Atmosphere & Winds - Atmosphere and Winds Questions

31:  

The cold and dense air blowing down the mountain slope during the night are known as

A.

Anabatic winds

B.

Khamsin

C.

Katabatic winds

D.

Harmatten

 
 

Option: C

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32:  

Match the winds with their characteristics:
A. Chinook winds         1 bring bitterly cold conditions,
B. Polar Easterlies       2. most regular and constant
C. Trade winds            3. Snow eaters
D, Westerlies             4.Stormy and powerful in Southern hemisphere
 

A.

A  B  C  D
4  1  2   3

B.

A B C D

3 1 4  2

C.

A B C D

1 3 2 4

D.

A B C D

3 1 2  4

 
 

Option: D

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33:  

Countries favourably influenced by Westerlies are

A.

Western Europe

B.

New Zealand

C.

South Chile

D.

All of these

 
 

Option: D

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34:  

Which one of the following atmospheric layers lies closely above the troposphere?

A.

Chemosphere

B.

Ionosphere

C.

Mesosphere

D.

Stratosphere

 
 

Option: D

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35:  

Gales are high velocity winds which blow with velocity of

A.

60 to l00 kmph

B.

100 to'120 Kmph

C.

120 to I50 Kmph

D.

150 Kmph & above

 
 

Option: A

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