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25 Multiple choice questions
6 Short answer questions
2 Essay questions
Keywords and Key Concepts : # 1. Plane of the ecliptic 2. Seasonality 3. Solstices vs. Equinoxes 4. Continentality 5. Albedo
6. Latent Heat 7. Dry vs. Moist vs. Environmental Lapse Rate 8. Cloud types 9. Wind types 10. Rossby Waves
11. Air Mass types 12. Hurricanes 13. Tornados 14. Mid-Latitude Cyclones 15. Cold Fronts vs. Warm Fronts
16. Physical Geography vs. Human Geography 17. Land Breezes vs. Sea Breezes18. Relative Humidity 19. Specific Humidity
20. Atmospheric layers 21. Atmospheric lifting mechanisms 22. Gulf Stream 23. Onshore Winds vs. Offshore Winds
24. Isobars 25. Subsolar Point 26. Rain Shadow Effect
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GEOG 1
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
NAME:
A. Multiple choice and true and false questions (25 questions = 50 points)
1.
The flat plane that the orbital paths of the planets in the solar system
trace is called the: (2 points)
a) Rayleigh scattering.
2.
3.
b)
plane of the ecliptic.
c)
circle of illumination.
d)
albedo.
Seasonality is caused by: (2 points)
a)
the circle of illumination.
b)
the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS).
c)
Earth’s changing distance from the Sun.
d)
the tilt of Earth’s axis.
Why does the North Atlantic have a low annual temperature range? (2
points)
4.
a)
because of its high-latitude location
b)
because of the Gulf Stream effect
c)
because of its high altitude
d)
because of prevailing winds
On June 21 (summer solstice) the subsolar point is at the Tropic of
Capricorn. (2 points)
a)
5.
True
b) False
What occurs when the subsolar point crosses the equator on its way
back south? (2 points)
6.
a)
the December solstice
b)
the fall equinox
c)
the June solstice
d)
the spring equinox
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the continental effect? (2
points)
7.
8.
a)
the condensation of water
b)
the specific heat of water
c)
the evaporation of water
d)
the transparency of water
Decreasing snow cover from global warming is: (2 points)
a)
Allowing Earth’s surface to reflect sunlight and be cooled.
b)
Decreasing Earth’s albedo.
c)
Not affecting Earth’s albedo.
d)
Increasing Earth’s albedo.
What is the change of the state of water from liquid to gas? (2 points)
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
9.
freezing
What is the energy that is absorbed or released during a change of phase
of a substance? (2 points) a) temperature
10.
b)
specific humidity
c)
saturation vapor pressure
d)
latent heat
Which of the following is the rate of cooling in a saturated air parcel? (2
points)
11.
a)
the moist adiabatic rate
b)
specific humidity
c)
the dry adiabatic rate
d)
the environmental lapse rate
Why is the leeward side of a mountain range often warmer than the
windward side? (2 points)
a)
because as air moves down the leeward side, it compresses and
b)
because as air moves down the leeward side, it expands and
c)
because as air moves down the leeward side, it expands and
d)
because as air moves down the leeward side, it compresses and
cools
warms
cools
warms
12.
Which type of clouds consists of heaped up rain clouds capable of
strong vertical development and severe weather? (2 points)
13.
14.
15.
16.
a)
altocumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrostratus
d)
nimbostratus
Offshore winds blow: (2 points)
a)
back and forth between the sea and the land.
b)
from the shore onto the sea.
c)
from mostly a certain direction over a defined period.
d)
from the sea onto the shore.
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