GEOG 2050 All Quizzes
The temperature at the top of the mesosphere is about ____ degrees C.
-90 C
At the South Pole, meridians are __ kilometers apart.
0
Prime meridian
0 degrees longitude
Map distance = 4.65 inches and real distance is 4650 miles
1 inch = 1000 miles
At the equator, Earth's rotation speed is _____ km per hour.
1,670
Dew point temperature
10 degrees C
The dew point temperature is
10 degrees C
Air parcel's adiabatic cooling rate
10 degrees C per 1000 meters
Relative humidity at 2000 meters
100%
Lifting condensation level
1000 meters
On the equator, meridians are ____ kilometers apart.
111
A category 1 hurricane has wind speeds over __________ kilometers per hour.
119
On average, the top of the troposphere occurs at about ____km.
12
The Little Ice Age occurred from approximately __________.
1350 to 1850 CE
Which location cannot exist?
140 degrees south, 10 degrees west
In the exercise, we had 1 gram of ice at -100ºC and added heat to convert the ice to liquid and then to water vapor at 200ºC. You determined the total amount of heat needed in calories. Based on what you learned, how many total calories would you have to remove to cool 2 grams of water vapor at 200ºC to ice at -100ºC?
1740 calories
Longitudes run as high as ___ degrees.
180
Opposite the Prime Meridian
180 degrees longitude
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels began to dramatically increase around the year __________.
1850
At 35 degrees C, the relative humidity is
21.9%
What percentage of solar radiation is reflected by clouds and the atmosphere?
23 percent
At 20 degrees C, the saturation vapor pressure is
23.4 mb
Imagine you are driving from the beach (at sea level, 0 m altitude) in Hawaii to the top of a nearby volcano at 4000 m. Calculate the temperature change when you reach the top of the volcano using the normal or average lapse rate (6.5 degrees C/1000 m). Give the numerical value only since the units are degrees C.
25
See Figure. If 1 kilogram of air has 12 g of water vapor and the temperature is 40 degrees C, what is the relative humidity?
25.5%
For hurricanes to form, seawater generally must be about __________ degrees Celsius at the surface.
26
What is the distance between the Equator and Tropic of Cancer?
2608.5 km
See figure: According to these graphs, carbon dioxide concentrations were about how many parts per million (ppm) 400,000 years ago?
280
What is the latitude and longitude of LSU?
30 degrees and 25 minutes North, 91 degrees and 10 minutes West
Overall, what percentage of solar radiation is reflected by Earth?
30 percent
Ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit is equal to __________ degrees Celsius.
35
At which latitude does the amount of absorbed solar radiation equal the amount of energy emitted by Earth?
37 degrees
Specific humidity of air parcel at 2000 m
4
A derecho is formed when a gust front has 93 kilometers per hour winds or greater and is __________ kilometers in length.
400
The axial tilt component of a Milankovitch forcing takes about __________ years to complete one full cycle.
41,000
What is the distance between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle?
4773 km
At 20 degrees C, the relative humidity is
52%
At 35 degrees C, the saturation vapor pressure is
56.2 mb
Normal/average lapse rate
6.5 degrees C/ 1000m (3.6 F/1000ft)
The Antarctic Circle is located at
66.5 degrees South.
What is the monthly mean temperature for April 2017? Pick the closest value to the one you calculated in the activity using the data in the Excel file (April 1st to April 30).
71.05 degrees F
Nitrogen
78% of gas in atmosphere
In the exercise, we had 1 gram of ice at -100°C and added heat to convert the ice to liquid and then to water vapor at 200°C. Based on what you learned from the activity, how many total calories were needed to heat 1 gram of ice at -100°C to 1 gram of water vapor at 200°C?
870 calories
Specific humidity of air parcel at Earth's surface
8g/kg of air
How many degrees of latitude separate the equator from the North Pole?
90
What kind of teacher is Dr. Delong?
A paleoclimatologist
A primary pollutant is defined as _____.
A pollutant that enters the air or water directly from the source
A Doppler radar hook echo indicates the presence of what?
A tornado
A tornado warning is issued for a region when __________.
A tornado has been seen
A GIS is what?
A way to display spatial data
A __________ measures both wind speed and wind direction.
Aerovane
The tropical rainforest corresponds with Köppen climate type __________.
Af
When an air parcels encounters a mountain range, the parcel is lifted and moves over the mountain range. Which of the following sequences is correct?
