GEO 2200C- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 44 pages long!)
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If a gas cools under constant pressure, the molecules within it have ___ kinetic energy (motions) and can therefore gas volume will be ___. As one moves up in the atmosphere, pressure decreases, as one moves closer to the earth"s surface, pressure increases. Lower temperature, higher density, cold air sinks, higher pressure at surface. Using the insolation diagram (below), name the correct sequence of surface pressure zones associated with latitude zones. Start from the equator and move toward the poles. Low pressure, high pressure, low pressure, high pressure. In the northern hemisphere objects are deflected to the right, irrespective of which way it is moving. Winds blowing from northeast to southwest in the northern hemisphere, winds blowing southeast to northwest in the southern hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere, the westerlies are created by the coriolis effect acting on air. From the subtropical high flowing north to the sub polar low.
