere

Coriolis force is an apparent force that deflects the flow of air to the right in the southern hemisphere

Coriolis force is maximum in the vicinity of the equator

The geostrophic wind

Is a result of pressure gradient force and centrifugal force

Blows directly across the isobars

Would be experienced by an observer on the earth's surface

Blows parallel to the isobars

Which of the following statements is not correct

Buys-Ballots Law is unreliable when there are strong squalls

Buys-Ballots Law refers to the relationship between pressure distribution and geostrophic wind

Buys-Ballots Law refers to the relationship between pressure distribution and wind direction

The ITCZ:

Is located in the vicinity of the equator throughout the year

Is a region where strong prevailing winds occur

Is over Australia during summer in the southern hemisphere

Is a region in which the trade winds converge

Which of the following is not true

A warm front can be preceded by mist or fog

Warm fronts are preceded by stratiform clouds

Cold fronts are preceded by cumiliform clouds

At the passage of a vigorous cold front in the southern hemisphere the wind will probably

Remain steady in direction

Veer and may strengthen

Back and may weaken

Frontal depressions are a common feature of:

The summer months

The middle latitude westerly belts

The doldrums

Very high latitudes

Which of the following is not a name for a frontal depression

Mid-latitude cyclone

An extra-tropical depression

Cyclone (TRS)

Which of the following is the usual sequence of weather in a depression?

Warm front, warm sector, cold front, cold sector

Cold front, cold sector, warm front, warm sector

Cold front, warm front, warm sector, cold sector

The movement of frontal depressions is normally from:

From west to east

Unaffected by other nearby pressure systems

Towards the equator

From east to west

Cyclonic circulation is:

Associated with high pressure systems

Very unusual in the tropics

Associated with depressions

Anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere

Which of the following is a feature of an anticyclone?

Subsidence in the centre of the circulation

High relative humidity

Strong winds with heavy rainfall likely

Clockwise circulation in the southern hemisphere

Adiabatic heating:

Is common in a frontal depression

Is very rare in an anticyclonic circulation

Is due to subsidence within an anticyclone

Select the correct statement.

The location of a ridge is along where the isobars have maximum curvature

Strong winds and heavy rainfall can be experienced during the passage of the ridge

The airflow around a ridge tends to be anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere

Heavily overcast skies are a feature of the ridge

A trough:

Often brings fine, clear weather

May be either frontal or non-frontal

Has strong subsidence along its axis

Is often associated with an anticyclone

With a Col:

The pressure gradient is slack

The pressure is likely to be rising sharply

The pressure is likely to be falling sharply

The pressure gradient is steep

Which of the following is correct with respect to the formation of a TRS?

Normally in latitudes higher than between 5° north and south of the equator

At or close to the equator

When sea surface temperatures are relatively cool

In association with a strong jetstream

Which of the following is not a feature of the 'interior' of the eye of a TRS

Relatively calm conditions

Less cloud and perhaps partly cloudy

Very strong convection

An inversion is not caused under the following conditions:

Subsidence

Nocturnal radiation

Convectional current

At a front

Squalls and thunderstorms are a common feature of

The doldrums

The westerly belts

The trade winds belt

The subtropical anticyclone belt

Advection fog is caused when:

When fog or mist drifts to the sea from the land

There are clear skies at night

A cold wind blows over a warm sea surface

A warm moist wind blows over a colder sea surface

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