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What is atmospheric pressure?
What is atmospheric pressure?
- The force exerted by the wind on the earth's surface
- The force exerted by the weight of the air molecules below the earth's surface per unit area
- The force exerted by the weight of the air molecules above the earth’s surface per unit area (correct)
- The force exerted by the weight of the earth's surface per air molecule
What is the primary cause of air motion (wind)?
What is the primary cause of air motion (wind)?
- Gravitational force
- Increase in temperature
- Decrease in temperature
- Variation in atmospheric pressure (correct)
How are atmospheric pressure and temperature related?
How are atmospheric pressure and temperature related?
- Unpredictably related
- Directly related
- Inversely related (correct)
- Not related
How is atmospheric pressure measured?
How is atmospheric pressure measured?
What is the average atmospheric pressure at sea level?
What is the average atmospheric pressure at sea level?
How does atmospheric pressure change with increasing altitude?
How does atmospheric pressure change with increasing altitude?
What is the diameter of the storm over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean?
What is the diameter of the storm over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean?
In which direction do tropical cyclones mostly move?
In which direction do tropical cyclones mostly move?
What is another name for temperate cyclones?
What is another name for temperate cyclones?
What plays an important role in temperate cyclones and influences their direction from west to east?
What plays an important role in temperate cyclones and influences their direction from west to east?
Where do tropical cyclones make landfall?
Where do tropical cyclones make landfall?
What type of clouds may drift into the outer region from the eye wall during torrential rains?
What type of clouds may drift into the outer region from the eye wall during torrential rains?
What is the term used for the homogeneous surfaces over which air masses form?
What is the term used for the homogeneous surfaces over which air masses form?
Which air mass is classified as moist and warm?
Which air mass is classified as moist and warm?
What is the boundary zone between different air masses called?
What is the boundary zone between different air masses called?
What type of front remains stationary?
What type of front remains stationary?
In which region are fronts uncommon?
In which region are fronts uncommon?
What are the atmospheric disturbances involving a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at the center and high pressure at the periphery called?
What are the atmospheric disturbances involving a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at the center and high pressure at the periphery called?
In which hemisphere do tropical cyclones rotate anti-clockwise?
In which hemisphere do tropical cyclones rotate anti-clockwise?
What type of cyclone develops in the region between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer?
What type of cyclone develops in the region between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer?
Which factor is NOT favorable for the formation of tropical cyclones?
Which factor is NOT favorable for the formation of tropical cyclones?
What is the center of a mature tropical cyclone called?
What is the center of a mature tropical cyclone called?
What type of weather is associated with warm fronts?
What type of weather is associated with warm fronts?
What is the process by which a cold front of a rotating low pressure system catches up with a warm front?
What is the process by which a cold front of a rotating low pressure system catches up with a warm front?
What characterizes the trade winds?
What characterizes the trade winds?
Where do the westerlies blow from in the southern hemisphere?
Where do the westerlies blow from in the southern hemisphere?
What causes the formation of a sea breeze during the day?
What causes the formation of a sea breeze during the day?
What are tertiary winds?
What are tertiary winds?
Which wind is characterized by bringing reddish sand from the Sahara desert?
Which wind is characterized by bringing reddish sand from the Sahara desert?
What is the defining characteristic of an air mass?
What is the defining characteristic of an air mass?
What characterizes the westerlies?
What characterizes the westerlies?
What is characteristic of mountain breeze?
What is characteristic of mountain breeze?
What defines secondary winds?
What defines secondary winds?
What characterizes North American local winds - Chinook?
What characterizes North American local winds - Chinook?
What characterizes land breeze?
What characterizes land breeze?
What characterizes African winds - Khamsin?
What characterizes African winds - Khamsin?
What is an isobar?
What is an isobar?
What does closely spaced isobars indicate?
What does closely spaced isobars indicate?
Where does the equatorial low-pressure belt lie?
Where does the equatorial low-pressure belt lie?
What are the winds that blow from the subtropical high-pressure belt towards the equatorial low-pressure belt called?
What are the winds that blow from the subtropical high-pressure belt towards the equatorial low-pressure belt called?
What is another name for the subtropical high-pressure belt?
What is another name for the subtropical high-pressure belt?
What causes the formation of the subpolar low-pressure belt?
What causes the formation of the subpolar low-pressure belt?
Which type of pressure belts are formed due to high and low temperature respectively?
Which type of pressure belts are formed due to high and low temperature respectively?
Who proposed the Hadley cell model?
Who proposed the Hadley cell model?
What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
How does the atmosphere behave with an increase in temperature?
How does the atmosphere behave with an increase in temperature?
What is the primary cause of air motion (wind)?
What is the primary cause of air motion (wind)?
What is the average atmospheric pressure at sea level?
