Exam 2

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

B  Cool weather all year

C  No seasons

D  A very cold season and a warm season

A  Hurricane

B  Warm front

C  Stationary front

D  Occluded front

A  A tornado warning

B  A storm watch

C  A flash flood warming

D  A tornado watch

A  mT

B  cP

C  mP

D  We can’t know for sure

A  All of these

B  Volcanic eruptions

C  Human activities

D  Asteroid impact

A  Latent heat is being released

B  Latent heat is being absorbed

C  There is no latent heat being absorbed or released

D  We cannot know for sure

A  Liquidity

B  Surface tension

C  Capillarity

D  Expansion

A  All of these

B  Grasslands and large herbivores

C  A wet season and a dry season

D  High temperatures year round

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

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

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  Evaporation fog

B  Upslope for

C  Intersection fog

D  Radiation fog

A  Weather and climate are essentially the same thing.

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  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 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  Tropical storm

B  Tropical depression

C  Tropical tornado

D  Hurricane

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  None of these

B  Rise

C  Sink

D  Move laterally

A  A very clear and calm day

B  A midlatitude cyclone

C  A vertical cylinder of rotating air called a mesocyclone

D  A hurricane

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  All these are true about tundra

B  A climate characterized by the presence of permafrost

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

D  A type of vegetation adapted to very cold climates

A  Can’t tell for sure

B  More evaporation

C  No evaporation

D  Less evaporation

A  Arctic

B  Maritime continental

C  Continental tropical

D  Maritime tropical

A  Cold front

B  Occluded front

C  Stationary front

D  Warm 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  Steppe

B  Marine west coast

C  Mediterranean

D  Humid subtropical

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  More water vapor will be added to the air

B  Water vapor will change into a different chemical compound

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

D  None of the above

A  At 30° North

B  At the North Pole

C  At the South Pole

D  In the ITCZ

A  It is a combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen molecules

B  It expands when freezing

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

D  It can be found in all phases on Earth

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

B  Can only happen when it’s very cold outside

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

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

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 rain

B  Most intense winds and rain

C  No winds

D  Least intense winds and rain

A  All of these

B  A lot of precipitation

C  Severe weather associated with cold fronts

D  Changes in temperature, air pressure, and air moisture

A  All are correct

B  Reaches dry land

C  Encounters increased wind shear aloft

D  Reaches cold waters in higher latitudes

A  Regional

B  Frontal

C  Orographic

D  Convergent

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

B  They are visible expressions of condensation

C  All of these are correct

D  They may result in precipitation, but not always

A  Relative humidity

B  High humidity

C  Absolute humidity

D  Specific humidity

A  Midlatitude anticyclones

B  Midlatitude cyclones

C  Hurricanes

D  Tornadoes