Oceanography Chapter 6 Quiz
Worldwide, about ________ storms grow to named tropical cyclones status each year.
100
Which year did Hurricane Sandy make landfall?
2012
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?
23.5°
The average albedo of Earth's surface is about ________.
30%
The prevailing westerlies occur in which of the following regions?
30-60 degrees
The apparent deflection of air masses to the right or left (depending on latitude) as they move from one latitude to another is called the ________.
Coriolis effect
The middle latitudes or midlatitudes are also known as which region?
Temperate
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: In 1900, at least 6000 people in and around Galveston, Texas, were killed in the most deadly natural disaster in U.S. history BECAUSE the hurricane's storm surge completely submerged the island.
The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
Which of the following statements about the movement of Earth's atmosphere is correct?
The movement of air within the atmospheric convection cells generates the wind belts
Winds blowing out of the north toward the south in the southern hemisphere will appear to ________.
be deflected toward the east
The polar easterly winds blow in which of the following directions in the Southern Hemisphere?
from southeast to the northwest
A tropical cyclone with a wind speed of 150 km/hr. would be classified as Category ________ on the Saffir-Simpson Scale of hurricane intensity.
one
Based on the characteristics, what is the name of the wind belt being described as cold, dry winds generally from the east?
polar easterlies
The oceanic climate region(s) where the majority of strong tropical cyclonic storms are produced is ________.
subtropical
The two factors that are most important in determining the density of air are ________.
temperature and water vapor content
A tropical cyclone with a wind speed of 190 km/hr. would be classified as Category ________ on the Saffir-Simpson Scale of hurricane intensity.
three
As a result of the Coriolis effect in the northern hemisphere, winds always are deflected ________.
to the right of their original location
The air surrounding of the eye of the hurricane is ________ air moving ________.
warm moist; upward
The temperate regions are characterized by ________.
westerly winds
