High pressure systems tend to move toward the region of greatest ____.
A) barometric pressure
B) surface pressure rise
C) surface pressure drop
D) visibility
Question 2How can deforestation contribute to global warming?
Question 3The majority of atmospheric ozone (about 97) is found in the ____.
A) thermosphere
B) mesosphere
C) stratosphere
D) exosphere
Question 4Low pressure systems tend to move toward the region of greatest ____.
A) barometric pressure
B) surface pressure rise
C) surface pressure drop
D) visibility
Question 5Explain positive and negative climate feedback mechanisms and provide an example for each.
Question 6What is a region in the atmosphere where air temperature remains constant with height?
A) temperature inversion
B) jet stream
C) isothermal zone
D) hypoxic zone
Question 7If a mid-latitude cyclonic storm has moved from the southwest toward the northeast during the past six hours, the storm is likely to move toward the ____ during the next six hours.
A) northwest
B) southwest
C) southeast
D) northeast
Question 8Explain what could have caused the large fluctuations in Greenland's climate in only a matter of years during the last glacial period.
Question 9The exosphere is ____.
A) where jet streams are found
B) the ozone layer
C) the upper limit of our atmosphere
D) where air density is greatest