Air parcel cools adiabatically, reaches dew point temperature, air parcel is saturated (RH=100%), condensation occurs, clouds form, and ultimately precipitation occurs.
During the last 800,000 years, carbon dioxide and __________ have increased and decreased synchronously.
Air temperature
In this week's activity, you visited the National Hurricane Center website and found the tropical cyclone names for the Atlantic 2018 hurricane season. What was the name of the first tropical cyclone for the 2018 season?
Alberto
Coldest surface ocean temperatures on Earth
Arctic Ocean
Select the gas below that is not the direct result of biological or man-made processes.
Argon (Noble gas from formation of earth and radioactive decay) Chlorofluorocarbons, oxygen gas, carbon dioxide gas, and methane gas are naturally occuring
See figure: Look at the isobar map, which states would you expect to see clear skies and no rain?
Arizona
Where does the length of day remain the same throughout the year?
At the equator
The main source of anthropogenic carbon monoxide in urban areas is ___.
Automobiles
Which instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
Barometer
The Fujita scale developed by Dr. T. Theodore Fujita of the University of Chicago is based on the ___________scale.
Beaufort Scale
See figure: Why is the ITCZ, shown in this figure, restricted almost entirely to the tropics?
Because it follows the latitude of the subpolar point
Why do tropical cyclones (hurricanes) not form near South America?
Because the water is too cool
The longest-lived tree species is the __________.
Bristlecone pine
The gas that causes ozonosphere thinning is ____.
CFCs
Which molecule does not occur naturally?
CFCs and HFCs
Friction
Causes winds to spin inwards in low pressure centers
Which is an example of a climate feedback?
Changes in snow coverage
Which is not found in a cyclone?
Clockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere
The ice crystal process occurs in __________ clouds.
Cold
A __________ occurs when a cold air mass advances on a relatively warm air mass.
Cold front
The state with the more hailstorms
Colorado
Close to the ocean or a large lake
Cooler summers
What apparent force is responsible for causing surface currents to move to right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere?
Coriolis force
Downbursts
Dangerous to landing airplanes
Hottest location in USA
Death Valley
What day of the year is shown in the figure* below?
December 21
Coriolis force
Deflects wind to the right (left) in the Northern (Southern) Hemisphere
An EF4 tornado is associated with __________ to structures and trees.
Devastating damage
Many energy pathways occur in the Earth system. Which of the following does not change shortwave radiation to longwave radiation (i.e., energy remains shortwave).
Diffusion, reflection, and scattering
Dangerous to landing airplanes
Downbursts
Referring to the map, what causes particulate matter to be high in the Sahara in northern Africa?
Dust storms
Which one has the greatest wind speed?
EF-5 Tornado
Climatologists use __________ to develop predictions about how climate might respond to greenhouse gas forcing.
Earth system models
Coriolis force is caused by __________.
Earth's rotation
On what side of the eye of Hurricane Katrina was the storm tide the highest and how high was the surge?
East of the eye, ~24 ft
Who uses geography in their jobs or daily lives?
Emergency managers, real estate developers, explorers, military
The ____ divides Earth into two equal halves.
Equator
See figure Imagine that you are a drop of water in the ocean, what path would you take in the water cycle. Please select the correct sequence .
Evaporation, advection of water vapor, encounter a mountain, increase in elevation, colder temperature, condensation, precipitation, surface water, runoff, flow into ocean.
When an air parcel rises it __________
Expands and cools
The greatest number of deaths per year, on average.
Flooding
The state with the most thunderstorms
Florida
What direction do ocean currents flow along the equator and why?
Flows from east to west because the Coriolis force is zero.
Which is an anthropogenic source of carbon dioxide?
Fossil fuels
Scientists suspect that the ocean conveyor system was slowed during the Younger Dryas due to __________.
Fresh water from the laurentide ice sheet
Which is likely to occur when the dew-point temperature is below freezing?
Frost
The _____ is a coordinate system used to identify locations on Earth's surface.
Geographic grid
To write about the Earth
Geography
The _____ uses satellites to identify the locations on Earth.
Global Positioning System
Telescope peak
Good chance of clear skies at a high elevation
Spherical representation of the Earth
Google Earth or a Globe
To save on aviation fuel, airlines schedule flight routes along the shortest distance between two points. The shortest distance between two international cities is along a _____________.
