The horizontal movement of air is called
Wind
Stream
Air mass
Pressure belt
Eqatorial low pressure belt is also called __________________.
horse latitude
doldrums
roaring forties
subtropical belt
Imaginary lines joining places of same atmospheric pressure above sea level is called
isobars
isotherms
isohyets
isotopes
The rate of change of pressure per unit distance is known as
Change of pressure
Decrease in pressure
Gradient of pressure
Variation in pressure
The equatorial low pressure zone where the trade winds from both the hemispheres converge is known as the ___________.
Inter Tropical Convergence Zone
Outer Tropical Convergence Zone
Intera Tropical Convergence Zone
None of these
Which instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
Wind vane
Thermometer
Barometer
Hygrometer
The term monsoon has derived from the Arabic word 'mousom' meaning
Rainfall
Seasons
Months
Climate
'Roaring Forties' are
waterfalls in Canada
cyclonic winds
the turbulent years in world History from 1940 to 1944
westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40· and 60º South
A mercury barometer measures the _____________ pressure?
Atmospheric
Gauge
Vacuum
Absolute
Westerlies are
Cold winds
Warm wind-streams
Hot winds blowing
Rain-bearing winds from the west
