Multiple Choice Questions:-(Need Right Answers) 1.The release of latent heat from a cloud causes the air at the top of a mountain to be _____.

Multiple Choice Questions:-(Need Right Answers)

1.The release of latent heat from a cloud causes the air at the top of a mountain to be _____.

warmer than it would otherwise

colder than it would otherwise

more dense

saturated

dry

2.What produces the rain shadow effect?

Rising and warming air on the leeward side of a mountain

Precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain

Rising and cooling air on the windward side of a mountain

Sinking and warming air on the leeward side of a mountain

Sinking and cooling air on the leeward side of a mountain

3.Cold, dry downslope winds force cold air out of low-lying regions.

True 

False 

4.The ITCZ is located at _____.

60o S latitude

60o N latitude

the equator

30o S latitude

30o N latitude

5.The jet streams generally occur at the _____.

subtropical high

boundaries of the major circulation cells

equatorial low

polar front

equator and the poles

.6.The trade winds blow from the _____ to the _____.

equator; subtropical high

polar front; subtropical high

polar front; equator

subtropical high; polar front

subtropical high; equator