Great Circle
The __________ is the temperature that it feels like to a person when the air is hot and there is a high humidity
Heat-index temperature
Mt. Whitney
Highest elevation, possibly snow covered
Gravity
Holds air molecules within the atmosphere
Supercell
Hook shape on radar
Which desert is dominated by the subtropical high-pressure system?
Hot deserts
Interior of continents, far from water
Hot summers, very cold winters
Water molecules attach to each other through __________
Hydrogen bonding
The __________ is/are the most important climatic factor that determines the presence of the tropical rainforest.
ITCZ
Scientists study ancient atmospheric carbon dioxide levels preserved in __________.
Ice cores
Most atmospheric warming is occurring __________.
In the arctic
Where in the United States are dew-point temperatures typically highest?
In the southeast
The continental effect __________ the annual temperature range.
Increases
When isobars are close together, the wind speed __________.
Increases
The __________ began the era of fossil fuel burning.
Industrial revolution
Which generates sea breezes?
Inland heating of the land
See figure: In which map is the pressure difference between the Bermuda/Azores High and Icelandic Low the greatest?
January
The North Pole experiences the Midnight Sun during the
June Solstice.
See figure: In this week's activity, you looked about the characteristics of deep ocean currents. Where do these cold salty waters descend from the surface to the deepest ocean?
Labrador sea and Greenland sea
Lone Pine
Leeward side, rain shadow influenced, lower elevation
Mild winters and cool summers
Los Angeles
Death Valley
Lowest elevation and lowest humidity
There is an air parcel at the Earth's surface and the temperature is 25 degrees Celsius with a relative humidity of 100%. As the air parcel rises in the atmosphere, what is the lapse rate for this air parcel?
Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate (MAR)
A __________ is a seasonal reversal of winds.
Monsoon
On a climate diagram, the horizontal axis is always __________.
Months of the year
At high latitudes, Earth radiates __________ energy than it absorbs.
More
A thunderstorm type that forms clusters with numerous cells in various stages of development merging together
Multi-cell Cluster
A thunderstorm type that forms in a line which can extend laterally for hundreds of miles
Multi-cell Line (Squall Line)
Which of the following statements describe the normal atmospheric and oceanic circulation in the tropical Pacific (i.e., not El Niño or La Niña)?
NE and SE trade winds blow towards the equator, warm surface water moves westward, convection center over western Pacific warm pool, deep thermocline in western Pacific, shallow thermocline in eastern Pacific and upwelling.
Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the New Jersey coast on October 29, 2012. In the activity you look at some damage photos taken by the United States Geological Survey. Which location had the least amount damage of the 6 locations you looked at in the activity (5 in New York and 1 in New Jersey)
NJ directly where landfall was made
The ____ is located at 90 degrees north latitude.
North pole
Between 0 and 30 degrees north latitude the __________ occur.
Northeasterly trade winds
Warm summers and very cold winters
Northern Canada
What month has the highest range of temperatures? The lowest range?
November and July
Which order is a logical sequence of the scientific Method?
Observations, questions, hypothesis development, hypothesis testing, further inquiry
Geostrophic winds
Occur over large distances in the upper troposphere
Which of the following is not true about upwelling?
Occurs along eastern coast of continents
Which state has more tornadoes?
Oklahoma
A thunderstorm type that consist of one cell (one updraft and one downdraft)
Ordinary Cell
Where are stratospheric ozone concentrations lowest?
Over the south pole
Which is not a greenhouse gas?
Oxygen
According to the figure*, chlorine atoms change ozone molecules to what?
Oxygen molecules and oxygen atoms
According to the graph*, which air pollutant has dropped least?
PM10
The direction of the pressure gradient runs __________ to isobars.
Perpendicular
Which is unlikely to be produced by a cold front?
Precipitation from nimbostratus
The 0 degree meridian is also called the ______.
Prime meridian
The sky is blue because of __________.
Rayleigh scattering
In the Northern Hemisphere, Coriolis force deflects objects __________.
Right
What are some features of Google Earth?
Ruler, grid of latitude and longitude, historical imagery, and compass
See figure. Which of the following parts of the hydrological cycle occur exclusively on land
Runoff, groundwater, and transpiration
If the Sun stopped shining, the global heat engine would __________.
Shut down
Which has the greatest annual temp. Range? (see figure)
Siberia, Russia (67 degrees N, 133 degrees E)
GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
Software to generate maps on a computer
Which causes acid rain?
