Global Wind Patterns Are the Summed-Up Effects of All of the Following

question 20

Multiple Choice

Global wind patterns are the summed-up effects of all of the following except

• A) rain, freezing rain and snowfall.
• B) atmospheric convection.
• C) Earth's rotation.
• D) seasonal variation in solar heating.
• E) uneven heating of land and sea.

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Definitions:

Capital-allocation Line

A line on a graph that represents the risk-and-return profiles of risky assets, showing the possible combinations of risk and return that are available.

Efficient Frontier

A concept in modern portfolio theory representing a set of optimal investment portfolios that offer the highest expected return for a defined level of risk or the lowest risk for a given level of expected return.

Capital Asset Pricing Model

A model that describes the relationship between systemic risk and expected return for assets, particularly stocks, used to calculate a theoretically appropriate required rate of return for an asset, given its non-diversifiable risk.

Expected Rate

The anticipated return on an investment based on historical averages, interest rates, or economic indicators.