What is the average atmospheric pressure at sea level?
In which direction does atmospheric pressure change with increasing altitude?
In which direction does atmospheric pressure change with increasing altitude?
What are the atmospheric disturbances involving a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at the center and high pressure at the periphery called?
What are the atmospheric disturbances involving a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at the center and high pressure at the periphery called?
Which type of cyclone forms over both land and water and covers a larger area than tropical cyclones?
Which type of cyclone forms over both land and water and covers a larger area than tropical cyclones?
What plays an important role in the direction of temperate cyclones from west to east?
What plays an important role in the direction of temperate cyclones from west to east?
What is the average diameter of a tropical cyclone over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean?
What is the average diameter of a tropical cyclone over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean?
Which type of cyclone predominantly moves along with the direction of trade winds?
Which type of cyclone predominantly moves along with the direction of trade winds?
What atmospheric disturbances involving a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at the center and high pressure at the periphery are characteristic of tropical cyclones?
What atmospheric disturbances involving a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at the center and high pressure at the periphery are characteristic of tropical cyclones?
In which region do temperate cyclones occur in both the hemispheres?
In which region do temperate cyclones occur in both the hemispheres?
What is the name given to an imaginary line connecting places of uniform atmospheric pressure reduced to mean sea level?
What is the name given to an imaginary line connecting places of uniform atmospheric pressure reduced to mean sea level?
What is the name of the belt of calm at the equatorial low-pressure belt?
What is the name of the belt of calm at the equatorial low-pressure belt?
What causes the formation of a high-pressure belt along the subtropical region?
What causes the formation of a high-pressure belt along the subtropical region?
Which cell features part of the air rising at 60° latitude that flows towards poles and descends towards the subpolar region?
Which cell features part of the air rising at 60° latitude that flows towards poles and descends towards the subpolar region?
What is the name given to the horizontal movement of air from high pressure zones to low pressure areas?
What is the name given to the horizontal movement of air from high pressure zones to low pressure areas?
What instrument is used to measure the speed of the wind?
What instrument is used to measure the speed of the wind?
What type of winds are also called planetary winds, blow constantly throughout the year, and are invariable?
What type of winds are also called planetary winds, blow constantly throughout the year, and are invariable?
What are the three types of primary winds?
What are the three types of primary winds?
'Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar cells set the pattern for what?'
'Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar cells set the pattern for what?'
'At which latitude does part of the air rise and flow towards poles, descending in the sub-tropics?'
'At which latitude does part of the air rise and flow towards poles, descending in the sub-tropics?'
'What type of belts are formed due to high and low temperature respectively?'
'What type of belts are formed due to high and low temperature respectively?'
'What is the name given to an instrument that measures the speed of the wind?'
'What is the name given to an instrument that measures the speed of the wind?'
What characterizes the westerlies?
What characterizes the westerlies?
What causes the formation of a sea breeze during the day?
What causes the formation of a sea breeze during the day?
What characterizes African winds - Sirocco?
What characterizes African winds - Sirocco?
What type of weather is associated with warm fronts?
What type of weather is associated with warm fronts?
What characterizes North American local winds - Chinook?
What characterizes North American local winds - Chinook?
What causes the formation of land breeze during the night?
What causes the formation of land breeze during the night?
What are the main source regions for air masses?
What are the main source regions for air masses?
What is the boundary zone between two different air masses called?
What is the boundary zone between two different air masses called?
What process involves the convergence of two distinct air masses?
What process involves the convergence of two distinct air masses?
What type of front is formed when a warm air mass moves towards the cold air mass?
What type of front is formed when a warm air mass moves towards the cold air mass?
What atmospheric disturbances involve a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at center and high pressure at the periphery?
What atmospheric disturbances involve a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at center and high pressure at the periphery?
What is the center of a mature tropical cyclone called?
What is the center of a mature tropical cyclone called?
What type of front brings significant precipitation along the front?
What type of front brings significant precipitation along the front?
'Hurricanes' in the Atlantic, 'Typhoons' in the Western Pacific, and 'Cyclones' in the Indian ocean are all names for which atmospheric disturbance?
'Hurricanes' in the Atlantic, 'Typhoons' in the Western Pacific, and 'Cyclones' in the Indian ocean are all names for which atmospheric disturbance?
What plays an important role in the direction of temperate cyclones from west to east?
What plays an important role in the direction of temperate cyclones from west to east?
What characterizes tropical air masses?
What characterizes tropical air masses?
What causes the rapid decrease in atmospheric pressure with increasing altitude?
What causes the rapid decrease in atmospheric pressure with increasing altitude?
What effect does an increase in temperature have on atmospheric pressure?
What effect does an increase in temperature have on atmospheric pressure?
What is the primary cause of air motion (wind) according to the given information?
