2nd Midterm Practice

The Hadley Cell has rising air over the:
a. Subtropical Highs    b. ITC    c. Westerlies    d. Poles

This side of the subtropical highs is the wettest:
    a. Eastern    b. Southern    c. Northern    d. Western

An air parcel is which water is condensing cools how much as it rises 1000 meters?
    a. 6.5 degrees C        b. 10 degrees C        c. 12 degrees C        d. 5 degrees C

This type of precipitation occurrs when air is forced up over a mountain range.
    a. Frnotal     b. Convectional        c. Orographic        d. Radiational

El Nino does NOT lead to:
    a. Warmer surface water than usual in Eastern Pacific
    b. Drought in SE Asia
    c. Lower pressure than usual in SE Asia
    d. Poor fishing off the western coast of South America

Thunderstorms form from ______ clouds.
    a. Cirrus        b. Nimbostratus        c. Stratonimbus        d. Cumulonimbus

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What happens to the dewpoint of an air parcel when the parcel cools to its dewpoint and then continues to cool?
 

Sketch pressure gradient force, Coriolis Effect, and resultant wind on the diagram below (at surface).
 

            H                                L
 
 

Explain what drives the Jet Stream.