MATHEMATICS FOR COLLEGE AND LIBERAL ARTS (POOOO) EXAM 2 CLICKER QUESTION KEY WITH ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE

MATHEMATICS FOR COLLEGE AND LIBERAL ARTS (POOOO) EXAM 2 CLICKER QUESTION KEY WITH ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE
Clicker Questions and Clicker Quizzes
Clicker Questions
 Which of the following forces are important for determining the horizontal motion of air above
the boundary layer?
A. Horizontal pressure gradient force
B. Coriolis force
C. Frictional force
D. All of the above
E. Only a and b
 The geostrophic wind blows to straight height contours on a constant pressure
map such that higher heights are located to the __________ of the geostrophic wind direction in
the Northern hemisphere.
A. parallel, right
B. perpendicular, right
C. parallel, left
D. perpendicular, left
 In general the 300 mb constant pressure surface slopes down from ____________ , and this
results in geostrophic wind in mid−latitudes.
A. the equator to the North Pole, easterly
B. the equator to the North Pole, westerly
C. the North Pole to the equator, easterly
D. the North Pole to the equator, westerly
Quiz #5
 Convergence is a net of air molecules into a region of the atmosphere, and is associated
with of surface pressure over a given location when it occurs in the column of
atmosphere above that location.
A. Inflow, an increase
B. Inflow, a decrease
C. Outflow, an increase
D. Outflow, a decrease
 Convergence of air at the surface will result in in a column of air, which is typically
associated with ________ .
A. Sinking motion, clouds and precipitation
B. Sinking motion, clear skies
C. Rising motion, clouds and precipitation
D. Rising motion, clear skies
 Convergence of air just below the tropopause will result in in a column of air, which is
typically associated with ___________ _.
A. Sinking motion, clouds and precipitation
B. Sinking motion, clear skies
C. Rising motion, clouds and precipitation
D. Rising motion, clear skies
 For cyclonic flow above the boundary layer the true flow will be the geostrophic
value.
A. Greater than
B. Less than
C. Equal to