Geography 3 Exercise 7
Deserts are arid; steppes are ________.
Semiarid
The site of the worlds record lowers average annual precipitation is on the continent of _______.
South America
When neither air mass displaces the adjacent one, their boundary is called a(n) ________ front.
Stationary
In the BS climate type, the "S" stands for
Steppe
The BWh climate is "caused" by the ________.
Subtropical highs
The Köppen system of climate classification is based on ________.
Temperature and precipitation
A small island on the equator would most likely be classified as
Af
The area most closely associated with D climates is
Canada
Of the list below, the coldest air is bound to be associated with a(n) ________ air mass
CP
For many centuries before the present one, scholars believed that the world had ________ climatic zones.
5
Over the ENTIRE past 70 million years there has been
A global cooling
The tropical monsoon climate bears a letter classification of
Am
On which continent is the intertropical convergence furthest from the equator in the summer season?
Asia
The presence of the cold Humboldt current and the Andes Mountains help to create the coastal ________ Desert
Atacama
The desert would be the obvious zone of origin of a(n) ________ air mass
CT
The midlatitude steppe fits into the Köppen classification as ________.
BSk
The climatic type for the desert area is
BW
Of the regions of the United States, which has the highest incidence of tornadoes?
Central states
The text makes frequent use of __________, which are charts showing average monthly temperatures and precipitation amounts
Climographs
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
Cold
A Cfa climate exists on the southeastern coast of the United States. Which climate type exists on the southwestern coast of the United States?
Csa
Which type of cloud is the associated with a thunderstorm
Cumulonimbus
Of the main Köppen climate zones, ________ is the only one that does not occur in the Southern Hemisphere
D
The part of the hurricane characterized by scattered high clouds and light winds is known as the ________.
Eye
The lowercase letter symbolizing "moist, with no dry season" in the Köppen classification system is ________.
F
The damage done in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina was mainly a result of ________.
Flooding from the failure of levees
Which of the following happens LAST before tornado drops to the ground?
Formation of a mesocyclone
The three climate zones of the classical Greeks were "torrid," "temperate," and "________."
Frigid
As a middle latitude cyclone goes through its life cycle, the warm sector ________.
Gets smaller
Which type of front causes many hours of steady rain BEFORE that front passes a location?
Hot
Oxygen isotope analysis is used when studying ________ and climate change
Ice cores
The main reason for the occurrence of subtropical deserts around the world is
Locations of anticyclones
The current rise in global sea level can be attributed to ________.
Melting of glaciers
Which front is shown on weather maps as a line with alternating semicircles and triangles on the same side of the line?
Occluded
Which of the following can be said to be the "death" of a midlatitude cyclone?
Occlusion
The movement (track along the ground) of middle latitude cyclones is determined by ________.
The jet stream
Hurricane destruction to land coastlines is made worse when this feature—not prominent in all hurricanes—is present
The storm surge
The correct designation for a hurricane is as a(n) ________.
Tropical cyclone
In most classification schemes, which principal indicator is used to delineate five zones and their subtypes?
Vegetation types
Presently, the most widely used classification system was derived by
Wladimir Koppen