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Summer temperatures are high in arid climates because - ✔✔high sun
angle and low relative humidity
The formation of freezing rain involves - ✔✔snow passing through a fairly
thick layer of above-freezing air before passing through a thin layer of
subfreezing temperatures near the surface.
The magnitude of water in a store can have units of - ✔✔cubic meters.
A tornado blows walls from homes. The likely EF categorization of the
tornado producing this damage is - ✔✔EF3
he Coriolis effect is the apparent deflection in the path of a moving object
due to - ✔✔the rotation of the Earth.
Which of the following is most similar in volume to an acre-foot of water? -
✔✔Most of a football field covered to a depth of 1 foot
This globe from the atmospheric moisture investigation shows land cover,
with green being vegetation and tan and brown being bare rock and sand.
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The areas with the least vegetation (they are light on a black and white
version) correlate most clearly with which aspect? - ✔✔Low specific
humidity, water vapor, and precipitation
Which of the following was mentioned in the opening two-page spread of
Chapter 1 (The Nature of Physical Geography)? - ✔✔All of these choices
are correct
Which of the following statements is true regarding high or low pressure for
a parcel of air at the surface? - ✔✔Lower temperature, higher density, cold
air sinks, higher pressure at surface
If you add 541 calories of heat to 1 gram of water whose temperature is
100 Co the resultant temperature of the water will be around: - ✔✔100 C
A hypothesis is a - ✔✔proposed explanation developed before formal
investigation.
Correct
The weather system most likely to produce the strongest tornadoes is
generally associated with - ✔✔cold fronts.
Which of the following surfaces has the lowest albedo? - ✔✔D - water with
a small zenith
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Which wind belt is located at letter B? - ✔✔Westerlies
To what event does the following quote by Edward Munch refer? "Suddenly
the sky turned blood red," - ✔✔The eruption of Krakatoa
The fact that zone 9 extends well north up the California coast is an
example of the effect of- - ✔✔continentality
The specific humidity of air changes when there is a change in - ✔✔the
addition or removal of water vapor.
Where is the least and greatest amount of outgoing longwave radiation
(OLR) located? - ✔✔A and C
Which of the following would not be true regarding the urban heat island? -
✔✔Retention of rain water
Fog in the United States is least likely to occur in the __________ when
vapor pressure is higher and temperatures are __________ - ✔✔summer;
higher
A tropical cyclone will be weakened - ✔✔when it makes landfall.
This diagram features a - ✔✔cyclone, northern hemisphere.