MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
1) The Coriolis effect influences
__________.
A) only wind speed
B) only wind direction
C) both wind speed and wind
direction
D) neither wind speed nor wind
direction
2) A steep
pressure gradient indicates __________.
A) high winds
B) variable winds
C) light winds
D) winds oriented north to south
E) cyclonic winds
3) The
A) polar high
B) subpolar
low
C) subtropical high
D) equatorial low
E) none of these
4) Standard sea
level pressure in millibars is __________.
A) 1000 B) 980 C)
1027 D) 1013 E) 750
5) In the Northern
Hemisphere, the winds associated with a low-pressure system (cyclone) blow
__________.
A) counterclockwise toward the
center
B) clockwise outward from the
center
C) counterclockwise outward from
the center
D) clockwise toward the center
E) none of these
6) A sea breeze
usually originates during the __________.
A) evening and flows toward the water
B) day and flows toward the
water
C) evening and flows toward the
land
D) day and flows toward the land
E) none of these
7) In the Southern
Hemisphere, the winds associated with a low-pressure system blow __________.
A) clockwise outward from the
center
B) counterclockwise toward the
center
C) counterclockwise outward from
the center
D) clockwise toward the center
E) none of these
8) Most of the
A) trade winds
B) horse latitudes
C) westerlies
D) doldrums
E) subpolar
easterlies
9) The subpolar low (polar front) is __________.
A) the forward edge of the
Antarctic ice cap
B) a zone where the polar
easterlies and the westerlies converge
C) the boundary between frozen
and liquid ocean
D) a zone where the trade winds
meet
E) none of these
10) Low air
pressure systems are usually associated with __________.
A) clear weather
B) descending air
C) precipitation
D) diverging winds
E) all of these
11) Widely spaced
isobars indicate __________.
A) high winds
B) variable winds
C) light winds
D) winds oriented north to south
E) cyclonic winds
12) High air
pressure systems are usually associated with __________.
A) descending air
B) relatively dry conditions
C) clear weather
D) diverging winds
E) all of these
13) In the
Northern Hemisphere, winds associated with a high-pressure system blow
__________.
A) counterclockwise toward the
center
B) clockwise outward from the
center
C) clockwise toward the center
D) counterclockwise outward from
the center
E) none of these
14) Which of the
following is considered to be a boundary between two different air masses?
A) warm front B) cold front
C) both warm front and cold
front D) neither warm front nor cold
front
15) When a
hurricane moves onto land, it rapidly loses its punch, that is, the storm
declines in intensity. Which of the factors listed below contribute to this
loss of energy?
A) heating from below by the
land surface
B) friction
C) lack of warm, moist air
D) both friction and lack of
warm, moist air
E) both lack of warm, moist air
and heating from below by the land surface
16) The leeward
sides of mountains are typically dry and are often arid enough to be referred
to as __________.
A) rainshadow
deserts
B) taigas
C) steppes
D) a Mediterranean climate
E) tundras
17) Which one of
the following is NOT a component of the climate system?
A) solid Earth
B) cryosphere
C) exosphere
D) hydrosphere
E) biosphere
18) The magnitude
of a temperature increase due to greenhouse warming will probably be smallest
in the __________.
A) higher middle-latitudes
B) lower middle-latitudes
C) tropics
D) polar regions
E) subtropics
19) Earth's
low-latitude deserts and steppes coincide with the __________ pressure belts.
A) subtropical high
B) polar high
C) equatorial low
D) subpolar
low
E) both A and C
20) The combustion
of __________ has added great quantities of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
A) paper
B) wood
C) fossil fuels
D) oxygen
E) none of these
21) The belt of
constellations through which all the planets move is called the __________.
A) Planetoid
B) Cosmos
C) Zodiac
D) Parallax
E) Milky Way
22) Galileo
observed several features using the telescope. Which of the following did he
NOT discover?