What is the primary cause of air motion (wind) according to the given information?
What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure as mentioned in the text?
What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure as mentioned in the text?
At sea level, what is the average atmospheric pressure as stated in the text?
At sea level, what is the average atmospheric pressure as stated in the text?
What is the defining characteristic of the vertical distribution of atmospheric pressure as mentioned in the text?
What is the defining characteristic of the vertical distribution of atmospheric pressure as mentioned in the text?
What is the primary reason for the movement of tropical cyclones from east to west?
What is the primary reason for the movement of tropical cyclones from east to west?
What distinguishes temperate cyclones from tropical cyclones in terms of their formation?
What distinguishes temperate cyclones from tropical cyclones in terms of their formation?
What is the primary characteristic of the movement of temperate cyclones?
What is the primary characteristic of the movement of temperate cyclones?
What is the most significant impact of tropical cyclones on coastal lowlands?
What is the most significant impact of tropical cyclones on coastal lowlands?
Which atmospheric feature plays a crucial role in the development and direction of temperate cyclones?
Which atmospheric feature plays a crucial role in the development and direction of temperate cyclones?
What is the average diameter of a tropical cyclone over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean?
What is the average diameter of a tropical cyclone over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean?
What is the primary cause of air motion (wind)?
What is the primary cause of air motion (wind)?
What is the defining characteristic of an air mass?
What is the defining characteristic of an air mass?
Where do the westerlies blow from in the southern hemisphere?
Where do the westerlies blow from in the southern hemisphere?
What characterizes the westerlies?
What characterizes the westerlies?
What is the primary role of the Coriolis force in atmospheric circulation?
What is the primary role of the Coriolis force in atmospheric circulation?
'Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar cells set the pattern for what?'
'Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar cells set the pattern for what?'
'At which latitude does part of the air rise and flow towards poles, descending in the sub-tropics?'
'At which latitude does part of the air rise and flow towards poles, descending in the sub-tropics?'
'What type of belts are formed due to high and low temperature respectively?'
'What type of belts are formed due to high and low temperature respectively?'
'What is another name for temperate cyclones?'
'What is another name for temperate cyclones?'
'How is atmospheric pressure measured?'
'How is atmospheric pressure measured?'
What characterizes tropical air masses?
What characterizes tropical air masses?
What are tertiary winds?
What are tertiary winds?
Which type of front is formed when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass and goes underneath it?
Which type of front is formed when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass and goes underneath it?
What is the boundary zone between different air masses called?
What is the boundary zone between different air masses called?
What characterizes the westerlies?
What characterizes the westerlies?
What is the term used for the homogeneous surfaces over which air masses form?
What is the term used for the homogeneous surfaces over which air masses form?
What are the atmospheric disturbances involving a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at center and high pressure at the periphery called?
What are the atmospheric disturbances involving a closed circulation of air around a low pressure at center and high pressure at the periphery called?
What type of winds are also called planetary winds, blow constantly throughout the year, and are invariable?
What type of winds are also called planetary winds, blow constantly throughout the year, and are invariable?
'What characterizes African winds - Sirocco?'
'What characterizes African winds - Sirocco?'
'What is another name for temperate cyclones?'
'What is another name for temperate cyclones?'
'In which direction does atmospheric pressure change with increasing altitude?'
'In which direction does atmospheric pressure change with increasing altitude?'
'Where do tropical cyclones make landfall?'
'Where do tropical cyclones make landfall?'
What causes the formation of the subpolar low-pressure belt?
What causes the formation of the subpolar low-pressure belt?
What factor is NOT favorable for the formation of tropical cyclones?
What factor is NOT favorable for the formation of tropical cyclones?
Which wind is characterized by bringing reddish sand from the Sahara desert?
Which wind is characterized by bringing reddish sand from the Sahara desert?
In which direction do tropical cyclones predominantly move?
In which direction do tropical cyclones predominantly move?
Who proposed the Hadley cell model?
Who proposed the Hadley cell model?
Which type of weather is associated with warm fronts?
Which type of weather is associated with warm fronts?
What is the process by which a cold front of a rotating low-pressure system catches up with a warm front?
What is the process by which a cold front of a rotating low-pressure system catches up with a warm front?
What is another name for the subtropical high-pressure belt?
What is another name for the subtropical high-pressure belt?
How does the atmosphere behave with an increase in temperature?
How does the atmosphere behave with an increase in temperature?
'Hurricanes' in the Atlantic, 'Typhoons' in the Western Pacific, and 'Cyclones' in the Indian Ocean are all names for which atmospheric disturbance?
'Hurricanes' in the Atlantic, 'Typhoons' in the Western Pacific, and 'Cyclones' in the Indian Ocean are all names for which atmospheric disturbance?
