Exam 2

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

B  No seasons

C  A very cold season and a warm season

D  Cool weather all year

A  Hurricane

B  Stationary front

C  Warm front

D  Occluded front

A  A tornado watch

B  A flash flood warming

C  A storm watch

D  A tornado warning

A  cP

B  mP

C  mT

D  We can’t know for sure

A  All of these

B  Human activities

C  Asteroid impact

D  Volcanic eruptions

A  Latent heat is being released

B  There is no latent heat being absorbed or released

C  Latent heat is being absorbed

D  We cannot know for sure

A  Capillarity

B  Surface tension

C  Liquidity

D  Expansion

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

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

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  Radiation fog

B  Intersection fog

C  Upslope for

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 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.

C  Weather and climate are essentially the same thing.

D  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.

A  Tropical depression

B  Tropical tornado

C  Hurricane

D  Tropical storm

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Move laterally

B  Rise

C  Sink

D  None of these

A  A very clear and calm day

B  A hurricane

C  A vertical cylinder of rotating air called a mesocyclone

D  A midlatitude cyclone

A  Very nice and warm weather

B  The weather cannot be predicted in this situation

C  No significant changes in weather

D  Significant thunderstorms, cumulonimbus clouds, and possible tornadoes

A  A climate characterized by the presence of permafrost

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

C  All these are true about tundra

D  A type of vegetation adapted to very cold climates

A  More evaporation

B  Can’t tell for sure

C  Less evaporation

D  No evaporation

A  Maritime tropical

B  Maritime continental

C  Continental tropical

D  Arctic

A  Cold front

B  Stationary front

C  Warm front

D  Occluded front

A  D climates are basically deserts.

B  D climates are generally warmer on average than C climates

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

D  C climates are generally much colder than D climates

A  Humid subtropical

B  Steppe

C  Marine west coast

D  Mediterranean

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  More water vapor will be added to the air

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

C  Water vapor will change into a different chemical compound

D  None of the above

A  At the South Pole

B  At the North Pole

C  In the ITCZ

D  At 30° North

A  It is a combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen molecules

B  It can be found in all phases on Earth

C  It expands when freezing

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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

D  Can only happen when it’s very cold outside

A  effects of the ITCZ

B  unstable maritime air masses

C  short, relatively mild, winters

D  consistent day lengths and insolation year round

A  Most intense winds and rain

B  Least intense winds and rain

C  No winds

D  No rain

A  Severe weather associated with cold fronts

B  All of these

C  A lot of precipitation

D  Changes in temperature, air pressure, and air moisture

A  All are correct

B  Encounters increased wind shear aloft

C  Reaches dry land

D  Reaches cold waters in higher latitudes

A  Convergent

B  Frontal

C  Regional

D  Orographic

A  They may result in precipitation, but not always

B  All of these are correct

C  They are visible expressions of condensation

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

A  Specific humidity

B  Relative humidity

C  High humidity

D  Absolute humidity

A  Midlatitude cyclones

B  Midlatitude anticyclones

C  Tornadoes

D  Hurricanes