A) sunspots
B) the mountains and
"seas" on the Moon
C) Jupiter's four largest moons
D) phases of Venus
E) the two moons of Mars
23) This scientist
determined the nature of the forces that kept the planets in their orbits.
A) Sir Isaac Newton
B) Galileo
C) Tycho Brahe
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
E) Johannes Kepler
24) Which of these
men formulated the Law of Universal Gravitation?
A) Sir Isaac Newton
B) Galileo
C) Tycho Brahe
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
E) Johannes Kepler
25) The true shape
of the planetary orbits was discovered by __________.
A) Sir Isaac Newton
B) Galileo
C) Tycho Brahe
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
E) Johannes Kepler
26) The maria lowlands on the Moon are
most likely __________.
A) large lava-filled impact
craters
B) stream-eroded basins
C) fault block basins similar to
rift valleys on Earth
D) dried-up ocean basins
E) none of these
27) Which of the
following is NOT true about Jupiter?
A) has a thin ring system
B) has huge rotating storms
C) has a dense atmosphere
D) more massive than all the
other planets combined
E) All of these are true.
28) Most of the
Moon's craters were produced by __________.
A) faulting
B) radial implosions
C) the impact of debris
(meteoroids)
D) volcanic eruptions
E) their origin remains unknown
29) The formation
of the solar system from a huge cloud of dust and gases is called the
__________.
A) planetesimal
hypothesis
B) nebular hypothesis
C) solar hypothesis
D) protoplanet
hypothesis
E) none of these
30) The force that
generates wind is __________.
A) pressure gradient force
B) Coriolis force
C) gravity
D) friction
E) centrifugal force
31) Fast-moving
currents of air found near the top of the troposphere are called __________.
A) wind trains B) jet streams C) mesocyclones
D) chinooks
32) Lines on a
weather map connecting places of equal air pressure are called __________.
A) isogrids
B) isovectors
C) isopressure
D) isotherms
E) isobars
33) Another name
for the subtropical high is __________.
A) trade winds
B) westerlies
C) doldrums
D) subpolar
easterlies
E) horse latitudes
34) Closely spaced
isobars indicate __________.
A) high winds
B) variable winds
C) light winds
D) winds oriented north to south
E) cyclonic winds
35) When an active
cold front overtakes a warm front, __________.
A) the fronts cancel one another
out
B) a stationary front is created
C) an occluded front forms
D) cloud formation ceases
E) none of these
36) Climates where
evaporation exceeds precipitation are called __________ climates.
A) humid middle-latitude
B) highland
C) polar
D) humid tropical
E) dry
37) The humid
subtropical climate dominates the __________
A) western
B) southwestern
C) southeastern
D) northeastern
E) central
38) The first
successful attempt to establish the size of Earth is credited to __________.
A) Eratosthenes
B) Aristarchus
C) Aristotle
D) Ptolemy
E) Hipparchus
39) The mercurial
barometer was invented by __________.
A) Galileo B) Newton C) Torricelli D)
Barometti E)
Watt
40) If
"fair" weather is approaching, the pressure tendency would probably
be __________.
A) falling
B) rising
C) pressure tendency has nothing
to do with forecasting good or bad weather
D) steady
41) The two most
important elements in a climatic description are temperature and __________.
A) cloud cover
B) wind
C) pressure
D) air mass type
E) precipitation
42) A steep
pressure gradient __________.
A) would be depicted by widely
spaced isobars
B) produces light winds
C) is only possible in the tropics
D) produces strong winds
E) none of these
43) The Kumlaut(o)ppen climate classification recognizes __________ principal
climate groups.
A) two B) five C)
six D) three E) four
44) One of the
discoveries that led to the modern view of the solar system was that the orbits
of the planets are __________.
A) circles
B) parabolas
C) ellipses
D) hyperbolas
E) ovals
45) This
terrestrial planet is shrouded in a thick cloud cover making earthbound
telescopic observation of its surface impossible.
A) Venus B) Uranus C) Mars D)
Mercury E) Pluto