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Winds are
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the Coriolis Effect |
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gravity |
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friction |
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centrifugal force |
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the pressure gradient |
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The Coriolis
Effect is caused by |
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gravity |
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the sun's radiation |
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the rotation of the Earth |
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the revolution of the Earth around the sun |
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the fact that the Earth is an oblate ellipsoid |
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Because of
the Coriolis Effect, winds and other moving fluids are deflected to the_______ in the
Southern Hemisphere. |
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right |
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east |
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left |
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west |
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north |
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In the
absence of friction, the combined effect of the pressure gradient and the Coriolis Effect
would produce winds that |
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flow perpendicular to the isbars |
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flow directly from high pressure centers to low
pressure centers |
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flow parallel to the isobars |
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flow directly from low pressure centers to high
pressure centers |
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flow very slowly |
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The sketch
of wind flow shows |
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a low pressure center in the northern hemisphere,
in the friction layer |
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a low pressure center in the southern hemisphere,
in the friction layer |
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a low pressure center in the northern hemisphere,
above the friction layer |
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a low pressure center in the southern hemisphere,
above the friction layer |
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a high pressure center in the northern
hemisphere, above the friction layer |
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A high
pressure center is _________________. |
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an anticyclone |
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permanently located at the Equator |
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only found where the air is very cold |
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a cyclone |
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characterized by rising air |
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The sketch of wind flow shows |
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a low pressure center in the
southern hemisphere, in the friction layer |
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a low pressure center in the
northern hemisphere, in the friction layer |
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a high pressure center in
the northern hemisphere, above the friction layer |
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a high pressure center in
the southern hemisphere, above the friction layer |
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a low pressure center in the
southern hemisphere, above the friction layer |
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In the
northern hemisphere, the wind pattern around a low pressure cell on the surface would be |
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convergent, winds moving
counterclockwise |
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convergent, winds moving
clockwise |
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divergent, winds moving
clockwise |
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divergent, winds moving
counterclockwise |
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| 9 |
Warm
temperatures or air which is converging and rising from the surface are most likely to
produce _____________ pressure at the surface. |
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Cold
temperatures or air which is subsiding from above are most likely to produce _____________
pressure at the surface. |
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