Unit 10 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

The Equatorial Low (ITCZ) is an area of:
a) rising air
b) sinking air
c) cooled air
d) relatively stationary air
e) polluted air

Question 2:

The Westerlies are located in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres in belts at:
a) 60-90 degrees N & S
b) 30-60 degrees N & S
c) 30-90 degrees N & S
d) 10 degrees N & S
e) 0-5 degrees N & S

Question 3:

The upper atmosphere is dominated by a westerly air movement called _____.
a) troughs
b) azonal flow
c) ridges
d) solar flow
e) zonal flow

Question 4:

In summer in coastal Asia, reversing winds bring the:
a) dry monsoon
b) wet monsoon
c) chinook winds
d) Aleutian low
e) Aleutian high

Question 5:

The subtropical highs at 30 degrees north and south latitudes are regions where air:
a) is warmed and subsides
b) is cooled and rises
c) is cooled and subsides
d) is warmed and rises
e) is fairly stationary

Question 6:

The boundary in both hemispheres where air converges from the Polar Easterlies and the Westerlies is the:
a) subtropical high
b) polar front
c) polar high
d) ITCZ
e) midlatitude high

Question 7:

The ITCZ is a region of low pressure.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

A polar high is only found in the Northern Hemisphere.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

Air deflected sharply from the polar highs forms the polar easterlies.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

The ITCZ migrates seasonally less into the Southern Hemisphere than the Northern Hemisphere.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

The Canadian High is stronger than the Siberian High.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

The jet streams are tube-like areas of westerly airflow in the upper atmosphere.
a) True
b) False

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Physical Geography: The Global Environment, Canadian Edition - Unit 09