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Chapter Test

Chapter Test
This Chapter Test is a comprehensive set of questions that uses multiple ways to assess your comprehension of the chapter material.

This activity contains 15 questions.

	The general sequence of high and low pressure from the equator to the pole is _____.   high-low-high-low low-low-high-high low-high-low-high high-high-low-low

	Frequent and severe weather changes can be caused by ____ flow in the jet stream.   meridonal zonal

	Almost all the rising air in the tropics ascends ____.   by frontal uplift in thunderstorms on the leeward sides of mountains by advection none of the above

	The westerlies come from a more consistent direction ___.   aloft at the surface over mountains over forests none of the above

	Summer winds are from the ____ in the monsoon of West Africa   northeast southeast soutwest northwest

	The ___ contains the polar front.   ITCZ subtropical high subpolar low polar high

	The most reliable winds (consisently from one direction) are the ____ .   westerlies polar easterlies tradewinds monsoon

	A high-pressure center is known as a cyclone, and the flow of air associated with it is descsribed as cyclonic.    True  False

	If volume is held constant and all other conditions remain the same, an increase in the temperature of a gas produces an increase in pressure, and a decrease in temperature produces a decrease in pressure.    True  False

	The Coriolis effect influences speed only and has no influence on direction of movement.    True  False

	Insolation is the ultimate cause of wind.    True  False

	Air flows in a _______ into the center of an area of low pressure in the Northern Hemisphere while flowing in a _______ into the center of a cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere.   counterclockwise; clockwise clockwise; counterclockwise

	Match the following terms. Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column. Santa Ana wind chinook valley breeze sea breeze katabatic wind 13.1 onshore flow A B C D E 13.2 upslope flow A B C D E 13.3 mistral A B C D E 13.4 foehn A B C D E 13.5 wildfires A B C D E

	Identify the pressure system and hemisphere. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image. 14.1 Southern Hemisphere low pressure A B C D 14.2 Northern Hemisphere low pressure A B C D 14.3 Southern Hemisphere high pressure A B C D 14.4 Northern Hemisphere high pressure A B C D

	How does the state of the atmosphere affect air pollution?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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