What is true about tropical cyclones?
A. They are much larger than midlatitude cyclones.
B. They can move into the midlatitudes.
C. They are associated with high-pressure centers.
D. They develop from two unlike air masses.
E. They are categorized by their barometric readings.
Question 2
What is an easterly wave?
A. a migratory, high-pressure system in the tropics
B. a band of thunderstorms associated with a cyclone
C. a migratory, low-pressure system in the tropics
D. a band of easterly blowing surface winds
E. migratory surface ocean waves of the tropics
The tropical houseplant Monstera deliciosa.
Tropical grassland of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya
Adapoids and omomyoids had longer snouts and are the first “true” primates.
Tropical cyclones
Midlatitude Cyclones
Airflow Associated with Surface Cyclones and Anticyclones