(B) Stratosphere
(C) Mesosphere
(D) Thermosphere
(E) Ionosphere
- Along the equator, (A) warm, moist air rises
(B) warm, moist air descends
(C) warm, dry air descends
(D) cool, dry air descends
(E) cool, moist air descends
- Most of Earth’s deserts are at approximately 30° north and south latitudes
because these latitudes are characterized by (A) generally warm ocean
currents
(B) predominately low atmospheric pressure
(C) descending dry air currents
(D) a slow-moving jet stream
(E) enhanced solar radiation
- Characteristics or requirements of a monsoon include all of the following
EXCEPT
(A) a seasonal reversal of wind patterns
(B) large land areas cut off from continental air masses by mountain ranges
and surrounded by large bodies of water (C) different heating and
cooling rates between the ocean and the continent (D) extremely heavy
rainfall
(E) heating and cooling rates between the oceans and the continents that are
equal 11. An atmospheric condition in which the air temperature rises
with increasing altitude, holding surface air down and preventing
dispersion of pollutants, is known as (a) (A) temperature inversion
(B) cold front
(C) warm front
(D) global warming
(E) upwelling
- The surface with the lowest albedo is (A) snow
(B) ocean water
(C) forest
