SSC Geography Sample Paper NCERT Sample Paper-2

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    Which one of the following provides the force needed to drive the atmospheric circulation?

    A)  Higher biotic content of the tropical latitudes and lower biotic content of the polar latitudes.

    B) The energy content between high insolation tropical latitudes and the low insolation polar latitudes.

    C) Higher rotational speed of lower latitudes lower rotational speed of higher latitudes.

    D)  Equatorial radius of the earth is longer than the polar radius.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Atmospheric circulation is the large-scale movement of air, and the means (together with the smaller ocean circulation) by which thermal energy is distributed on the surface of the Earth.


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