Chapter 7 geography

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Wladimir Koppen

Presently, the most widely used classification system was derived by ________.

subtropical highs

The BWh climate is "caused" by the ________.

Csa

A Cfa climate exists on the southeastern coast of the United States. Which climate type exists on the southwestern coast of the United States?

Af

A small island on the Equator would most likely be classified ________.

get smaller

As a middle latitude cyclone goes through it's life cycle, the warm sector _____.

5

For many centuries before the present one, scholars believed that the world had ________ climatic zones.

the storm surge

Hurricane destruction to land coastlines is made worse when this feature—not prominent in all hurricanes—is present

vegetation types

In most classification schemes, which principal indicator is used to delineate five zones and their subtypes?

steppe

In the BS climatic type, the "S" stands for ________.

D

Of the main Köppen climate zones, ________ is the only one that does not occur in the Southern Hemisphere

Central States

Of the regions of the United States, which has the highest incidence of tornadoes?

cold

On a weather map, a symbol consisting of triangles arranged along one side of a line indicates a(n) ________ front

Cold

On the average, ___ fronts move the fastest of all fronts

Asia

On which continent is the intertropical convergence furthest from the equator in the summer season

a global cooling

Over the ENTIRE past 70 million years there has been ________.

ice cores

Oxygen isotope analysis is used when studying ____ and climate change

temperature and precipitation

The Köppen system of climate classification is based on ________.

Canada

The area most closely associated with D climates is ________.

BW

The climatic type for the desert areas is ________.

tropical cyclone

The correct designation for a hurricane is as a(n) ________.

melting of glaciers

The current rise in global sea level can be attributed to ________.

flooding from the failure of levees

The damage done in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina was mainly a result of ________.

cT

The desert would be the obvious zone of origin of a(n) ________ air mass

f

The lowercase letter symbolizing "moist, with no dry season" in the Köppen classification system is ________.

locations of anticyclones

The main reason for the occurrence of subtropical deserts around the world is ________.

BSk

The midlatitude steppe fits into the Köppen classification as ________.

eye

The part of the hurricane characterized by scattered high clouds and light winds is known as the ________.

Atacama

The presence of the cold Humboldt current and the Andes Mountains help to create the coastal ________ Desert

South America

The site of the world's record lowest average annual precipitation is on the continent of ________.

climographs

The text makes frequent use of ________, which are charts showing average monthly temperatures and precipitation amounts.

frigid

The three climate zones of the classical Greeks were "torrid," "temperate," and "________."

Am

The tropical monsoon climate bears a letter classification of ________.

formation of mesocyclone

What happens LAST before tornado drops to the ground?

stationary

When neither air mass displaces the adjacent one, their boundary is called a(n) ________ front.

occluded

Which front is shown on weather maps as a line with alternating semicircles and triangles on the same side of the line?

occlusion

Which of the following can be said to be the "death" of a midlatitude cyclone?

Warm

Which type of front causes many hours of steady rain BEFORE that front passes a location?

cP

the coldest air is bound to be associated with a(n) ________ air mass


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