Physical Geography Multiple Choice Questions

[Cyberman86]

I need Help finding the answers and confirming for the multiple choice questions please. This is for study guide

 

 

1. A counterclockwise atmospheric circulation in the Northern Hemisphere is known as a/an Answer_A

A) cyclone

B.) pressure gradient

 

C) troposphere

D) anticyclone

 

 

 

 

E) Coriolis effect

 

 

 

 

2.________ is the time of day when tornadoes are most likely to occur. Answer_A

 

A) Mid-afternoon

 

B.) Dawn

 

C) Noon

 

D) Evening

E) Mid-morning

 

 

 

 

 

3. A weak migratory low pressure trough which is common in the low latitudes is often called a/an Answer_A

 

A) easterly wave

 

B.) thunderstorm

C) tropical cyclone

 

D) occlusion

 

E) extratropical cyclone

 

 

 

4. Tornadoes, although erratic in their pathways, are always characterized by ________ pressure. Answer_B

 

A) low

 

B.) high

C) constantly variable

 

D) adiabatic

 

E) devaporized

 

 

 

 

5. More than 80% of hurricanes originate on the poleward side of the ________. Answer_B

 

A) polar front

 

 

 

B.) intertropical convergence zone

 

 

 

 

C) subtropical highs

 

 

 

D) surface westerlies

 

E) Rossby waves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Relative humidity is "relative" to ________. Answer_B

 

 

 

A) moisture

 

B.) temperature

C) vapor pressure

 

D) evaporation

 

E) saturation

 

 

 

 

7. Any buoyant parcel of air is said to exhibit ________. Answer_E

 

A) stability B.) the dry adiabatic lapse rate

 

 

C) advection

 

 

 

D) the moist adiabatic lapse rate

 

E) instability

 

 

 

 

8. The average hurricane exists, on the average, for about ________. Answer_B

 

A) two weeks B.) four weeks

 

C) three weeks

 

D) one week

 

E) five weeks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. In a surface anticyclone in the Southern Hemisphere, winds spiral Answer_C

 

 

 

A) to the west

 

B.) clockwise and inward

C) counterclockwise and inward.

 

D) counterclockwise and outward

 

E) clockwise and outward

 

 

 

 

10. Upper air divergence is most closely associated with surface ________. Answer_E

 

A) air mass source regions

 

B.) anticyclones

 

C) inversions

D) cyclones

 

E) isobars

 

 

 

11.________ and ________ both occur at night. Answer_C

 

A) Valley breezes, mountain breezes

 

B.) Sea breezes, land breezes

 

C) Sea breezes, mountain breezes

 

D) Land breezes, valley breezes

 

E) Mountain breezes, land breezes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. The greatest annual number of hailstorms can be found in Answer_A

 

A) Florida

 

B.) Hawaii

 

 

C) Texas.

 

D) California

 

E) Colorado.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. Which of the following is associated with the wind moving directly from high pressure to low pressure? Answer_?

 

A) an upper-air anticyclone

 

B.) a surface anticyclone

 

C) a surface cyclone

 

D) an upper-air cyclone

 

E) none of the above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. If there were no continents and the Earth did not rotate, the surface wind patterns would be simple. Winds would blow from ________. Answer_B

 

 

 

A) west to east everywhere on Earth

 

B.) the south everywhere on Earth

 

C) the east in the Southern Hemisphere

 

D) the north in the Northern Hemisphere

 

E) the north in the Southern Hemisphere

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. You are in the Northern Hemisphere. The pressure gradient force is from north to south. The surface wind which blows Answer_ D

 

 

 

A) is from northeast to southwest.

 

B.) is from southwest to northeast

C) is from south to north.

 

D) is from north to south.

 

E) cannot be correctly described unless more information is provided.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16. Which of the following is TRUE concerning the surface westerlies? Answer_?

 

 

 

A) are found from 10-20 degrees away from the Equator

 

B.) are composed of winds from all directions

 

C) cause weather to move from east to west

 

D) are the most reliable air flow on Earth

 

E) are unrelated to the jet streams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17. Oxygen isotope analysis is used when studying _________ and climate change. Answer_ D

 

A) pollen

 

 

 

B.) trees

 

C) volcanoes

 

D) ice cores

 

E) dendrochronology

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. The denser packing of molecules at the bottom of the atmosphere than molecules at the top of the atmosphere is a result of ________. Answer_?

 

A) very good planning at the time of Earth's beginnings

 

B.) friction

 

C) Coriolis effect

 

D) gravity

E) the sorting caused by varying weights of the gases

 

 

 

 

 

19. The doldrums are most closely associated with ________. Answer_?

 

 

 

A) polar fronts

 

B.) STHs

 

C) Rossby waves

 

D) VTR

 

E) ITC

 

 

 

20. The seasonal shift of the intertropical convergence is greatest ________. Answer_?

 

 

 

A) at high latitudes

 

B.) at high altitudes

 

C) over the oceans

 

D) at a bar called Joe's in Stillwater, Oklahoma

 

E) over the continents

[Cyberman86]

I know its hard to believe but This is not a Homework is a study guide NOT for a grade, made out of 120 questions which i already found 100 and this other 20 are the ones that I'm having trouble with. I already looked some of the answers but I'm not sure if they are correct and some i couldn't find. Our teacher made this questions hard to find there are several chapters mixed together randomly; even if you use the book. This is College level not High School

[Mr Skeptic]

I've found that the internet is usually a better source for answers, either via Google or Wikipedia. The point of a study guide is to study, which it is clear from your answers that you need to do. My suggestion is to find the key word in each sentence (might be the blank one), look it up on Wikipedia, and study it a bit. It will give you the answer and fulfill the purpose of a study guide. (This method won't work for some of them, eg for 15 you need to know about the Coriolis effect even though it is not mentioned in the problem)

 

Good luck on your exams!