Atmospheric Circulation

What part of the atmosphere features convection cells, wind, clouds, and weather?

• the thermosphere

• the stratosphere

• the mesosphere

• the troposphere

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What is the name of the effect whereby moving air and water currents bend to the right in the Northern hemisphere because of Earth's rotation?

• Hadley

• Coriolis

• Cumulonimbus

• Convection

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Hadley, Ferrel, and polar are the names of

• bears

• feuding Kentucky families

• atmospheric circulation cells

• cloud types

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Currents of circulating air or other fluid caused by differences in temperature

• Jet streams

• Trade winds

• Coriolis

• Convection

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Air that is warmer than the air surrounding it

• rises

• sinks

• stays where it is

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Air that is cooler than the air surrounding it

• rises

• sinks (descends)

• stays where it is

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Rising air leads to ____ pressure at ground level

• High

• Low

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Descending air leads to ____ pressure at ground level

• High

• Low

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Regions of low pressure are

• Stable with little air movement; air masses form here

• Unstable, with air movement, changing conditions, and precipitation

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Regions of high pressure are

• Stable with little air movement; air masses form here

• Unstable, with air movement, changing conditions, and precipitation

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