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GEOG 1111 Test 2 Questions and Answers
(Expert Solutions)
Q: Which of the following lists the correct, generalized sequence of climates from the
equator to the poles?
a.)Tropical→Dry→Mesothermal→Microthermal→Highland
b.)Polar→Microthermal→Dry→Mesothermal→Tropical
c.)Tropical→Dry→Mesothermal→Microthermal→Polar
d.)Dry→Tropical→Mesothermal→Microthermal→Polar
ANS 🗹🗹: c.)Tropical→Dry→Mesothermal→Microthermal→Polar
Q: The highest frequency of tornadoes per 10,000mi2 in the US occurs in
a.)Oklahoma
b.)South Dakota
c.)Florida
d.)Nebraska
ANS 🗹🗹: a.)Oklahoma
Q: Summer afternoon thundershowers in the southeastern US are more than likely a
result of
a.)subtropical high pressure disturbance
b.)frontal lifting
c.)convectional lifting
d.)orographic lifting
ANS 🗹🗹: c.)convectional lifting
Q: Based on principles discussed earlier in the course, you know that the annual
temperature range of places located in the interior of a continent is ____ those located
along the coast at the same latitude
a.)less than
b.)greater than
c.)the same as
ANS 🗹🗹: b.)greater than
Q: The Coriolis force
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a.)decreases with height above the surface
b.)is the only force acting on flows of air in the upper troposphere
c.)causes the apparent deflection of winds from a straight path
d.)drives air from areas of higher to lower barometric pressures
ANS 🗹🗹: c.)causes the apparent deflection of winds from a straight path
Q: The great circulations in the ocean basins occur around the _____ pressure systems
and are known as ______
a.)subtropical high; gyres
b.)subpolar low; ocean streams
c.)subpolar low; gyres
d.)subtropical high; ocean streams
ANS 🗹🗹: a.)subtropical hight; gyres
Q: sWhen water freezes, its density
a.)decreases
b.)remains the same as in the liquid state
c.)increases
ANS 🗹🗹: a.)decreases
Q: Air masses which develop over canada are examples of ___ air masses
a.)cT
b.)mT
c.)mP
d.)cP
ANS 🗹🗹: d.)cP
Q: Atlanta, Georgia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Nagasaki, Japan all share the
following climate classification
a.)semiarid steppe
b.)humid subtropical hot-summer
c.)mediterranean hot-summer
d.)humid continental hot-summer
ANS 🗹🗹: b.)humid subtropical hot-summer
Q: Which is false regarding global climate change?
a.)Earth is within 1C of the warmest temperature of the last 125,000 years
b.)The last two decades have been the warmest ever recorded
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c.)The rate at which global temperatures are rising is higher than anywhere else in the
entire measured temperature record
d.)There is a surprising lack of correlation between CO2 levels and temperatures
ANS 🗹🗹: d.)There is a surprising lack of correlation between CO2 levels and
temperatures
Q: Which of the following is true of high pressure areas
a.)air converges and ascends within high pressure systems
b.)they generally involve atmospheric pressures lower than 1000mb
c.)air descends and diverges within high pressure systems
d.)They are characteristic for areas along the equator
ANS 🗹🗹: c.)air descends and diverges within high pressure systems
Q: Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
a.)CO2
b.)Nitrogen
c.)Methane
d.)Nitrous oxide
ANS 🗹🗹: b.)Nitrogen
Q: What type of cloud that has a thin wispy appearance, consists of ice crystals, and
often precedes a warm front?
a.)stratocumulus
b.)cirrus
c.)altostratus
d.)cumulonimbus
ANS 🗹🗹: b.)cirrus
Q: Which is true of the ENSO phenomenon
a.)Easterly winds along the equator increase in intensity
b.)The thermocline in the easter pacific ocean rises
c.)It always brings increased rain to the western US
d.)sea-surface temperatures can increase more than 8C above normal in the central and
eastern pacific during an ENSO
ANS 🗹🗹: d.)sea-surface temperatures can increase more than 8C above normal in
the central and eastern pacific during an ENSO
Q: An instrument used to measure air pressure is
GEOG 1111 Test 2 Questions and Answers
(Expert Solutions)
Q: Which of the following lists the correct, generalized sequence of climates from the
equator to the poles?
