Exam 6: The Atmosphere and the Oceans

When sea ice forms, the surface water beneath the ice becomes less dense.

The Coriolis effect arises primarily from the ________.

Most of the weather happens in the ________.

Atmospheric pressure is greatest in the ________.

Winds are named for the direction to which they blow.

The Coriolis effect deflects objects in the Northern Hemisphere to the ________ relative to their direction of motion.

The key property that determines whether fluid (air or water) sinks or rises is ________.

Along the west coast of India, the prevailing wind during the winter blows ________ and produces the ________.

The annual variation in atmospheric carbon dioxide is caused primarily by seasonal photosynthesis on land in the Southern Hemisphere.

The wind band between the horse latitudes and the doldrums is called the ________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

El Niño is an oceanic and atmospheric system that moves across the central Pacific from Asia toward Peru.

In the Southern Hemisphere, the atmospheric low pressure belt centered on 60°S remains nearly continuous around the world at all seasons of the year.

Wind belts that blow from east to west over most of the areas between 30°N and 30°S are called ________.

The winds that begin the polar high pressure zones are called ________.

The tabular icebergs are formed from sea ice.

The greenhouse effect is a product of increasing oxygen concentration in the troposphere.

Decreasing the atmospheric pressure increases the density of air.

The effect of ozone destruction is most severe ________.

Which statement(s) about El Niño is(are) true?

An El Niño event means ________.