Geog 103 Chapter 8

"Continentality" is a term most closely associated with which climatic type?

D

For the ENTIRE last 10,000 years Earth temperatures can be ________. warm and fairly steady unchanged warmed drastically cooled drastically in an Ice Age

warm and fairly steady

Which of the following would be an expected average annual precipitation total in a marine west coast climate? 10 centimeters 100 centimeters 1,000 centimeters 10,000 centimeters none of the above

100

The world record for greatest precipitation received in a single year is on the order of ________ centimeters. 2.6 26 260 2,600 260,000

2600

For many centuries before the present one, scholars believed that the world had ________ climatic zones. 0 1 5 10 20

5

Which of the following average annual precipitation totals is CLOSEST to that expected in an Icecap climate? < 25 cm 100 cm 200 cm 500 cm > 1,0000 cm

< 25 cm

The intertropical convergence zone is most closely associated with which of the Köppen system's major climate types? A B C D E

A

"Night is winter" is best applied to the ________ climate. Af Am BWk Csa Dfa

Af

A small island on the Equator would most likely be classified ________. Aw BS Cfa Af Dfa

Af

The tropical monsoon climate bears a letter classification of ________. Aw BW Am BS Cfa

Am

The presence of the cold Humboldt current and the Andes Mountains help to create the coastal ________ Desert. Sahara Gobi Sonoran Atacama Mojave

Atacama

is desert is in a "double rain shadow." Sahara Kalahari Atacama Mojave Saudi

Atacama

Which of the following climate types takes up the most land area? A B C D H

B

The midlatitude steppe fits into the Köppen classification as ________. BWk Cwa Aw BSk ET

BSk

Both great distances from oceanic moisture sources and blockage of moist flow by topography are both associated with dryness in the ________ desert. Sahara Atacama Sonoran Central Asian Arabian

Central Asian

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

Csa

Which climate type is known for clear skies in the summertime? Af Cfa Dfa Csa Am

Csa

A middle latitude climate type located on the western edges of the continents is the ________ climate.

Csb

"Continentality" is a term most closely associated with which climatic type? A B C D H

D

Of the main Köppen climate zones, ________ is the only one that does not occur in the Southern Hemisphere. A B C D E

D

A Cfb climate exists along the northwest coast of the United States. Which climate type exists along the northeastern coast of the United States? Cfa Csa Cfb BWh Dfa

Dfa

Which of the following has the LEAST average annual precipitation? Af Aw Am EF BSk

EF

At its equatorward margin the ________ climate is bounded by the 0° Celsius isotherm of average annual temperature. Dfa Dwa ET EF BW

ET

Which climatic type is most closely associated with the smallest average daily ranges of temperature? ET BWk Cfa Dfa Csa

ET

Looking at a world climate map, ________ has the most symmetrical of the distributions of major climatic types on either side of the Equator. Australia South America Africa Europe Asia

Europe

Melt ponds and moulins are closely associated with ________. C climates coastal climates Greenland the Rocky Mountains Antarctica

Greenland

Which of the following is FALSE of the Highland (H) climates? They are usually closely related to adjacent lowland locations. There is great diversity within small areas. Exposure to the Sun is a critical climatic control. Exposure to the wind is a critical climatic control. They do not occur at tropical latitudes.

They do not occur at tropical latitudes.

The textbook uses climographs. Climographs are useful in ________. predicting weather classifying climate recording relative humidity judging the strength of storms calculating climatic change

classifying climate

Over the ENTIRE past 70 million years there has been ________. a global cooling a global warming a global warming and then a global cooling no significant climate changes no way to determine if there have been climate changes

a global warming

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the midlatitude desert climate type? colder than its tropical counterpart far removed from oceanic moisture blocked from oceanic moisture by mountains found in Asia, North America, and South America a winter maximum of precipitation

