Very strong and cold icy winds that blow in the Polar regions are called: [CPO SI 2003]

Related MCQs

• What is true with regard to Jet Streams? 1. High velocity winds 2. Blow from west to east 3. Blow in upper troposphere near the tropopause 4. Blow in the mesosphere
• The hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain are known as: [NDA 2003]
• Which of the following are reasons for the chief fishing grounds being located in continental shelf areas where cold and warm currents meet? 1. Warm currents are rich in phosphates and nitrates 2. Plankton - the chief fish feed - thrives in these regions 3. The meeting of cold and warm currents allows the water to be well aerated 4. The epicontinental seas allow sunlight to reach almost to the bottom
• Consider the following statements about the 'Roaring Forties': 1. They blow uninterrupted in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres 2. They blow with great strength and constancy 3. Their direction is generally from North-West to East in the Southern Hemisphere 4. Overcast skies, rain and raw weather are generally associated with them Which of these statements are correct?
• Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about: [NDA 1991]
• It is six months long day in the northern polar region and six months long night in the southern polar region because: [Railways 1993]
• In both the hemispheres the trade winds blow towards the
• Winds blow:
• The term used for the zone at low pressure and light and variable winds in the oceanic equatorial regions is :
• The polar regions of the earth cannot support forest growth because: