Exam 18: Air Pressure and Wind

Which of these factors influence the magnitude of the Coriolis force?

A low pressure center is called a(n) ________.

Anticyclones characteristically have winds blowing out from their centers.

A steep pressure gradient ________.

Horizontal movement of air is called ________.

What type of local wind pattern is illustrated in the diagram below?

Closely spaced isobars often indicate ________.

Most of the people living in the United States are under the influence of the wind belt known as the westerlies.

The region where the trade winds meet is also called the doldrums.

Of the various elements of weather, changes in air pressure are probably the most obvious.

The Coriolis effect is strongest at the equator and diminishes in strength poleward.

The Sahara and Australian deserts (among others) are associated with the ________.

When are upper air winds fastest?

An isobar is a line on a weather map connecting places of equal ________.

A Santa Ana (or Chinook or Foehn) wind is a ________.

Closely spaced isobars indicate high wind speeds.

If stormy weather were approaching, the pressure tendency would probably be ________.

Standard sea level pressure is ________ inches of mercury.

Fast moving currents of air found near the top of the troposphere are called ________.

In the Southern Hemisphere, the winds associated with a low pressure system blow ________.