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Geog Final Exam Questions With Correct
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Which of the following statements about the midlatitude jet stream is NOT true? - Answer✔(B)
Its speed is greatest during the summer.
According to the three-cell general circulation model, the driest regions on Earth should be found
near: - Answer✔(B) 30° latitude and the polar regions.
According to the single-cell circulation model proposed by George Hadley, the most important
factor causing the global atmospheric circulation was: - Answer✔(B) The temperature contrast
between the equator and the poles.
In the context of the three-cell model of the general circulation, the Hadley cell is: - Answer✔(D)
A circulation of rising air near the equator and sinking air in the subtropics.
Which of the following does NOT contribute to the heavy precipitation occurring in India in the
summer (i.e., the rainy phase of the Indian monsoon)? - Answer✔(D) The winds are deflected
around the Himalayas and converge at the foot of the mountains.
Which of the following does NOT explain why India receives little precipitation in January? -
Answer✔(C) The surrounding ocean waters are cool, so the sea breeze carries less moisture.
"El Niño/Southern Oscillation" is: - Answer✔(d) A large-scale oscillation in the circulation of
the atmosphere and the ocean that originates
in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
Which of the following is not happening during the El Niño phase of ENSO: - Answer✔(c) The
trade winds strengthen over the east equatorial Pacific ocean.
The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a region of converging _______ winds where we
can expect to see _______ clouds. - Answer✔C) Easterly, cumuliform
In Honolulu, Hawaii (latitude 21o N), you would most likely experience winds blowing from
the: - Answer✔(A) northeast.
At Barrow, Alaska (latitude 70 oN), you would expect the prevailing wind to be: - Answer✔(A)
northerly.
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Generally, along the polar front one would not expect to observe: - Answer✔(E) sinking air aloft
The majority of the United States lies within this wind belt: - Answer✔(A) westerlies
Which below does not describe the polar front jet stream? - Answer✔(D) is normally found at a
higher elevation than the subtropical jet
The wind's speed generally increases with height above the earth's surface because: -
Answer✔(D) friction with the earth's surface slows the air near the ground.
A good source region for an air mass would be: - Answer✔(B) generally flat areas of uniform
composition with light surface winds.
Which of the following statements is most plausible? - Answer✔(C) In winter, cA source regions
have lower temperatures than cP source regions.
The greatest contrast in both temperature and moisture will occur along the boundary separating
which air masses? - Answer✔(A) mT and cP
One would expect a cP air mass to be: - Answer✔(A) cold and dry.
Which air mass would show the most dramatic change in both temperature and moisture content
as it moves over a large body of very warm water? - Answer✔(B) cP in winter
Before the passage of a cold front the pressure normally __________, and after the passage of a
cold front the pressure normally __________. - Answer✔(B) drops, rises
Occluded fronts may form as: - Answer✔(A) a cold front overtakes a warm front.
What type of weather front would be responsible for the following weather forecast: "Increasing
cloudiness and warm today with the possibility of showers by this evening. Turning much colder
tonight. Winds southwesterly becoming gusty and shifting to northwesterly by tonight." -
Answer✔(A) cold front
What type of weather front would be responsible for the following weather forecast: "Increasing
high cloudiness and cold this morning. Clouds increasing and lowering this afternoon with a
chance of snow or rain tonight. Precipitation ending tomorrow morning. Turning much warmer.
Winds light easterly today becoming southeasterly tonight and southwesterly tomorrow." -
Answer✔(B) warm front
The lake effect when ____ air mass moves over a ____ body of water. - Answer✔(D) cP; warm
An airmass is defined as a body of air with: - Answer✔(D) slowly varying values of surface
temperature and moisture content.
Why is a drop in pressure often a sign that weather will get worse in the coming hours or days? -
Answer✔(C) A decreasing surface pressure can indicate the approach of a cyclone or its cold
front.
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Geog Final Exam Questions With Correct
Answers A+
Which of the following statements about the midlatitude jet stream is NOT true? - Answer✔(B)
Its speed is greatest during the summer.
According to the three-cell general circulation model, the driest regions on Earth should be found
near: - Answer✔(B) 30° latitude and the polar regions.
According to the single-cell circulation model proposed by George Hadley, the most important
factor causing the global atmospheric circulation was: - Answer✔(B) The temperature contrast
between the equator and the poles.
In the context of the three-cell model of the general circulation, the Hadley cell is: - Answer✔(D)
A circulation of rising air near the equator and sinking air in the subtropics.
Which of the following does NOT contribute to the heavy precipitation occurring in India in the
summer (i.e., the rainy phase of the Indian monsoon)? - Answer✔(D) The winds are deflected
around the Himalayas and converge at the foot of the mountains.
Which of the following does NOT explain why India receives little precipitation in January? -
Answer✔(C) The surrounding ocean waters are cool, so the sea breeze carries less moisture.
"El Niño/Southern Oscillation" is: - Answer✔(d) A large-scale oscillation in the circulation of
the atmosphere and the ocean that originates
in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
Which of the following is not happening during the El Niño phase of ENSO: - Answer✔(c) The
trade winds strengthen over the east equatorial Pacific ocean.
The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a region of converging _______ winds where we
can expect to see _______ clouds. - Answer✔C) Easterly, cumuliform
In Honolulu, Hawaii (latitude 21o N), you would most likely experience winds blowing from
the: - Answer✔(A) northeast.
At Barrow, Alaska (latitude 70 oN), you would expect the prevailing wind to be: - Answer✔(A)
northerly.
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Generally, along the polar front one would not expect to observe: - Answer✔(E) sinking air aloft
The majority of the United States lies within this wind belt: - Answer✔(A) westerlies
Which below does not describe the polar front jet stream? - Answer✔(D) is normally found at a
higher elevation than the subtropical jet
The wind's speed generally increases with height above the earth's surface because: -
Answer✔(D) friction with the earth's surface slows the air near the ground.
A good source region for an air mass would be: - Answer✔(B) generally flat areas of uniform
composition with light surface winds.
Which of the following statements is most plausible? - Answer✔(C) In winter, cA source regions
have lower temperatures than cP source regions.
The greatest contrast in both temperature and moisture will occur along the boundary separating
which air masses? - Answer✔(A) mT and cP
One would expect a cP air mass to be: - Answer✔(A) cold and dry.
Which air mass would show the most dramatic change in both temperature and moisture content
as it moves over a large body of very warm water? - Answer✔(B) cP in winter
Before the passage of a cold front the pressure normally __________, and after the passage of a
cold front the pressure normally __________. - Answer✔(B) drops, rises
Occluded fronts may form as: - Answer✔(A) a cold front overtakes a warm front.
What type of weather front would be responsible for the following weather forecast: "Increasing
cloudiness and warm today with the possibility of showers by this evening. Turning much colder
tonight. Winds southwesterly becoming gusty and shifting to northwesterly by tonight." -
Answer✔(A) cold front
What type of weather front would be responsible for the following weather forecast: "Increasing
high cloudiness and cold this morning. Clouds increasing and lowering this afternoon with a
chance of snow or rain tonight. Precipitation ending tomorrow morning. Turning much warmer.
Winds light easterly today becoming southeasterly tonight and southwesterly tomorrow." -
Answer✔(B) warm front
The lake effect when ____ air mass moves over a ____ body of water. - Answer✔(D) cP; warm
An airmass is defined as a body of air with: - Answer✔(D) slowly varying values of surface
temperature and moisture content.
Why is a drop in pressure often a sign that weather will get worse in the coming hours or days? -
Answer✔(C) A decreasing surface pressure can indicate the approach of a cyclone or its cold
front.
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