(E) Tropical cell
- Which of the following statements about sea and land breezes is FALSE?
(A) Sea breezes can sometimes result in rain showers and thunderstorms
near the shore.
(B) Smaller versions of sea/land breezes often form in the vicinity of large
lakes.
(C) Land breezes form mostly during the daytime hours.
(D) Sea and land breezes are examples of thermal circulations.
(E) All of these statements are false.
- Jet streams follow the sun in that as the sun’s elevation ___
(increases, decreases) each day in the spring, the jet stream shifts by
moving ____ (north, south) during the Northern Hemisphere
spring.
(A) increases, north
(B) increases, south
(C) decreases, north
(D) decreases, south
(E) None of the above
- Usually, fair and dry/hot weather is associated with high pressure around
____ latitude with rainy and stormy weather associated with low
pressure around ____ latitude.
(A) 0 degrees N/S, 90 degrees E/W
(B) 90 degrees E/W, 90 degrees N/S
(C) 30 degrees N/S, 50–60 degrees N/S
(D) 50–60 degrees N/S, 30 degrees N/S
(E) 45 degrees N/S, 45 degrees E/W
- The three necessary ingredients for thunderstorm formation are (A)
moisture, lifting mechanism, instability
(B) lifting mechanism, mountains, oceans
(C) stability, moisture, heat
(D) lifting mechanism, fronts, moisture
(E) deserts, mountains, clouds
