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Geography 1900 Exam 3 with ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




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Which of the following are NOT units of pressure? - correct answer✔✔Kelvin
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The force that would cause a stationary parcel of air to begin to move horizontally is: -
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correct answer✔✔Pressure gradient force ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Which of the following is NOT true about the Coriolis force? - correct answer✔✔It
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determines the direction in which water spins while going down a drain ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




The world's deserts are found a 30 degrees latitude because: - correct answer✔✔Of the
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sinking air of the subtropical highs ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Surface mid-latitude cyclones can be strengthened bey the upper atmosphere through: -
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correct answer✔✔All of the above ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




Which two air masses most often affect the weather in Ohio? - correct answer✔✔mT and
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where is the Bermuda high located - correct answer✔✔off the east coast of the U.S
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which of the following locations is a good source region for a cT air mass - correct
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answer✔✔central Mexico ||//\\||




the wind around a high pressure system at the surface in the Northern hemisphere moves
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- correct answer✔✔clockwise and outward from the center
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, a wind reported at 90 degrees would be blowing from the - correct answer✔✔east
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which of the following is TRUE about the effect of friction on air - correct answer✔✔fiction
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does not affect direction of air flow
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a conditions where the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean turns warmer than
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normal is called - correct answer✔✔en nino ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||




which of the following measures with wind speed - correct answer✔✔anemometer
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which letter in the diagram above is located in the warm sector - correct answer✔✔c
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which letter is in the diagram above is most likely to be experiencing south wind - correct
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answer✔✔c



which arrow indicates the direction of the geostrophic wind in the Southern hemisphere -
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correct answer✔✔northeast ||//\\||




during the summer along the coast a sea breeze is usually strongest and best developed
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- correct answer✔✔in the afternoon
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the atmosphere is generally shortest at - correct answer✔✔the poles
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which of the statements about Rossby waves is true - correct answer✔✔all are true
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which of the following fronts is most likely to be associated with freezing rain - correct
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answer✔✔warm front ||//\\||

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