PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE 10TH
EDITION TEST BANK FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Anenometer. Answer: Measures wind speed
⩥ Beaufort Wind Force Scale. Answer: Light winds = breeze; low
numbers
Middle numbers = winds
High numbers = gales
⩥ Continent air is ______ than ocean air. Answer: Hotter
⩥ Sea Breeze. Answer: wind blowing from sea to land during the day
⩥ Land breeze. Answer: wind blows from land to sea during the night
⩥ Northward wind. Answer: Wind blowing from north to south
, ⩥ Valley breeze. Answer: Warm air from the valley that blows UP the
side of the mountain during the day.
⩥ Mountain breeze. Answer: Heavy, cold air that flows DOWN the side
of a mountain at night.
⩥ Fictitious force. Answer: a force having no physical origin
⩥ Coriolis Force. Answer: causes the apparent deflection of winds from
a straight path; right in north, left in south
⩥ Cyclone. Answer: Any blob of air at low pressure (clockwise and
counter-clockwise depending on hemisphere); bad weather
⩥ Anti-Cyclone. Answer: A high-pressure center of dry air; clear
weather
⩥ How do you make something hotter without heat?. Answer: Contract
it
⩥ How do you make something colder without freezing it?. Answer:
Expand it
⩥ Isothermal. Answer: constant temperature