Geog 1300E- Exam 1 questions well
answered to pass
Fahrenheit - correct answer ✔✔Mercury thermometer, used based on the temp. range in
Europe. 0 Degrees is coldest air temp. 100 Degrees is hottest human body temp.
Celsius - correct answer ✔✔Thermometer based on the freezing and boiling points of water, 0
degrees water freezes
Kelvin - correct answer ✔✔Scientific unit for temp., 0 degree is the absolute zero, meaning no
atomic motion
Time Scale - correct answer ✔✔the time allowed for or taken by a process or sequence of
events
Sink Analogy - correct answer ✔✔Incoming=outgoing
Water temperature remains constant
Greenhouse Effect - correct answer ✔✔Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's
atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases. Certain gases interact
with Earth's heat radiation
Drivers - correct answer ✔✔The forcing mechanisms that change the energy in the system
Response Time - correct answer ✔✔Time it takes for drivers to move the system 1/2 way to its
equilibrium
, Fast Response - correct answer ✔✔System components will respond with larger amplitude and
similar phase to drivers
Slow Response - correct answer ✔✔System components will respond with smaller amplitude
and different phase to drivers
Feedbacks - correct answer ✔✔Can occur in a system when the response to an initial driver
itself changes the system
Positive Feedback - correct answer ✔✔Amplifies the initial response (making the total response
larger)
Negative Feedback - correct answer ✔✔Reduces the initial response (making the total response
smaller) stabilizing the system
In what ways are the Celsius and Kelvin temperature scales more convenient than the
Fahrenheit scale? - correct answer ✔✔Farenheit uses thermometer based on the temp. range
in Europe, does not take in to account the boiling and freezing points of water
In what way is Earth more habitable than its sister terrestrial planets? Why? - correct answer
✔✔Earth has 70% water and life exists anywhere, has water in all three states (solid, liquid, gas)
while Mars has solid/gaseous and Venus has gas
Give an example of this scenario "climate is like a deck of cards, and weather is a hand that it is
dealt" - correct answer ✔✔22,000 years ago Hartford County would have been an ice sheet,
Earth was 6 degrees --> very different from the weather that we see today. Climate constrains
the kind of weather a region can experience.
Of the 4.5 billion years of Earth's history, how much of it will we discuss in this course? - correct
answer ✔✔We'll consider the past 600M years or so
answered to pass
Fahrenheit - correct answer ✔✔Mercury thermometer, used based on the temp. range in
Europe. 0 Degrees is coldest air temp. 100 Degrees is hottest human body temp.
Celsius - correct answer ✔✔Thermometer based on the freezing and boiling points of water, 0
degrees water freezes
Kelvin - correct answer ✔✔Scientific unit for temp., 0 degree is the absolute zero, meaning no
atomic motion
Time Scale - correct answer ✔✔the time allowed for or taken by a process or sequence of
events
Sink Analogy - correct answer ✔✔Incoming=outgoing
Water temperature remains constant
Greenhouse Effect - correct answer ✔✔Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's
atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases. Certain gases interact
with Earth's heat radiation
Drivers - correct answer ✔✔The forcing mechanisms that change the energy in the system
Response Time - correct answer ✔✔Time it takes for drivers to move the system 1/2 way to its
equilibrium
, Fast Response - correct answer ✔✔System components will respond with larger amplitude and
similar phase to drivers
Slow Response - correct answer ✔✔System components will respond with smaller amplitude
and different phase to drivers
Feedbacks - correct answer ✔✔Can occur in a system when the response to an initial driver
itself changes the system
Positive Feedback - correct answer ✔✔Amplifies the initial response (making the total response
larger)
Negative Feedback - correct answer ✔✔Reduces the initial response (making the total response
smaller) stabilizing the system
In what ways are the Celsius and Kelvin temperature scales more convenient than the
Fahrenheit scale? - correct answer ✔✔Farenheit uses thermometer based on the temp. range
in Europe, does not take in to account the boiling and freezing points of water
In what way is Earth more habitable than its sister terrestrial planets? Why? - correct answer
✔✔Earth has 70% water and life exists anywhere, has water in all three states (solid, liquid, gas)
while Mars has solid/gaseous and Venus has gas
Give an example of this scenario "climate is like a deck of cards, and weather is a hand that it is
dealt" - correct answer ✔✔22,000 years ago Hartford County would have been an ice sheet,
Earth was 6 degrees --> very different from the weather that we see today. Climate constrains
the kind of weather a region can experience.
Of the 4.5 billion years of Earth's history, how much of it will we discuss in this course? - correct
answer ✔✔We'll consider the past 600M years or so
