alleryPolar easterlies blow in which direction?
AFrom west to east
BFrom east to west
COnly from the south
DOnly from the west
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. From east to west
1. Polar easterlies are named for where they come from, the east.
2. They blow from the east to the west, cold, dry and often weak.
3. The westerlies, in contrast, blow from west to east.
_Source: Wikipedia, Wind, Polar easterlies_
Keep practising Atmosphere of Earth
Browse all Atmosphere of Earth questions for CTET, or explore more Social Studies topics.
Related questions
Which layer of air holds nearly all atmospheric water vapour?At sea level, sound travels through air at roughly how many metres each second?Which atmospheric region is ionised by solar radiation and affects radio waves?The atmosphere reduces the temperature gap between which two?Ozone depletion is caused chiefly by which pollutants?During the Carboniferous period, oxygen reached a peak of about what share?Which organisms caused the Great Oxygenation Event through photosynthesis?About when did free oxygen begin to appear in Earth's atmosphere?