Mid Term Questions # 51 - # 100

Front 1

# 51:

The major criteria used to identify air masses are _____________ and ________________.

Back 1

temperature and mositure

Front 2

# 52:

Continental tropical (cT) air masses should be ________ and _____.

Back 2

warm and dry.

Front 3

# 53:

Of the following air masses, which would be likely to contain the most water vapor?

1) mT

2) cP

3) cT

4) mP

Back 3

mT

Front 4

# 54:

Of the following fronts, which is most likely to generate cumulonimbus clouds and severe thunderstorms?

1) stationary

2) occluded

3) warm

4) cold

Back 4

cold front

Front 5

# 56:

Weather conditions associated with an anticyclone include _______ ________.

Back 5

clear skies

Front 6

# 57:

The fastest wind speeds are found in ____________.

Back 6

tornados

Front 7

# 58:

Traveling wave cyclones form along the _________ front.

Back 7

polar

Front 8

# 59:

A tongue of cold air from the mid-latitudes that penetrates into very low latitudes is known as a ____________ outbreak.

Back 8

polar

Front 9

# 60:

Tropical cyclones generally form from around ___ degrees to ____ degrees ____ or ____.

Back 9

8 degrees to 15 degrees, N or S

Front 10

# 61:

In the North Atlantic, when does the peak of hurricane season occur?

Back 10

late summer to early autumn

Front 11

# 62:

Increases in global cloud cover might result in what three conditions?

Back 11

1) increased precipitation in some regions

2) increased absorption and counter-

radiation of long wave energy

3) increase albedo and reflection of

insolation

Front 12

# 63:

The coastal-contenetal location of a place has a strong influence on ___________ _______________ ________.

Back 12

annual temprature range

Front 13

# 64:

The annual cycle of prevailing weather conditions at a given place based on long-term conditions is known as ____________.

Back 13

climate

Front 14

# 65:

A temperature regime that experiences consistantly high temperatures with little seasonality is the _______________.

Back 14

equatorial

Front 15

# 66:

Of the following precipitation regimes, which generally has a dry summer?

1) moist continental

2) equatorial

3) Mediterranean

4) Asiatic monsoon

Back 15

Mediterranean

Front 16

# 67:

The precipitation pattern of the dry tropical climate is _________ _____.

Back 16

summer wet

Front 17

# 68:

Of the following precipitation regimes, which would likely experience the wettest single month?

1) wet equatorial

2) moist subtropical

3) Asiatic monsoon

4) Mediterranean

Back 17

Asiatic monsoon

Front 18

# 69:

A continental polar air mass would bring what kind of conditions to an area when it arrived?

Back 18

cold and dry.

Front 19

# 70:

Where is the Boreal Forrest climate found?

Back 19

in the northern part of North America and Eurasia

Front 20

# 71:

What are the primary producers of the food web?

Back 20

Plants

Front 21

# 72:

Photosynthesis creates ____________________.

Back 21

carbohydrates

Front 22

# 73:

The opposite process of photosynthesis is ________________.

Back 22

respiration

Front 23

# 74:

How is the net primary production of an ecosystem measured?

Back 23

in terms of the biomass created per square meter

Front 24

# 75:

The movement of carbon atoms through various ecosystems is called the___________ __________.

Back 24

carbon cycle

Front 25

# 76:

Of the following plants, which one is an example of a sclerophyll?

1) Douglas Fir

2) orchis

3) wheat

4) California Live Oak

Back 25

California Live Oak

Front 26

# 77:

Slope steepness, orientation to the sun and topographic relief are examples of what type of conditions that influence plant & animal distributions?

1) geomorphic

2) edaphic

3) climatic

4) disturbance

Back 26

geomorphic

Front 27

# 78:

In ecological succession, an ecosystem proceeds through serial stages to reach a ____________.

Back 27

climax

Front 28

# 79:

_____________ _____________ acts on the variation that occurs within populations of species to produce _______________.

Back 28

Natural selection, evolution

Front 29

# 80:

Over geologic time, the fate of all species is ________________.

Back 29

extinction

Front 30

# 81:

The capacity of an individual to move from a location of origin to a new site is called __________.

Back 30

dispersal

Front 31

# 82:

Species restricted to a single region or location are called ________________.

Back 31

endemic

Front 32

# 83:

Within terrestrial ecosystems, the largest recognizable subdivision is the __________.

Back 32

biome

Front 33

# 84:

Low latitude rainforest, midlatitude deciduous forest and needleleaf forest are formations within the ___________ biome.

Back 33

forest

Front 34

# 85:

The savanna biome is the intermediary between the grassland biome and the __________ biome.

Back 34

forest

Front 35

# 86:

The oak woodland on the California coast is a _______________ forest.

Back 35

sclerophyll

Front 36

# 87:

In the central United States, the tall-grass prairie lies to the _______ of the short-grass prairie.

Back 36

east

Front 37

# 88:

The desert biome is characterized by what three (3) characteristics?

Back 37

1) aridity

2) widely spaced or no plant cover

3) dry-adapted animal species

Front 38

# 89:

Plants that grow, bloom and set seed very quickly are the characteristics of what biome?

Back 38

the tundra

Front 39

# 90:

Where vegetation changes due to elevation differences, biogeographers have set a series of ________ zones, such as Upper Sonoran, Canadien and Hudsonian.

Back 39

life

Front 40

# 91:

The general circulation of the oceans is or is not a major mechanism for the transfer of energy from the tropics to the polar regions?

Back 40

is

Front 41

# 92:

Oceans do or do not heat and cool more slowly and to a lesser extent than do land masses.

Back 41

do

Front 42

# 93:

When air warms, it becomes ________ dense.

Back 42

less

Front 43

# 94:

Summer temperatures are generally are or are not higher over oceans than over continents?

Back 43

are not

Front 44

# 95:

Winds are not named for the direction __________ which they blow, but for the direction ___________ which they blow.

Back 44

toward, from

Front 45

# 96:

The change of seasons during the year is or is not due to earths eliptical orbit around the sun?

Back 45

is not

Front 46

# 97:

On Dember 21st, all latitudes inside inside the Antartic Circle are or are not in daylight for 24 hours?

Back 46

are

Front 47

# 98:

The poles tend to or not to have a lower albedo than the landmasses at the equator?

Back 47

not to

Front 48

# 99:

At an equinox, the circle of illumination does or does not pass through both the North and South Poles?

Back 48

does

Front 49

# 100:

A thermometer can or cannot measure latent heat?

Back 49

cannot