Sci 100 Exam 2 With All Needed To Pass
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The earth's rotation is responsible for what force or effect? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Coriolis effect/force
What effect does the Coriolis force have on the wind blowing from the Equator to the north? To the
south? From the north to the Equator? From the south to the Equator? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔It
causes it to curve north
Zonal wind systems are the result of what factor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔seasons
What direction does the wind blow in each of the three wind zones in each hemisphere, and why? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔they blow from east to west because of the high pressure and the Coriolis Force
What is the difference between a divergence and a convergence? How are they similar? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Divergence is a place where airflows or ocean currents diverge, typically marked by
downwelling of air or upwelling of water.
- Convergence is a location where airflows or ocean currents meet, characteristically marked by
upwelling of air or downwelling of water.
- They are similar because it occurs where airflows or the ocean currents are in the ocean
What are seasons caused by? How does this relate to the angle of sunlight striking the Earth? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The tilt of the Earth's rotational axis away or toward the sun as it travels through its year-
long path around the sun.
, How much is the Earth tilted, and how is that related to the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of
Capricorn? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane of its orbit
around the sun. But this tilt changes.
-The Tropic of Cancer is currently positioned at approximately 23.4 degrees north of the Equator. The
Tropic of Capricorn is 23.4 degrees south of the Equator.
What is the ITCZ, and why is it important? Is it always found at the same location? Why or why not? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The doldrums is the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), and it is an
important part of Earth's general circulation system.
- The area encircling Earth near the Equator, where the northeast and southeast trade winds converge
- Moves position throughout the year, changing tropical weather
Wind Patterns at an Ocean-Land Boundary: DAY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔LAND surface absorbs sunlight
FASTER than OCEAN surface. So, LAND gets HOTTER.
Wind Patterns at an Ocean-Land Boundary: NIGHT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Land surface loses heat
faster than ocean surface.
Differences in surface heating result in certain wind patterns; be able to recognize a description of each.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔How Do These Daytime Temp. Differences Cause Wind?
-What happens to WARM AIR above HOT LAND? It rises.
- What happens to COOL AIR above COLD OCEAN? It sinks.
How Do These Nocturnal Temp. Differences Cause Wind?
- What happens to AIR above LAND?
It sinks
- What happens to AIR above OCEAN?
It rises.
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The earth's rotation is responsible for what force or effect? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Coriolis effect/force
What effect does the Coriolis force have on the wind blowing from the Equator to the north? To the
south? From the north to the Equator? From the south to the Equator? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔It
causes it to curve north
Zonal wind systems are the result of what factor? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔seasons
What direction does the wind blow in each of the three wind zones in each hemisphere, and why? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔they blow from east to west because of the high pressure and the Coriolis Force
What is the difference between a divergence and a convergence? How are they similar? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Divergence is a place where airflows or ocean currents diverge, typically marked by
downwelling of air or upwelling of water.
- Convergence is a location where airflows or ocean currents meet, characteristically marked by
upwelling of air or downwelling of water.
- They are similar because it occurs where airflows or the ocean currents are in the ocean
What are seasons caused by? How does this relate to the angle of sunlight striking the Earth? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The tilt of the Earth's rotational axis away or toward the sun as it travels through its year-
long path around the sun.
, How much is the Earth tilted, and how is that related to the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of
Capricorn? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane of its orbit
around the sun. But this tilt changes.
-The Tropic of Cancer is currently positioned at approximately 23.4 degrees north of the Equator. The
Tropic of Capricorn is 23.4 degrees south of the Equator.
What is the ITCZ, and why is it important? Is it always found at the same location? Why or why not? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The doldrums is the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), and it is an
important part of Earth's general circulation system.
- The area encircling Earth near the Equator, where the northeast and southeast trade winds converge
- Moves position throughout the year, changing tropical weather
Wind Patterns at an Ocean-Land Boundary: DAY - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔LAND surface absorbs sunlight
FASTER than OCEAN surface. So, LAND gets HOTTER.
Wind Patterns at an Ocean-Land Boundary: NIGHT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Land surface loses heat
faster than ocean surface.
Differences in surface heating result in certain wind patterns; be able to recognize a description of each.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔How Do These Daytime Temp. Differences Cause Wind?
-What happens to WARM AIR above HOT LAND? It rises.
- What happens to COOL AIR above COLD OCEAN? It sinks.
How Do These Nocturnal Temp. Differences Cause Wind?
- What happens to AIR above LAND?
It sinks
- What happens to AIR above OCEAN?
It rises.
