Chapter 16-20 Geo

Front 1

The main difference between weather and climate is that?

Back 1

Weather is the daily variation that actually occur at a location and climate is the general pattern of weather over time

Front 2

Which of the following is not an element that influences weather

Back 2

Longitude

Front 3

Air May best be described as?

Back 3

A mixture

Front 4

Which one of the following are the three most abundant gases in the atmosphere?

Back 4

Nitrogen oxygen Argon

Front 5

Which of the following gases is an effiecient absorber of the earths emitted energy?

Back 5

Carbon dioxide

Front 6

Latent heat that is the energy source for many storms can be transported by?

Back 6

Water vapor

Front 7

Ozone filters out most of the ______ radiation and sunlight?

Back 7

Ultraviolet

Front 8

Ozone is concentrated in the_________

Back 8

Stratosphere

Front 9

Ozone is important to humans because

Back 9

Absorbs ultraviolet radiation which is harmful to humans

Front 10

I need your rest to humans from the depletion of ozone is the increase in

Back 10

Deaths due to skin cancer

Front 11

The lowest layer of the atmosphere is

Back 11

Troposphere

Front 12

The normal lapse rate in the troposphere is ________ per kilometer

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6.5 degrees Celsius

Front 13

When an area experience several consecutive days of rather constant weather it is probably?

Back 13

Air mass weather

Front 14

An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled?

Back 14

mT

Front 15

A maritime polar (mp) air masses is?

Back 15

Cold and humid

Front 16

The air masses that have the greatest influence on weather conditions in the central United States are?

Back 16

cP and mT

Front 17

The air mass May produce an occasional Nor'easter in the winter

Back 17

mP

Front 18

A continental polar (CP) air mass that originates in Siberia and is subsequently altered to _________ when crossing the North Pacific?

Back 18

mT

Front 19

If you were 200 kilometers ahead of the surface position of a warm front you would find the frontal surface at height about________ Km overhead

Back 19

1.0

Front 20

on a weather map_______fronts are shown by a line with triangular points on one side

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Cold

Front 21

Rain long for too long last short notice soon pass is first five words of this weather proverb__________

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Refers to a warm front

Front 22

The Western us, is different from the Western your climate because?

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Because the Western u.s has mountains near the coast and europe does not

Front 23

The name_______ clate is often used as a synonym for the dry summer subtropical climate

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Mediterranean

Front 24

The blank West Coast climate is situated on the western windward side of continents from about 40 to 65 degrees north and south latitude

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Marine

Front 25

Why are humid mid-latitude climates with severe winter is not found in southern hemisphere?

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The southern hemisphere is dominated by oceans

Front 26

The subarctic climate is often referred to as?

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The taiga climate

Front 27

The blank climate is located on the Eastern side of continents in the 25 to 40 degree latitude range

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Humid subtropical

Front 28

The blank climates are land control climates that results on Broad continents in the middle

Back 28

Humid subtropical

Front 29

Polar climates get most of their precipitation in the?

Back 29

Summer

Front 30

Polar regions receive nearly continuous sunlight in summer months so why doesn't the mean temperature during those months get above 10 degrees Celsius

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The sun is too low in the sky to Be an Effective heat source

Front 31

Where polar climates most well-developed

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Antarctica and Greenland

Front 32

Compared to places at lower elevations Highland climates are usually cooler and

Back 32

Wetter

Front 33

Highland climates usually experience _________ compared to the adjacent lowlands

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Similar patterns of change

Front 34

Which of the following might not be considered a natural cause of climate change

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Variation in solar radiation

Front 35

Carbon dioxide is important influence on climate because?

Back 35

It passes incoming short-wavelength solar radiation but it is absorbed some longer-wavelength outgoing Earth radiation

Front 36

Clouds are classified on the basis of

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Form and height

Front 37

Which of the following cloud types is most commonly associated with precipitation

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Nimbostratus

Front 38

The problem that is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky is termed

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Stratus

Front 39

The cloud poem that consists of globular Cloud masses that take on a daily or cauliflower structure is

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Cumulus

Front 40

this term is used to describe clouds found in the middle height range

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Alto

Front 41

High clouds that form delicate feel like patches or extended wispy fibers are termed

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Cirrus

Front 42

This term is used to describe clouds that produce precipitation

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Nimbo

Front 43

This Cloud sometimes produces mair tails

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Cirrus

Front 44

Thunder and lightning are associated with these clouds

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Cumulonimbus

Front 45

This Cloud type is confined to the middle height range

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Alto Stratus

Front 46

The halo around the sun or moon indicates that this Cloud type is present

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Cirrostratus

Front 47

The dark gray cloud that blankets the sky and often generates precipitation is called

Back 47

Nimbostratus