PHYS 203 - Earth in Space Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers

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Earth
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in Space Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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terrestrial //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔environment //on //continents



marine //- /
/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔environments /


/at /


/bottom /


/of //oceans //(most //landscapes, //since //most //of //earth //is //oceans //and //not //much //is //known)




transitional //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔shores, //environments //where //oceans //meet //continents




equator //- /
/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔terrestrial /


/environments; //hot //temp, //high //humidity, //low //aridity //due //to //equatorial //low




poles //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔terrestrial //environments; //cold //temp, //low //humidity, //high
//aridity //due //to //polar //highs




high //temp, //high //humidity, //low //aridity //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔conditions //at //equator



equatorial //low //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔reason //for //conditions //at //equator

,cold //temp, //low //humidity, //high //aridity //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔conditions //at //poles



polar //highs //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔reason //for //conditions //at //poles



30° /
/latitude //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔terrestrial /


/environments; //high //temp, //low //humidity, //high //aridity //due //to //subtropical //highs




high /
/temp, //low //humidity, //high //aridity //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔conditions //at //30° //latitude




subtropical //highs //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔reason //for //conditions //at //30° //latitude



60° /
/latitude //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔terrestrial /


/environment; //low //temp, //high //humidity, //low //aridity //due //to //subpolar //lows




low /
/temp, //high //humidity, //low //aridity //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔conditions //at //60° //latitude




subpolar //lows //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔reason //for //conditions //at //60° //latitude



tropical //rainforest //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔landscape //at //equator

,hot /
/deserts //- /


/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔landscape //at //30° //latitude //(hot //& //arid //near //subtropical //highs)




boreal /
/forests /


/(taigas) //- /


/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔landscape //at //60° //latitude //(cold //& //humid //near //subpolar //lows)




permafrost //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔landscape //at //poles //(cold //& //arid //near //polar //highs)



forests, /
/woodlands, /


/shrublands, /


/grasslands, //steppes, //deserts //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔progression //of //landscapes




savanna //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔hot //grassland



prairies //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔midlatitude //grassland



tundra //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔permafrost //steppe



permafrost //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔continental //ice //sheets



woodlands //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔fewer //trees //than //forests



shrublands //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔bushes //and //shrubs //but //no //trees



grasslands //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔grass //but //no //bushes //or //shrubs

, steppe //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔less //humid, //just //outside //of //deserts



deserts //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔most //arid //(least //humid)



summer //and //winter //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔midlatitude //seasons



cause /
/of /


/midlatitude /


/seasons //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔alteration /


/between /


/more /


/direct /


/sunlight //and //less //direct //sunlight //due //to //obliquity //of //the //Earth //as //it //orbits //the //sun




summer //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔more //arid //midlatitude //season



winter //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔more //humid //midlatitude //season



movement /
/of /


/sun //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔can //be //interpreted //as //causing //the //midlatitude //seasons




june /
/21st //- /


/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔sun //appears //to //be //on //top //of //the //tropic //of //cancer //(21 //1/3 //N)