GY 101 Exam 2 Review UPDATE ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
1. The largest-scale pattern of pressure and winds is B
described by the term
A) Coriolis effect
B) General circulation
C) Hadley cell
D) Pressure gradient force
E) none of the above
2. At about 20o-30o latitude, air lifted by heating in the D
equatorial zone sinks back to the surface to form the:
A) equatorial lows
B) ITCZ
C) jet stream
D) subtropical highs
E) none of the above
3. Winds blowing west to east or east to west are re- D
ferred to as
A) adiabatic
B) meridional
C) pressure gradient
D) zonal
E) none of the above
4. William Ferrel's model is composed of three distinct D
cells, the most important cell, which begins with heat-
ing at the equator is the
A) Ferrel cell
B) Polar Cell
C) Bermuda High
D) Hadley cell
E) none of the above
, GY 101 Exam 2 Review UPDATE ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
5. Energy is exchanged within the atmosphere, as well C
as gained and lost across its interfaces with land
and ocean through physical, geological, and biological
processes organized in Earth System cycles (for exam-
ple, ).
A) The Greenhouse effect
B) The Ideal Gas Law
C) The Water/hydrologic Cycle
D) Wein's Law
E) none of the above
6. In the figure below, which feature represents an area A
of convection and convergence?
A) the ITCZ
B) Subtropical Highs
C) Trade winds
D) Westerlies
E) none of the above
7. An example of an area with a subtropical desert cli- D
mate
A) Chicago
B) Vancouver
C) Portland
D) San Diego
E) none of the above
8. In the summer, one of the most well developed high C
pressure cells is situated over the Atlantic Ocean it's
called the:
A) ITCZ
B) Equatorial Low
, GY 101 Exam 2 Review UPDATE ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
C) Bermuda High
D) The Bermuda Low
E) none of the above
9. In the Northern Hemisphere, cyclonic winds rotate: B
A) clockwise
B) counterclockwise
C) east-west
D) north-south
E) none of the above
10. The so-called "river of air" created by the strong PGF B
associated with the polar front is called the
A) The Hawaii High
B) The Polar Jet Stream
C) The ITCZ
D) The Equatorial Low
E) none of the above
11. Which of the following terms refers to the amount of E
water vapor in the atmosphere?
A) condensation
B) convection
C) evaporation
D) latency
E) none of the above
12. The term that defines equilibrium between evapora- D
tion and condensation is
A) condensation
B) evaporation
C) escape velocity
CORRECT Answers
1. The largest-scale pattern of pressure and winds is B
described by the term
A) Coriolis effect
B) General circulation
C) Hadley cell
D) Pressure gradient force
E) none of the above
2. At about 20o-30o latitude, air lifted by heating in the D
equatorial zone sinks back to the surface to form the:
A) equatorial lows
B) ITCZ
C) jet stream
D) subtropical highs
E) none of the above
3. Winds blowing west to east or east to west are re- D
ferred to as
A) adiabatic
B) meridional
C) pressure gradient
D) zonal
E) none of the above
4. William Ferrel's model is composed of three distinct D
cells, the most important cell, which begins with heat-
ing at the equator is the
A) Ferrel cell
B) Polar Cell
C) Bermuda High
D) Hadley cell
E) none of the above
, GY 101 Exam 2 Review UPDATE ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
5. Energy is exchanged within the atmosphere, as well C
as gained and lost across its interfaces with land
and ocean through physical, geological, and biological
processes organized in Earth System cycles (for exam-
ple, ).
A) The Greenhouse effect
B) The Ideal Gas Law
C) The Water/hydrologic Cycle
D) Wein's Law
E) none of the above
6. In the figure below, which feature represents an area A
of convection and convergence?
A) the ITCZ
B) Subtropical Highs
C) Trade winds
D) Westerlies
E) none of the above
7. An example of an area with a subtropical desert cli- D
mate
A) Chicago
B) Vancouver
C) Portland
D) San Diego
E) none of the above
8. In the summer, one of the most well developed high C
pressure cells is situated over the Atlantic Ocean it's
called the:
A) ITCZ
B) Equatorial Low
, GY 101 Exam 2 Review UPDATE ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
C) Bermuda High
D) The Bermuda Low
E) none of the above
9. In the Northern Hemisphere, cyclonic winds rotate: B
A) clockwise
B) counterclockwise
C) east-west
D) north-south
E) none of the above
10. The so-called "river of air" created by the strong PGF B
associated with the polar front is called the
A) The Hawaii High
B) The Polar Jet Stream
C) The ITCZ
D) The Equatorial Low
E) none of the above
11. Which of the following terms refers to the amount of E
water vapor in the atmosphere?
A) condensation
B) convection
C) evaporation
D) latency
E) none of the above
12. The term that defines equilibrium between evapora- D
tion and condensation is
A) condensation
B) evaporation
C) escape velocity
