Which of the following are examples of periodic winds?
Gusts
Windstorm
Westerly winds
Monsoons, land and sea breeze, mountain and valley breeze
Westerlies are
Cold winds
Warm wind-streams
Hot winds blowing
Rain-bearing winds from the west
What does the word doldrum means?
The zone of severe wind
The zone of torrential rain
The zone of no wind
The zone of storms
'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
The winds which never change their direction are called
Permanent Wind
Trade winds
Planetary Winds
Local Winds
A mercury barometer measures the _____________ pressure?
Atmospheric
Gauge
Vacuum
Absolute
The rate of change of pressure per unit distance is known as
Change of pressure
Decrease in pressure
Gradient of pressure
Variation in pressure
Which instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
Wind vane
Thermometer
Barometer
Hygrometer
Imaginary lines joining places of same atmospheric pressure above sea level is called
isobars
isotherms
isohyets
isotopes
The speed of wind will be _________ over ocean surfaces and plains as the friction is __________.
high , less
less , high
decrease , increase
None