a winter maximum of precipitation

In midlatitude desert (BWk) climates, the ________ temperature is greater than in subtropical desert (BWh) climates. average annual daily high annual median annual range of daily low

annual range of

The hottest places on Earth are ________. associated with the longest day lengths hot all year round also the most humid places found at the Equator associated with a lack of clouds

associated with a lack of clouds

In an Af climate, what time of day is precipitation most likely? at dawn at mid-morning at noon at mid-afternoon at midnight

at mid-afternoon

The desire to simplify, organize, and generalize the vast array of climatic data into a comprehensible system that helps us understand the distribution of climates over Earth leads to ________. classification averaging weather forecasting compromise frustration

classification

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

climographs

In the tropical wet climate, precipitation is mainly ________.

convective

In the tropical wet climate, precipitation is mainly ________. frontal unreliable convective orographic drizzle

convective

Which of the following helps determine past climate on the basis of tree rings?

dendrochronology

Another designation for the mediterranean climate is ________. dry summer subtropical midlatitude steppe upland savanna boreal forest midlatitude monsoon

dry summer subtropical

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

f

By some estimates, the annual average extent of Northern Hemisphere sea ice has ________ since the 1950s.

halved

The world's highest average annual wind speed can be found ________. on the Great Plains of the United States on the East Coast of the United States in Antarctica in Siberia on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes

in Antarctica

The classification scheme of the ancient Greeks was discarded ________. before written history in the 1st century BC in the Dark Ages in the Renaissance in the 20th century

in the 20th century

In the Tropical Monsoonal climates, summer is NOT the warmest season because of ________. position of the Sun in the sky the presence of cool air masses wind flow from the Arctic Ocean increased cloudiness greater evaporation from vegetation

increased cloudiness

City A and City B are located 500 km from one another and are the same latitude. City A has a much greater annual temperature range than City B. The most likely explanation for this fact is that City A

is in a more continental climate than City B

The Köppen system of climatic classification ________.

is the one used in your textbook

The main reason for the occurrence of subtropical deserts around the world is ________. locations of anticyclones the westerly winds the intertropical convergence easterly winds position of the cold ocean currents

locations of anticyclones

In subarctic (Dfc, Dfd, Dwc, Dwd) climates, which of the following explains the presence of a continuous, thin snow cover for many months of the year? high snowfall totals long summers geothermal energy from within the Earth low evapotranspiration rates above-freezing temperatures in the winter

low evapotranspiration rates

In tropical regions the "winter" season is merely the ________ period. zodiac low sun intertropical convergence easterly wave tropical cyclone

low sun

Which of the following climates does NOT have a summer wetter than its winter? monsoon humid subtropical mediterranean humid continental subarctic

mediterranean

In the Df and Dw climates, winter precipitation mainly originates from ________. midlatitude cyclones orographic influences large thunderstorms the intertropical convergence subtropical highs

midlatitude cyclones

The single most descriptive word that can be applied to Tropical Wet climates is ________

monotonous

The one-year record rainfall took place in a ________ climate type. rainforest monsoon mediterranean west coast marine humid subtropical

monsoon

In Am climates, the hottest time of year is ________. winter summer fall spring the rainy season

spring

In the BS climatic type, the "S" stands for ________. steppe seasonal selva savanna semi-annual

steppe

The BWh climate is "caused" by the ________. subtropical highs trade winds westerlies warm ocean currents none of the above

subtropical highs

To the Greeks, their land fell within the ________ zone in their early classification of climate.

temperate

Tropical monsoon climates are found where ________. Earth's hottest temperatures occur summer temperatures much hotter than winter temperatures there is much more yearly evapotranspiration than precipitation winter precipitation much greater than summer precipitation the ITCZ comes overhead in the summer

the ITCZ comes overhead in the summer

Mediterranean climates experience dry summers because of ________. a double maximum of sun elevation the position of subtropical high pressure the cool ocean currents adjacent rain shadows the strong jet stream influence

the position of subtropical high pressure