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Meteorology Chapter 6 Test Review 1. What direction is the prevailing wind Figure 6-1 in Australia in Figure 6-1? 2. What direction is the most dominant prevailing wind in the United States in Figure 6-1? 3. Where would someone find the lowest pressure measurements in the world? 4. Assuming that air temperature remains constant, an increase in pressure will equal an increase in ___________. 5. A cold/dry air mass is ________ dense compared to a warm/moist air mass. 6. A cold/dry air mass is a ________ pressure system, and a warm/moist air mass is a ________ pressure system. 7. What common weather related molecule is the least massive found in the atmosphere? 8. Hydrostatic equilibrium is the balance between _____________ and the upward movement of the atmosphere. 9. What are the factors or forces that control wind? 10. The closer the isobars, the ________ the wind. The farther apart the isobars are, the _______ the wind. 11. Winds aloft that blow at a constant rate and are curved due to curved isobars are called: 12. The Coriolis force cause winds in the Northern Hemisphere to deflect to:
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Meteorology Chapter 6 Test Review1. What direction is the prevailing wind Figure 6-1 in Australia in Figure 6-1?
2. What direction is the most dominant prevailing wind in the United States in Figure 6-1?
3. Where would someone find the lowest pressure measurements in the world?
4. Assuming that air temperature remains constant, an increase in pressure will equal an increase in ___________.
5. A cold/dry air mass is ________ dense compared to a warm/moist air mass.
6. A cold/dry air mass is a ________ pressure system, and a warm/moist air mass is a ________ pressure system.
7. What common weather related molecule is the least massive found in the atmosphere?
8. Hydrostatic equilibrium is the balance between _____________ and the upward movement of the atmosphere.
9. What are the factors or forces that control wind?
10. The closer the isobars, the ________ the wind. The farther apart the isobars are, the _______ the wind.
11. Winds aloft that blow at a constant rate and are curved due to curved isobars are called:
12. The Coriolis force cause winds in the Northern Hemisphere to deflect to:
13. The Coriolis force cause winds in the Southern Hemisphere to deflect to:
14. An area of elongated high pressure is called:
15. An area of elongated low pressure is called:
16. High pressure systems are often associated with ________ weather.
17. Low pressure systems are often associated with ________ weather.
18. A device that measures wind speed, but it looks like a wind vane with a propeller at one end is called:
19. A device that uses cups to measure wind speed and is read much like the speedometer of a car is called:
20. The device that measures air pressure, which uses a very sensitive metal chamber, is called:
21. The device that measures air pressure, which uses a tube of liquid inverted into a dish of liquid, is called:
22. A device used in aircraft to determine height of the aircraft above ocean or land is called:
23. The net flow of air into a region causing an increase in surface pressure is called:
24. The net flow of air out of a region causing a decrease in surface pressure is called:
25. A device used to record continuous air pressure measurements is called:
26. What are the best places for a wind farm to be located?
27. What force opposes wind velocity?
28. What force opposes pressure gradient?
