TAMU ATMO 201 Exam 2 2025/2026 Actual comprehensive
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What happens to the warmer column with pressure gradient?
- ANSWER-It's
pressure and density
decrease
What happens to the cooler column with pressure gradient?
- ANSWER-It's
pressure & density
increase
What causes horizontal pressure variations aloft and at
the surface? -
ANSWER-The heating & cooling of air
columns
What do pressure variations at the surface force air to do? -
ANSWER-Move
from high pressure to lower
pressure
,What do the spacing of isobars mean? - ANSWER-indicate how
strong the PGF is
What do the spacing of isoheights mean? - ANSWER-indicated
strength of wind
closer specing = stronger winds = stronger pressure gradient
What forces affect winds? - ANSWER--PGF: air moves from
high to low pressure
-Coriolis: due to earth rotation; affects wind direction
-Cenripetal/Centrifugal: acceleration due to air spinning
(tornadoes, tropical cyclones)
-Friction: slows wind down esp. near surface
Why do all free-moving objects (ocean currents, planes, air
molecules) seem to
deflect from a straight-line path while the Earth rotates
under them? -
ANSWER-Coriolis
Force
Coriolis in Northern Hemisphere - ANSWER-acts to the right of
direction object
is
moving
, Coriolis in the Southern Hemisphere - ANSWER-acts to the
left of direction
object is
moving
What does the amount of deflection depend on? - ANSWER--
Rotation of the
Earth
-Latitude
-Object's
speed
What does the Coriolis force never influence? - ANSWER-wind
speed
only influences wind DIRECTION
As wind speed increases, what happens to the Coriolis Force
and deflection? -
ANSWER-Increases; becomes
greater
Where is Coriolis force greatest and lowest? - ANSWER-
Greatest at high
latitudes
Lowest at low
latitudes
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What happens to the warmer column with pressure gradient?
- ANSWER-It's
pressure and density
decrease
What happens to the cooler column with pressure gradient?
- ANSWER-It's
pressure & density
increase
What causes horizontal pressure variations aloft and at
the surface? -
ANSWER-The heating & cooling of air
columns
What do pressure variations at the surface force air to do? -
ANSWER-Move
from high pressure to lower
pressure
,What do the spacing of isobars mean? - ANSWER-indicate how
strong the PGF is
What do the spacing of isoheights mean? - ANSWER-indicated
strength of wind
closer specing = stronger winds = stronger pressure gradient
What forces affect winds? - ANSWER--PGF: air moves from
high to low pressure
-Coriolis: due to earth rotation; affects wind direction
-Cenripetal/Centrifugal: acceleration due to air spinning
(tornadoes, tropical cyclones)
-Friction: slows wind down esp. near surface
Why do all free-moving objects (ocean currents, planes, air
molecules) seem to
deflect from a straight-line path while the Earth rotates
under them? -
ANSWER-Coriolis
Force
Coriolis in Northern Hemisphere - ANSWER-acts to the right of
direction object
is
moving
, Coriolis in the Southern Hemisphere - ANSWER-acts to the
left of direction
object is
moving
What does the amount of deflection depend on? - ANSWER--
Rotation of the
Earth
-Latitude
-Object's
speed
What does the Coriolis force never influence? - ANSWER-wind
speed
only influences wind DIRECTION
As wind speed increases, what happens to the Coriolis Force
and deflection? -
ANSWER-Increases; becomes
greater
Where is Coriolis force greatest and lowest? - ANSWER-
Greatest at high
latitudes
Lowest at low
latitudes
