Factors Affecting Air Movement
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Q. Which of the following is an appropriate term for ''the wind that comes in a short and fast burst"?
- Gust
- Breeze
- Monsoon
- Cyclone
Q. Which of the following does not affect air movement?
- Friction
- Coriolis force
- Condensation
- Pressure gradient
Q. An imaginary line connecting places of equal barometric pressure is known as .
- isobar
- pressure gradient
- friction
- isotherm
Q. The change in pressure with horizontal distance is termed as .
- friction
- evaporation
- coriolis force
- pressure gradient
Q. Corolis effect tends to deflect moving objects to the left in the northern hemisphere.
- True
- False
Q. Choose the correct statement(s) from the following.
- Earth spins on its axis from East to West.
- The points on the equator spin faster than those near the poles.
- In the northern hemisphere, winds get deflected to the right.
- Coriolis force does not impact the direction of wind movement.
Q. Assertion (A): Wind gets deflected to the right, in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.
Reasoning (R): The earth's rotation is responsible for this.
Reasoning (R): The earth's rotation is responsible for this.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
- Both A and R are correct. R is a correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are false.
Q. On which factors is the wind movement dependent?
- Friction
- Pressure gradient
- Coriolis force
- Population of a region
Q. What is pressure gradient?
- The rate of change of pressure with respect to distance.
- The rate of change of pressure with respect to temperature.
- The rate of change of pressure with respect to climate.
- The rate of change of pressure with respect to friction.
Q. On the rotating Earth, wind gets deflected to the _________, in the Northern Hemisphere and to the _____ in the Southern Hemisphere.
- left, left
- right, right
- right, left
- left, right