Atmopshere & Weather Revision Quiz

The term 'insolation' refers to:

The rate of pressure change.

Solar energy received by the Earth.

Distribution of temperature over land and water.

Evaporation from both water surfaces and plants.

In which layer do virtually all weather phenomena take place?

Troposphere

Thermosphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

What type of radiation is absorbed by gases in the troposhere?

Visible light

Ultraviolet light

Microwaves

Infrared

What is wind?

Large scale movement of air caused by differences in air pressure

Large scale movements of air caused by differences in temperature

Large scale movements of temperature caused by differences in air pressure.

Large scale movemnts of temperature caused by differences in air pressure.

Winds move from:

High pressure to low pressure

Low pressure to High pressure

Which area of the globe experiences warm temperatures with clouds and rain?

The equator

The sub-tropical highs

The sub-polar lows

The polar highs

Warm air rises, cools and condenses and forms clouds, this is called low pressure

True

False

What are trade winds?

Surface winds blowing towards the equator

Atmosperic winds

Winds blowing away from the equator

Low pressure winds

Surface winds blowing towards the poles are called:

westerlies

easterlies

southerlies

northerlies

The coriolis effect is caused by:

Earth rotating around the sun

Earth rotating on its axis

the tides

gravity

The cell which is located north and south of the equator is

High surface heating around the equator causes which of the following?

high pressure

low pressure

dry conditions

cool temperatures

The north and south poles experience which of the following?

Areas at 30 degrees north and south of the equator tend to have which of the following?

Climates around the poles consist of low temperatures and low precipitation.

True

False

Conditions at the equator are best known as what?

hot and wet

hot and dry

cool and wet

cool and dry

What are the correct names of the three cells found in the global atmospheric circulation system

Polar, Hedlay, Ferrell

Ferrel, Polar, Hadley

Hadley, Palor, Ferell

Polar, Ferrell, Hadley

Why is the ozone layer beneficial to humans?

It gets rid of harmful gases like carbon dioxide

It provides a firm oxygen with 3 atoms that help us breathe better

It increases the greenhouse effect so we can grow plants.

It filters out incoming ultraviolet radiation.

Warm air rises and tends to move away from the:

Equatorial low-pressure belt

Subtropical high-pressure belt

Northeast trades

Westerlies