Question 1

The angle at which solar radiation strikes a particular place at any point in time is referred to as solar day.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Climate has changed dramatically over the last few million years and continues to change today.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

On average, the highest temperatures on Earth are found ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   at the poles
B)   in the eastern hemisphere
C)   in the southern hemisphere
D)   in low latitudes
E)   in high latitudes D

Question 4

Because air pressure under a column of rising air is higher than places nearby, it is depicted on a map as a center of high pressure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When it rises, air has more weight above it, and the higher pressure allows the air to expand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In these zones, high solar elevation angles occur throughout the year, and this makes ________ consistently warm.

Accepted Answer

A)   the tropics
B)   the prime meridian
C)   windward sides of mountains
D)   midlatitudes
E)   the jet stream

Question 7

We now know that the warming of the Earth in the last 200 years is largely due to humans and their effects on:

Accepted Answer

A)   environmental pollutants like arsenic
B)   atmospheric carbon dioxide
C)   organochlorides
D)   biomagnified mercury
E)   none of the answer choices are correct.

Question 8

Recent studies based on satellite observations of the Sun are beginning to suggest that variations in solar output could be responsible for some of the climatic variations observed in the past few hundred years, but the effects are probably small in comparison to other factors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Discuss the importance of latent heat in the atmosphere

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

An air mass is a large region of air, typically hundreds or thousands of square kilometers, with relatively uniform characteristics of temperature and humidity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is El Niño?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is El Niño?...

Question 12

Poleward of the subtropical high, are midlatitude lows which experiences convergence of warm air blowing from subtropical latitudes and cold air blowing from polar regions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Energy transmitted by electromagnetic waves, including radio, television, light, and heat, is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   angle of incidence
B)   advection
C)   radiation
D)   convection
E)   scattering

Question 14

High-latitude climates are characterized by two important features: low average temperatures and extreme seasonal variability

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is true of the summer solstice?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Northern Hemisphere points away from the sun.
B)   Winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere; summer begins in the Southern Hemisphere.
C)   The equator faces the sun directly.
D)   Neither pole tilts toward the sun.
E)   The Northern Hemisphere points towards the sun

Question 16

The amount of carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere is controlled mainly by our use of fossil fuels and by land use and land management, such as forest harvesting and planting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is not true of the vernal equinox?

Accepted Answer

A)   It occurs in March in the Northern Hemisphere
B)   It occurs in September in the Southern Hemisphere
C)   All locations on Earth experience 12 hours of daylight
D)   Locations above the Arctic Circle experience 24 hours of daylight
E)   Both Tropics experience the same intensity of the Sun's rays

Question 18

The change in temperature that results from expansion or contraction of rising or sinking air is part of the ________ process

Accepted Answer

A)   albedo
B)   adiabatic
C)   donvection
D)   inverse lapse
E)   advection

Question 19

________ is movement in a fluid, caused when part of the fluid (whether gas or liquid) is heated. The heated portion expands and becomes less dense, rising up through the cooler portion.

Accepted Answer

A)   Conduction
B)   Convection
C)   Advection
D)   Radiation
E)   Convention

Question 20

Which of the following is not true of dry climates?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dry climates are generally located in bands immediately to the north and south of the low-latitude humid climates.
B)   Many dry regions are associated with the subtropical high pressure zone.
C)   Some deserts are caused mainly by mountain ranges that isolate land from ocean sources of moisture.
D)   Arid climates have severe moisture shortages year round, while most semiarid climates have a rainy season in which sufficient moisture is available for abundant, if brief, vegetation growth.
E)   Both arid and semiarid regions lack sufficient moisture and heat to make any plants grow for more than a month each year.

Exam 2: Weather, Climate, and Climate Change

The angle at which solar radiation strikes a particular place at any point in time is referred to as solar day.

Climate has changed dramatically over the last few million years and continues to change today.

On average, the highest temperatures on Earth are found ________.

Because air pressure under a column of rising air is higher than places nearby, it is depicted on a map as a center of high pressure.

When it rises, air has more weight above it, and the higher pressure allows the air to expand.

In these zones, high solar elevation angles occur throughout the year, and this makes ________ consistently warm.

We now know that the warming of the Earth in the last 200 years is largely due to humans and their effects on:

Recent studies based on satellite observations of the Sun are beginning to suggest that variations in solar output could be responsible for some of the climatic variations observed in the past few hundred years, but the effects are probably small in comparison to other factors.

Discuss the importance of latent heat in the atmosphere

An air mass is a large region of air, typically hundreds or thousands of square kilometers, with relatively uniform characteristics of temperature and humidity.

What is El Niño?

Poleward of the subtropical high, are midlatitude lows which experiences convergence of warm air blowing from subtropical latitudes and cold air blowing from polar regions.

Energy transmitted by electromagnetic waves, including radio, television, light, and heat, is ________.

High-latitude climates are characterized by two important features: low average temperatures and extreme seasonal variability

Which of the following is true of the summer solstice?

The amount of carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere is controlled mainly by our use of fossil fuels and by land use and land management, such as forest harvesting and planting.

Which of the following is not true of the vernal equinox?

The change in temperature that results from expansion or contraction of rising or sinking air is part of the ________ process

________ is movement in a fluid, caused when part of the fluid (whether gas or liquid) is heated. The heated portion expands and becomes less dense, rising up through the cooler portion.

Which of the following is not true of dry climates?