Cyclones and Anticyclones Exercise

Cyclones and Anticyclones

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Cyclones and Anticyclones

Explore the structure and characteristics of cyclones and anticyclones. Learn how these rotating pressure systems affect air movement and clear or stormy weather.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What is a cyclone in meteorology?

  2. MultiChoice

    What is an anticyclone?

  3. MultiChoice

    What vertical movement of air occurs at the center of a cyclone?

  4. MultiChoice

    What vertical movement of air occurs at the center of an anticyclone?

  5. MultiChoice

    What weather is associated with a cyclone?

  6. MultiChoice

    What weather is associated with an anticyclone?

  7. MultiChoice

    In the Northern Hemisphere, which direction do winds rotate in a cyclone?

  8. MultiChoice

    In the Northern Hemisphere, which direction do winds rotate in an anticyclone?

  9. MultiChoice

    In the Southern Hemisphere, which way do winds rotate around a cyclone?

  10. MultiChoice

    In the Southern Hemisphere, which way do winds rotate around an anticyclone?

  11. MultiChoice

    Which of these extreme weather events are forms of cyclonic systems?

  12. MultiChoice

    Where is air pressure lowest on a regional pressure map?