Generalized Global Air Circulation and Precipitation Patterns Are Caused by

question 53

Multiple Choice

Generalized global air circulation and precipitation patterns are caused by

• A) rising, warm, moist air masses that cool and release precipitation as they rise and then, at high altitude, cool and sink back to the surface as dry air masses after moving north or south of the tropics.
• B) air masses that are dried and heated over continental areas that rise, cool aloft, and descend over oceanic areas followed by a return flow of moist air from ocean to land, delivering high amounts of precipitation to coastal areas.
• C) polar, cool, moist high-pressure air masses from the poles that move along the surface, releasing precipitation along the way to the equator where they are heated and dried.
• D) the revolution of Earth around the sun.
• E) mountain ranges that deflect air masses containing variable amounts of moisture.

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