Author Question: Mountain and valley breezes A) result from daytime high pressure systems developing upslope. B) ... (Read 70 times)

sjones · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Mountain and valley breezes

A) result from daytime high pressure systems developing upslope.
B) involve warm air rising upslope during the day, creating an area of low pressure; at night it is reversed with a low pressure area forming on the valley floor.
C) are secondary wind systems.
D) are caused by valley floors heating more quickly than valley slopes during the day and cooling more rapidly at night.
E) are characterized by warmer air descending mountain slopes during the day and valley air ascending the mountain slopes at night.

Question 2

Periglacial environments are likely to occur in which of the following climate types?

A) microthermal
B) desert
C) mesothermal
D) humid continental
E) tundra