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- A. The Subpolar Low-Pressure Belts
- B. The Subtropical Highs
- C. The Polar Highs
- D. The Equatorial Low
Explanation: Around 60° latitude, converging air masses create belts of low pressure.
Correct answer: The Subpolar Low-Pressure Belts- A. No pressure system
- B. Polar high pressure
- C. Equatorial pressure
- D. Polar low pressure
Explanation: Cold, dense air sinks over the poles, creating high-pressure zones.
Correct answer: Polar high pressure- A. A straight-line wind
- B. A high-pressure system with winds spiralling outward
- C. A low-pressure system with winds spiralling inward
- D. A calm zone with no wind
Explanation: Cyclones are low-pressure centres with air converging and spiralling inward.
Correct answer: A low-pressure system with winds spiralling inward3884. What is an anticyclone?
- A. A low-pressure system with winds spiralling inward
- B. A tropical storm
- C. A tornado
- D. A high-pressure system with winds spiralling outward
Explanation: Anticyclones are high-pressure systems with diverging winds and usually settled weather.
Correct answer: A high-pressure system with winds spiralling outward- A. The Trade Winds
- B. The Polar Easterlies
- C. The Monsoons
- D. The Westerlies
Explanation: The Trade Winds blow from the subtropical highs toward the equatorial low.
Correct answer: The Trade Winds- A. From the southeast
- B. From the southwest
- C. From the northeast
- D. From the northwest
Explanation: The Coriolis effect turns the northward-flowing Trade Winds to blow from the northeast.
Correct answer: From the northeast- A. From the northeast
- B. From the southwest
- C. From the northwest
- D. From the southeast
Explanation: In the Southern Hemisphere the Trade Winds blow from the southeast toward the equator.
Correct answer: From the southeast- A. The Westerlies
- B. The Doldrums
- C. The Trade Winds
- D. The Polar Easterlies
Explanation: The Westerlies blow from the subtropical highs toward the subpolar lows.
Correct answer: The Westerlies- A. From the northwest
- B. From the southwest
- C. From the northeast
- D. From the southeast
Explanation: Northern Hemisphere Westerlies blow from the southwest toward the northeast.
Correct answer: From the southwest- A. From the southwest
- B. From the northeast
- C. From the northwest
- D. From the southeast
Explanation: Southern Hemisphere Westerlies blow from the northwest toward the southeast.
Correct answer: From the northwest- A. The Screaming Sixties
- B. The Howling Seventies
- C. The Furious Fifties
- D. The Roaring Forties
Explanation: Unobstructed by land, the Southern Ocean westerlies at 40°S are famously powerful.
Correct answer: The Roaring Forties- A. The Wild Sixties
- B. The Roaring Forties
- C. The Screaming Sixties
- D. The Furious Fifties
Explanation: The westerlies intensify with latitude: Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties, Screaming Sixties.
Correct answer: The Furious Fifties- A. The Furious Fifties
- B. The Screaming Sixties
- C. The Roaring Forties
- D. The Stormy Sixties
Explanation: At 60°S the westerlies are at their fiercest, called the Screaming Sixties.
Correct answer: The Screaming Sixties- A. The Westerlies
- B. The Monsoons
- C. The Polar Easterlies
- D. The Trade Winds
Explanation: Cold air flowing out of the polar highs forms the Polar Easterlies.
Correct answer: The Polar Easterlies- A. At the Jet Stream
- B. At the Horse Latitudes
- C. At the Polar Front
- D. At the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
Explanation: The northeast and southeast Trade Winds converge at the ITCZ near the equator.
Correct answer: At the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)- A. The Doldrums (Equatorial Trough)
- B. The Polar Front
- C. The Subtropical High
- D. The Horse Latitudes
Explanation: The ITCZ is the zone of converging trade winds, also known as the Doldrums.
Correct answer: The Doldrums (Equatorial Trough)- A. They were discovered by traders
- B. They helped sailing ships carry trade across the oceans
- C. They blow only in trading seasons
- D. They traded goods between ships
Explanation: Their steady direction made the Trade Winds invaluable to sailing ships on trade routes.
Correct answer: They helped sailing ships carry trade across the oceans- A. The Monsoons
- B. The Westerlies
- C. The Trade Winds
- D. The Polar Easterlies
Explanation: European sailors rode the northeast Trade Winds westward across the Atlantic.
Correct answer: The Trade Winds- A. A trough
- B. A ridge
- C. A cyclone
- D. A front
Explanation: A front is the boundary zone where warm and cold air masses meet.
Correct answer: A front- A. Around the Equator
- B. Around 60° N and 60° S (the Polar Front)
- C. Around 30° N and 30° S
- D. Around 45° N and 45° S
Explanation: The Westerlies and Polar Easterlies meet at the Polar Front near 60° latitude.
Correct answer: Around 60° N and 60° S (the Polar Front)