EVPP 110 exam 3 review
Refer to the diagram below. Lines A - F illustrate the direction of winds at the surface. Select ALL of the statements that are correct pertaining to generalities related to the VERTICAL air movement at the equator and 30º north?
Atmospheric pressure is low at the equator CorrectD. Atmospheric pressure is high at 30° north latitude
Refer to the diagram below. Select ALL of the answer statements that are correct. No partial credit will be given. Full credit is given only when ALL correct statements have been selected. (temperature and pressure)
B. Ozone reaches its maximum concentration in section C CorrectC. Weather occurs in section D
Refer to the diagram below. Assume that the troposphere ends at an altitude of approximately 11km. Which of the following correctly describes what the diagram is depicting? (temp and pressure)
Line - part B represents a temperature inversion
Refer to the diagram below. Select ALL of the answer statements that are correct relative to the features associated with and characteristics of currents. No partial credit will be given. Full credit is given only when ALL correct statements have been selected. (ocean and current diagram)
The Gulf Stream moderates the climate of northwestern Europe CorrectC. The Gulf Stream has well-defined boundaries CorrectD. The Antarctic circumpolar current is deep CorrectE. The Gulf Stream moves warm water from the equator northward
Refer to the diagram below. Select ALL of the answer statements that are correct relative to the features associated with and characteristics of currents. No partial credit will be given. Full credit is given only when ALL correct statements have been selected. (ocean and current diagram)
The Humboldt current is shallow The Kuroshio current has well-defined boundaries The Equatorial countercurrent is shallow Upwelling is associated with the Humboldt current
Refer to the diagram below. Select ALL of the answer statements that are correct relative to the features associated with and characteristics of currents. No partial credit will be given. Full credit is given only when ALL correct statements have been selected. (ocean and current diagram)
The Kuroshio current is a western boundary current
Refer to the diagram below which illustrates pairs of dry bulb/wet bulb readings from a sling psychrometer, (device used to determine relative humidity) at five locations. Select ALL of the answer statements that are correct. No partial credit will be given. Full credit is given only when ALL correct statements have been selected.
The relative humidity is lowest at location 3 CorrectE. The relative humidity is highest at location 2 CorrectG. The air temperature is highest at location 2
Refer to the diagram below. The diagram illustrates the convective circulation cells that develop between the equator and 30°N and between the equator and 30°S. Select ALL of the answer statements that are correct relative to air temperature and vertical movement No partial credit will be given. Full credit is given only when ALL correct statements have been selected.
Warm air from the surface is rising, cooling in area 9 CorrectC. Cool air is descending, warming in areas 4 and 8
Dust and ash entering the earth's atmosphere as a result of a volcanic eruption can ______.
result in a reduction in the average global temperature for several years after the eruption