Sulfur dioxide
A thunderstorm type that is responsible for producing significant tornadoes
Supercell
Hook shape on radar
Supercell
Which two variables influences the flow of deep ocean currents?
Temperature and salinity
Clouds
Temperature can increase at night, decrease during the day
Increase in altitude and elevation
Temperature decreases
warmer winters, Decrease in latitude
Temperature increases
When there is __________ it gets warmer as altitude increases.
Temperature inversion
The state with the most tornadoes
Texas
See figure: Now, carefully locate the "Inter-tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)" in the image below.
The ITCZ occurs in low pressure areas
Glacial cycles develop as ice sheets grow in __________.
The Northern Hemisphere
Which location has the strongest Coriolis deflection?
The Yukon Territory
Which is an example of climate?
The average july temperature
Flooding
The greatest number of deaths per year, on average.
Equator
The hottest temperatures
Which is an example of a spatial phenomenon?
The size of a thunderstorm
Where contour lines are close together on a map ______.
The slope is steep
Colorado
The state with more hailstorms
Florida
The state with the most thunderstorms
Oklahoma
The state with the most tornadoes
Clouds in the troposphere end at the tropopause because ____.
The stratosphere is too warm
Biomes are identified by __________.
The structure of vegetation
What happens after an object absorbs a photon of energy?
The temp. of the object increases
The tropopause is the division between what?
The troposphere and the stratosphere
El Niño events are associated with abnormal weather conditions. Which of the following is not associated with El Niño events.
The western coast of North and South America experience no change.
On the surface of this glass of water __________.
There is net condensation
A contour line is used to show ______.
Topography
The fastest wind officially recorded was measured in a __________.
Tornado
The _____ are found between 23.5 degrees north and south.
Tropics
Which biome is found where it is cold and dry?
Tundra
Which city has the lowest air pressure on average?
Ulan Bator, Mongolia -1,350 meters
What happens if there are more than 21 storms is the tropical Atlantic hurricane season? Has this happened before?
Use the greek alphabet, this occurred in 2005 when the season ended with Tropical storm Zeta
Which is not one of the three main factors that concentrate or disperse pollution?
Vegetation
Coldest location on Earth
Vostok, Antarctica
From the exercise, you determined the difference in saturation vapor pressure between -30ºC and -10ºC and between 10ºC and 30ºC? Based on what you learned, why are these different even though the temperature difference is 20ºC in both cases?
Warm air contains much more water vapor than cold air
Which wind systems are most prevalent in the United States?
Westerlies
The Southeastern United States is likely to experience ___________ from El Niño.
Wet and cool
Pressure gradient force
Wind flows from high pressure to low pressure perpendicular to isobars
Fresno
Windward side, no precipitation
King's Canyon
Windward side, precipitation possible
With global warming, do scientist expect the frequency and intensity of hurricanes to increase by the end of the 21st century?
Yes
Remote sensing
aircraft, satellites, and towers taking measurements or observations of the Earth
The subsolar point on the September Equinox is located
at the equator.
Thermosphere
aurora occur here
Photochemical smog
car exhaust
Montreal protocol
chlorofluorocarbons
Earth's biomes are determined mostly by __________.
climate
Troposphere
closest to Earth's surface
Which sequence presents the process of collision and coalescence in the right order
condensation nuclei—cloud droplets—collision and coalescence—raindrops
Thermopause
directly below the exosphere
Smart phones and devices that collect geospatial data
enabled the geospatial revolution
Water
exists in 3 phases in the Earth's atmosphere
Acid rain
from nitrogen dioxide from car exhaust reacting with water
Carbon Dioxide
greenhouse gas
Temperature inversions
keeps pollution trap near Earth's surface
Clean air act
limits pollution released into atmosphere
Tropic of Capricorn
located at 23.5 degrees South
Which air mass will form over a warm ocean?
mT
Mesosphere
meteors heat up and vaporize
Argon
most abundant noble gas
Subpolar point
no shadow at noon
Stratosphere
ozone layer
CFCs and HFCs
pollutant that destroys ozone
Oxygen
produced by photosynthesis
Aerosols
soot, dust, salt, and pollen
On the summer solstice the subsolar point is at
the Tropic of Cancer at 23.5 degrees North.
Which sequence is the correct order of hurricane development?
tropical disturbance—tropical depression—tropical storm—hurricane
Global Positioning Satellites
used for navigation
Maps
used to measure distance between locations