Characteristics of the MNE Exam Bank Solution Manual Already Passed
How much rainfall does the Alluvial Plains receive per year? - Answers 1000mm
How much rainfall does the Axial Ranges receive per year? - Answers 4000-5000mm
How much rainfall does the coast receive per year? - Answers 850-900mm
How much sunshine does the Alluvial Plains get per year? - Answers 1750-1850 hours
How much does the Axial Ranges get per year? - Answers 1500 hours
How much sunshine does the coast get per year? - Answers 1900-2000 hours
What is the average temp of the Alluvial Plains? - Answers 11 degrees
What is the average temp of the Axial Ranges? - Answers 8-9 degrees
What is the average temp of the coast? - Answers 12 degrees
What is the climatic process? - Answers It involves the formation of rain clouds with which the resulting
precipitation causes erosion
What is the climate? - Answers The average weather recorded for an area over a number of years
What is the weather? - Answers The day to day physics or workings of the atmosphere- temperature,
rainfall, wind, and sunshine/cloud cover
What are the major climate controls? - Answers Altitude, latitude, coastal/inland, air pressure and
landforms
What is used to measure rain? - Answers A rain guage
What is used to measure sunshine? - Answers Sun dial
What is used to measure temperature in degrees Celsius? - Answers A themometer
What is used to measure wind direction? - Answers Wind vain
What is used to measure wind velocity? - Answers Ananometer
How many major climate controls are there? - Answers 5
How many seasons are there in the MNE? - Answers 4
Which direction does the prevailing wind come from? - Answers NW
Why are our temperatures mild and our wind direction is prevailing westerly? - Answers Because of the
latitude. Manawatu is in the 40 degrees S area
, Why does the Manawatu have a windier climate? - Answers Because it is the lowest point of the
Manawatu and the wind is funneled through the gorge.
Why is it colder temperatures and snow cover in the Ranges? - Answers Because of the altitude (height
above sea level.) Temperature drops about 6 degrees per 100 meters
Why is it wetter on the Tararua's and Ruahine's? - Answers Because of the NW from the Tasman sea, it is
forced to rise. As it rises, the moist air condenses, forms clouds and then rains, hails or snows
(Orographic)
Where is the MNE located? - Answers On the SW side of the lower North Island
How big is the MNE? - Answers 3500 sq kms
What is the denudation process? - Answers This begins with erosion then involves the transportation of
the eroded material by wind and rivers. This material is then deposited to form Alluvial Plains and sand
dunes.
What is latitude? - Answers The distance between the equator and poles
What is altitude? - Answers Height above sea level (m)
What is the tectonic process? - Answers Occurs beneath the earth's surface and involves 2 large tectonic
plates subducting to cause enough pressure to push up the Axial Ranges.
What are the four main characteristics of the MNE? - Answers Land forms, vegetation, soils and climate
What are the 3 main natural processes of the MNE? - Answers Tectonic, climatic, and denudation
Which Ranges surround the MNE? - Answers Axial Ranges (Tararua's and Ruahine's
How many anticlines are there in the MNE? - Answers 7
If you want to achieve, what are the 3 basic land forms? - Answers 1. Tararuas and Ruahine Ranges
(Axial Ranges)
2. Palmerston North (Alluvial Plains)
3. Foxton Beach (Beach)
Over how many years did the Axial Ranges uplift by crustal pressure? - Answers 140 million years ago
Over how many years ago was the sand dunes formed? - Answers 2,300 years ago
Over how many years ago did the various river terraces form? - Answers 45,000 years ago
Over how many years was greywacke formed and uplifted? - Answers It was formed 225 million years
ago and uplifted 140 million years ago
How much rainfall does the Alluvial Plains receive per year? - Answers 1000mm
How much rainfall does the Axial Ranges receive per year? - Answers 4000-5000mm
How much rainfall does the coast receive per year? - Answers 850-900mm
How much sunshine does the Alluvial Plains get per year? - Answers 1750-1850 hours
How much does the Axial Ranges get per year? - Answers 1500 hours
How much sunshine does the coast get per year? - Answers 1900-2000 hours
What is the average temp of the Alluvial Plains? - Answers 11 degrees
What is the average temp of the Axial Ranges? - Answers 8-9 degrees
What is the average temp of the coast? - Answers 12 degrees
What is the climatic process? - Answers It involves the formation of rain clouds with which the resulting
precipitation causes erosion
What is the climate? - Answers The average weather recorded for an area over a number of years
What is the weather? - Answers The day to day physics or workings of the atmosphere- temperature,
rainfall, wind, and sunshine/cloud cover
What are the major climate controls? - Answers Altitude, latitude, coastal/inland, air pressure and
landforms
What is used to measure rain? - Answers A rain guage
What is used to measure sunshine? - Answers Sun dial
What is used to measure temperature in degrees Celsius? - Answers A themometer
What is used to measure wind direction? - Answers Wind vain
What is used to measure wind velocity? - Answers Ananometer
How many major climate controls are there? - Answers 5
How many seasons are there in the MNE? - Answers 4
Which direction does the prevailing wind come from? - Answers NW
Why are our temperatures mild and our wind direction is prevailing westerly? - Answers Because of the
latitude. Manawatu is in the 40 degrees S area
, Why does the Manawatu have a windier climate? - Answers Because it is the lowest point of the
Manawatu and the wind is funneled through the gorge.
Why is it colder temperatures and snow cover in the Ranges? - Answers Because of the altitude (height
above sea level.) Temperature drops about 6 degrees per 100 meters
Why is it wetter on the Tararua's and Ruahine's? - Answers Because of the NW from the Tasman sea, it is
forced to rise. As it rises, the moist air condenses, forms clouds and then rains, hails or snows
(Orographic)
Where is the MNE located? - Answers On the SW side of the lower North Island
How big is the MNE? - Answers 3500 sq kms
What is the denudation process? - Answers This begins with erosion then involves the transportation of
the eroded material by wind and rivers. This material is then deposited to form Alluvial Plains and sand
dunes.
What is latitude? - Answers The distance between the equator and poles
What is altitude? - Answers Height above sea level (m)
What is the tectonic process? - Answers Occurs beneath the earth's surface and involves 2 large tectonic
plates subducting to cause enough pressure to push up the Axial Ranges.
What are the four main characteristics of the MNE? - Answers Land forms, vegetation, soils and climate
What are the 3 main natural processes of the MNE? - Answers Tectonic, climatic, and denudation
Which Ranges surround the MNE? - Answers Axial Ranges (Tararua's and Ruahine's
How many anticlines are there in the MNE? - Answers 7
If you want to achieve, what are the 3 basic land forms? - Answers 1. Tararuas and Ruahine Ranges
(Axial Ranges)
2. Palmerston North (Alluvial Plains)
3. Foxton Beach (Beach)
Over how many years did the Axial Ranges uplift by crustal pressure? - Answers 140 million years ago
Over how many years ago was the sand dunes formed? - Answers 2,300 years ago
Over how many years ago did the various river terraces form? - Answers 45,000 years ago
Over how many years was greywacke formed and uplifted? - Answers It was formed 225 million years
ago and uplifted 140 million years ago
