1 .		The general subsidence of air between latitudes 20° and 35° is responsible for the world's subtropical deserts, in particular, the Sahara Desert of northern Africa and the Great Australian Desert.   True  False
2 .		A typical La Niña winter blows colder than normal air over the Pacific Northwest and northern Great Plains while warming much of the rest of the United States.   True  False
3 .		Land and sea breezes, thunderstorms, and tornadoes are good examples of mesoscale winds.   True  False
4 .		The North American monsoon produces a wet spring followed by a comparatively dry summer that impacts large areas of southwestern United States and northwest Mexico.   True  False
5 .		The strength and location of Earth's pressure patterns vary during the course of the year.   True  False
6 .		A sea breeze develops as warm air that forms over land moves onto the water.   True  False
7 .		The average speed of the midlatitude jet stream is about 125 kilometers (75 miles) per hour in the winter and roughly half that speed in the summer.   True  False
8 .		Because winds are a primary driving force of ocean currents, a relationship exists between the oceanic circulation and the general atmospheric circulation.   True  False
9 .		The trade winds from both hemispheres meet near the equator in a region that has a weak pressure gradient called the horse latitudes.   True  False
10 .		A country breeze is most associated with large expanses of forests in South America.   True  False
11 .		In general, regions influenced by high pressure experience dry conditions.   True  False
12 .		Nearly half of the world's population inhabits regions affected by monsoonal circulation.   True  False
13 .		Upper-level wind charts reveal that the westerlies follow waves called Rossby waves, with rather long wavelengths of 4000 to 6000 kilometers.   True  False
14 .		The polar easterlies and the westerlies clash to form a convergent zone known as the subpolar low.   True  False
15 .		A three-cell circulation model of the atmosphere is a more realistic way to examine global circulation than a one-cell model.   True  False
16 .		The midlatitudes receive most of their precipitation from traveling cyclonic storms.   True  False
17 .		The seesaw pattern of atmospheric pressure between the eastern and western Pacific associated with major El Niño events is called the Southern Oscillation.   True  False
18 .		In the Northern Hemisphere summer, low pressure replaces the winter highs over the continents.   True  False