Exam 2

A  No seasons

B  Cool weather all year

C  A very pronounced wet seasons, with very high amounts of rainfall

D  A very cold season and a warm season

A  Warm front

B  Hurricane

C  Occluded front

D  Stationary front

A  A storm watch

B  A tornado warning

C  A tornado watch

D  A flash flood warming

A  mT

B  mP

C  cP

D  We can’t know for sure

A  Human activities

B  All of these

C  Asteroid impact

D  Volcanic eruptions

A  Latent heat is being absorbed

B  Latent heat is being released

C  We cannot know for sure

D  There is no latent heat being absorbed or released

A  Capillarity

B  Expansion

C  Liquidity

D  Surface tension

A  A wet season and a dry season

B  All of these

C  Grasslands and large herbivores

D  High temperatures year round

A  Topographic changes from tectonic processes, erosion, and mass wasting.

B  Changes in Earth-Sun relationships, namely the shape of the Earth’s orbit around the sun, the precession of Earth’s axis, and the Earth’s axial tilt.

C  Increases and decreases in atmospheric gases and aerosols, primarily caused by natural activity such as volcanic activity

D  Cyclical changes in solar irradiance caused by increases and decreases in sunspot activity.

A  Upslope for

B  Radiation fog

C  Evaporation fog

D  Intersection fog

A  Climate is the collective pattern of atmospheric conditions in a given region over long periods of time, while weather is the atmospheric conditions at a given time and place.

B  Weather and climate are essentially the same thing.

C  Weather is the collective pattern of atmospheric conditions in a given region over long periods of time, whereas climate is the atmospheric conditions at a given time and place.

D  Weather refers specifically to the temperature of a given place at a given time, whereas climate refers to temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind conditions of a given place at a given time.

A  Hurricane

B  Tropical storm

C  Tropical depression

D  Tropical tornado

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Rise

B  Sink

C  Move laterally

D  None of these

A  A vertical cylinder of rotating air called a mesocyclone

B  A hurricane

C  A very clear and calm day

D  A midlatitude cyclone

A  The weather cannot be predicted in this situation

B  Very nice and warm weather

C  No significant changes in weather

D  Significant thunderstorms, cumulonimbus clouds, and possible tornadoes

A  A climate with cold, dark and long winters and very short, cool summers

B  A climate characterized by the presence of permafrost

C  A type of vegetation adapted to very cold climates

D  All these are true about tundra

A  More evaporation

B  Can’t tell for sure

C  No evaporation

D  Less evaporation

A  Maritime continental

B  Continental tropical

C  Maritime tropical

D  Arctic

A  Cold front

B  Warm front

C  Occluded front

D  Stationary front

A  D climates are generally warmer on average than C climates

B  C climates are generally much colder than D climates

C  D climates are basically deserts.

D  D climates have colder winters and shorter summers than C climates

A  Marine west coast

B  Mediterranean

C  Steppe

D  Humid subtropical

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Water vapor will change into a different chemical compound

B  More water vapor will be added to the air

C  Condensation will occur as the air is saturated with water vapor

D  None of the above

A  In the ITCZ

B  At the North Pole

C  At 30° North

D  At the South Pole

A  It expands when freezing

B  It can be found in all phases on Earth

C  It is a combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen molecules

D  It can easily be found as a liquid, but very difficult to encounter as a gas

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Can be caused by cold air moving over a warmer air (evaporation)

B  Can take place in valleys, as cool air settles near the ground and chills

C  Can be caused by the cooling of air as it moves upslope

D  Can only happen when it’s very cold outside

A  consistent day lengths and insolation year round

B  unstable maritime air masses

C  short, relatively mild, winters

D  effects of the ITCZ

A  No rain

B  No winds

C  Most intense winds and rain

D  Least intense winds and rain

A  Severe weather associated with cold fronts

B  A lot of precipitation

C  Changes in temperature, air pressure, and air moisture

D  All of these

A  Reaches dry land

B  Encounters increased wind shear aloft

C  All are correct

D  Reaches cold waters in higher latitudes

A  Convergent

B  Frontal

C  Orographic

D  Regional

A  All of these are correct

B  They can impact the amount of solar radiation that reaches the Earth’s surface

C  They may result in precipitation, but not always

D  They are visible expressions of condensation

A  Specific humidity

B  Absolute humidity

C  Relative humidity

D  High humidity

A  Midlatitude cyclones

B  Tornadoes

C  Midlatitude anticyclones

D  Hurricanes