Exam 2

A  A very cold season and a warm season

B  No seasons

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

D  Cool weather all year

A  Hurricane

B  Occluded front

C  Stationary front

D  Warm front

A  A tornado watch

B  A tornado warning

C  A flash flood warming

D  A storm watch

A  mT

B  mP

C  cP

D  We can’t know for sure

A  All of these

B  Volcanic eruptions

C  Human activities

D  Asteroid impact

A  There is no latent heat being absorbed or released

B  We cannot know for sure

C  Latent heat is being absorbed

D  Latent heat is being released

A  Capillarity

B  Expansion

C  Liquidity

D  Surface tension

A  All of these

B  A wet season and a dry season

C  High temperatures year round

D  Grasslands and large herbivores

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

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

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

D  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.

A  Upslope for

B  Radiation fog

C  Intersection fog

D  Evaporation fog

A  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.

B  Weather and climate are essentially the same thing.

C  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.

D  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.

A  Hurricane

B  Tropical tornado

C  Tropical storm

D  Tropical depression

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  None of these

B  Sink

C  Rise

D  Move laterally

A  A midlatitude cyclone

B  A very clear and calm day

C  A hurricane

D  A vertical cylinder of rotating air called a mesocyclone

A  Very nice and warm weather

B  The weather cannot be predicted in this situation

C  Significant thunderstorms, cumulonimbus clouds, and possible tornadoes

D  No significant changes in weather

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  Less evaporation

B  Can’t tell for sure

C  More evaporation

D  No evaporation

A  Maritime continental

B  Continental tropical

C  Maritime tropical

D  Arctic

A  Cold front

B  Stationary front

C  Warm front

D  Occluded front

A  D climates are basically deserts.

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

C  D climates are generally warmer on average than C climates

D  C climates are generally much colder than D climates

A  Mediterranean

B  Steppe

C  Marine west coast

D  Humid subtropical

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

B  Water vapor will change into a different chemical compound

C  More water vapor will be added to the air

D  None of the above

A  At the North Pole

B  At 30° North

C  At the South Pole

D  In the ITCZ

A  It can be found in all phases on Earth

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

C  It is a combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen molecules

D  It expands when freezing

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Can only happen when it’s very cold outside

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

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

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

A  short, relatively mild, winters

B  consistent day lengths and insolation year round

C  unstable maritime air masses

D  effects of the ITCZ

A  No winds

B  No rain

C  Most intense winds and rain

D  Least intense winds and rain

A  A lot of precipitation

B  All of these

C  Severe weather associated with cold fronts

D  Changes in temperature, air pressure, and air moisture

A  All are correct

B  Reaches cold waters in higher latitudes

C  Encounters increased wind shear aloft

D  Reaches dry land

A  Frontal

B  Orographic

C  Regional

D  Convergent

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

B  They may result in precipitation, but not always

C  All of these are correct

D  They are visible expressions of condensation

A  Relative humidity

B  Absolute humidity

C  High humidity

D  Specific humidity

A  Hurricanes

B  Midlatitude anticyclones

C  Tornadoes

D  Midlatitude cyclones