AES Semester 1 Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers

The dry climates that are present on land areas at approximately 30ºN and S latitude are the result of what? - Answer high pressure zones earth's lower atmosphere is heated directly by what? - Answer Long wavelength radiation from the earth A Geographic area next to a mountain range that experiences the rain shadow effect must be... - Answer On the leeward side of the mountain range Hubble's law states that galaxies are receding from us at a speed that is proportional to their... - Answer distance As the temperature of a radiating surface is increased then... - Answer both the total amount of energy emitted increases and a larger portion of the energy is at a shorter wavelength. Do terrestrial planets have a larger or smaller escape velocity than the jovian planets? - Answer smaller The absolute magnitude of a star can be calculated if we have what? - Answer distance and apparent magnitude