AG/MET Book Quiz Chapter 3

Cold ocean currents exert their greatest influence:

during summer along west coasts of middle latitude continents.

The minimum temperature usually occurs near sunrise because:

the Earth experiences a net loss of radiation throughout the night

A small dumbbell-shaped index is part of the:

minimum thermometer.

An important reason why land areas warm up more rapidly than water areas is that:

on land, all solar energy is absorbed in a shallow layer at the ground surface.

A temperature CHANGE of 1 degree Celsius is a _____ degree change in Fahrenheit.

1.8

If the maximum temperature on a particular day is 30 degrees F and the minimum temperatures is 21 degrees F, then the daily temperature range is:

9 degrees F.

A poleward moving (northward moving in the Northern Hemisphere, southward in the Southern Hemisphere) ocean current is:

A warm current

City A is located at 40 degrees south latitude and City B is located at 40 degrees north latitude. If the two cities reflect the general characteristics of the hemispheres in which they are located, which will have the smaller annual temperature range?

City A

The _____ temperature scale was developed first.

Fahrenheit

The _____ is often used in making a thermograph.

bimetal strip

Heat waves:

can be deadly events

An isotherm on a map:

connects points of equal temperature.

The _____ CANNOT be calculated from daily mean temperature data.

daily temperature range

The _____ instrument contains a liquid of low density such as alcohol.

minimum thermometer

Locations on Earth which have the largest annual temperature change from summer to winter are:

in the middle of large landmasses in the subpolar latitudes (around 50 degrees).

The heat transport carried out by air and oceanic circulations serves to:

keep the tropics from becoming warmer each year. keep the poles from becoming colder each year.

Heat waves are usually more severe in:

large urban areas

A primary reason for drawing isotherms on a map of temperature values is to allow:

recognition of temperature patterns.

The annual maximum and minimum of solar radiation does not correspond to the annual maximum and minimum of air temperature at a location. This indicates that:

solar radiation received is not the only factor controlling temperature. ocean currents transport heat. the atmospheric winds transport heat.

The wind chill temperature index:

takes into account the effects of air temperature and wind speed.

The ________ is defined as the amount of temperature change per unit of distance.

temperature gradient

The annual range of temperature is defined as:

the difference between the mean temperature of the warmest and coldest months.

The lag of the maximum daily temperature with respect to the time of maximum solar radiation is due to:

the influence of both shortwave and longwave radiation.

The annual temperature range is typically small near the equator. This is true primarily because:

the noon day sun angle is always relatively high.

The latitudinal shifting of temperatures throughout the year is primarily caused by:

the seasonal migration of the Sun's vertical rays.

The annual temperature range at most latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere is much smaller than that in the Northern Hemisphere. The reason for this is because:

there is a greater percentage of ocean water surface in the Southern Hemisphere.

An important function of ocean currents is to:

transfer heat between the equator and the poles.