Caribbean Weather Systems

Which of the following best describes a weather system?

• a system used to detect rainfall

• a linked pattern of winds, air pressure, rainfall and humidity that develops in the atmosphere

• a system linked with atmospheric pressure

• a system that affects only certain countries

What is meant by the abbreviation I.T.C.Z?

• intertropical conference zone

• intertropical continental zone

• intertropical convergence zone

• internal convergence zone

The ITCZ forms where these two winds meet

• Northeast and Southeast trades

• easterlies and westerlies

• southerlies and northeast trades

• westerlies and polar easterlies

The position of the ITCS never changes

• True

• False

The ITCZ mainly affects which of the following countries?

• Cuba

• Haiti

• Jamaica

• Trinidad and Tobago

The ITCZ affects the Caribbean during the North American summer

• true

• false

The presence of the ITCZ in the Caribbean results in the formation of ________ clouds.

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• startus

• cumulus

The ITCZ affects the souther Caribbean from

• June to November

• January to March

• December to March

• September to December

A weather system always lasts for months

• true

• false

The main weather conditions at the ITCZ are:

1. low pressure

2. rainfall

3. thunderstorms

4. sunshine

• 1 and 2 only

• 1 and 3 only

• 1, 2 and 4

• 1, 2 and 3