What Do You Know About Air Pressure And Winds? Quiz
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Do you know how the wind moves? Here's the answer. The wind moves because of the variation in air pressure from one place to another from the region of high pressure toward the part of low pressure. The wind blows rapidly when the high-pressure area is close to the low-pressure area, or if the pressure difference is enormous. This quiz has been designed to test your knowledge about the factors leading to the wind and air pressure. Let's try out! All the best!
- 1.What is the name of the most constant, reliable, steady winds?
- A.
Polar Easterlies
- B.
Westerlies
- C.
Trade Winds
- D.
Polar Front
- 2.Winds are named after the location they come from.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The winds at the poles and the equator are due to
- A.
Coriolis Effect
- B.
Temperature
- C.
Precipitation
- D.
All of the above
- 4.The eastern side of a Subtropical High will bring
- A.
High pressure, stable, dry weather
- B.
High pressure, unstable, moist weather
- C.
Low pressure, unstable, moist weather
- D.
Low pressure, stable, dry weather
- 5.Anticyclones have
- A.
High pressure
- B.
Converging air
- C.
Poor conditions
- D.
None of the above
- 6.A land breeze is a result of
- A.
Low pressure going from land to sea
- B.
Low pressure going from sea to land
- C.
High pressure going from sea to land
- D.
High pressure going from land to sea
- 7.The Horse Latitudes and located between
- A.
The Polar High and Subpolar Low
- B.
The Subpolar Low and Supbtropical High
- C.
The Subtropical High and Equatorial Low
- D.
A stable and a barn
- 8.The name of the upper air wind that steers storms is
- A.
The Subtropical Stream
- B.
The Jet Stream
- C.
The Cirrus Stream
- D.
The Wispy Stream
- 9.This weekend we might have some Santa Ana winds. These are also known as
- A.
Katabatic Winds
- B.
Annoying Winds
- C.
Foehn Winds
- D.
Monsoon Winds
- 10.The second largest country (by area) in the world is
- A.
The U.S.
- B.
China
- C.
Russia
- D.
Canada
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