a.)Tropical→Dry→Mesothermal→Microthermal→Highland
b.)Polar→Microthermal→Dry→Mesothermal→Tropical
c.)Tropical→Dry→Mesothermal→Microthermal→Polar
d.)Dry→Tropical→Mesothermal→Microthermal→Polar
ANS 🗹🗹: c.)Tropical→Dry→Mesothermal→Microthermal→Polar
Q: The highest frequency of tornadoes per 10,000mi2 in the US occurs in
a.)Oklahoma
b.)South Dakota
c.)Florida
d.)Nebraska
ANS 🗹🗹: a.)Oklahoma
Q: Summer afternoon thundershowers in the southeastern US are more than likely a
result of
a.)subtropical high pressure disturbance
b.)frontal lifting
c.)convectional lifting
d.)orographic lifting
ANS 🗹🗹: c.)convectional lifting
Q: Based on principles discussed earlier in the course, you know that the annual
temperature range of places located in the interior of a continent is ____ those located
along the coast at the same latitude
a.)less than
b.)greater than
c.)the same as
ANS 🗹🗹: b.)greater than
Q: The Coriolis force
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a.)decreases with height above the surface
b.)is the only force acting on flows of air in the upper troposphere
c.)causes the apparent deflection of winds from a straight path
d.)drives air from areas of higher to lower barometric pressures
ANS 🗹🗹: c.)causes the apparent deflection of winds from a straight path
Q: The great circulations in the ocean basins occur around the _____ pressure systems
and are known as ______
a.)subtropical high; gyres
b.)subpolar low; ocean streams
c.)subpolar low; gyres
d.)subtropical high; ocean streams
ANS 🗹🗹: a.)subtropical hight; gyres
Q: sWhen water freezes, its density
a.)decreases
b.)remains the same as in the liquid state
c.)increases
ANS 🗹🗹: a.)decreases
Q: Air masses which develop over canada are examples of ___ air masses
a.)cT
b.)mT
c.)mP
d.)cP
ANS 🗹🗹: d.)cP
Q: Atlanta, Georgia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Nagasaki, Japan all share the
following climate classification
a.)semiarid steppe
b.)humid subtropical hot-summer
c.)mediterranean hot-summer
d.)humid continental hot-summer
ANS 🗹🗹: b.)humid subtropical hot-summer
Q: Which is false regarding global climate change?
a.)Earth is within 1C of the warmest temperature of the last 125,000 years
b.)The last two decades have been the warmest ever recorded
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c.)The rate at which global temperatures are rising is higher than anywhere else in the
entire measured temperature record
d.)There is a surprising lack of correlation between CO2 levels and temperatures
ANS 🗹🗹: d.)There is a surprising lack of correlation between CO2 levels and
temperatures
Q: Which of the following is true of high pressure areas
a.)air converges and ascends within high pressure systems
b.)they generally involve atmospheric pressures lower than 1000mb
c.)air descends and diverges within high pressure systems
d.)They are characteristic for areas along the equator
ANS 🗹🗹: c.)air descends and diverges within high pressure systems
Q: Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
a.)CO2
b.)Nitrogen
c.)Methane
d.)Nitrous oxide
ANS 🗹🗹: b.)Nitrogen
Q: What type of cloud that has a thin wispy appearance, consists of ice crystals, and
often precedes a warm front?
a.)stratocumulus
b.)cirrus
c.)altostratus
d.)cumulonimbus
ANS 🗹🗹: b.)cirrus
Q: Which is true of the ENSO phenomenon
a.)Easterly winds along the equator increase in intensity
b.)The thermocline in the easter pacific ocean rises
c.)It always brings increased rain to the western US
d.)sea-surface temperatures can increase more than 8C above normal in the central and
eastern pacific during an ENSO
ANS 🗹🗹: d.)sea-surface temperatures can increase more than 8C above normal in
the central and eastern pacific during an ENSO
Q: An instrument used to measure air pressure is
