(D) desert
(E) black topsoil
- Jet streams over the U.S. travel primarily (A) north to south
(B) south to north
(C) east to west
(D) west to east
(E) in many directions
- The correct arrangement of atmospheric layers, arranged in order from the
most distant from Earth’s surface to the one closest to Earth’s surface, is
(A) troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
(B) thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere
(C) stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
(D) thermosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, stratosphere
(E) mesosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere
TIP
Be careful that, when answering questions that involve placing items in order, you have the order
going in the proper direction. A common trick is to have the correct choices in the opposite
direction.
- Areas of low pressure are typically characterized by __ air and
move toward regions where the pressure is _____ with time.
(A) sinking, falling
(B) rising, falling
(C) sinking, rising
(D) rising, rising
(E) non-moving, changing
- The global circulation pattern that dominates the tropics is called the (A)
Ferrel cell
(B) Polar cell
(C) Bradley cell
(D) Hadley cell
