Exam 1

GEOG1

Decreases; increases

Temperature (__________) with elevation in the troposphere and (___________) with elevation in the stratosphere

Molecular motion stops

At absolute zero what happens?

Temperature

The speed at which the atoms in a substance are vibrating is called

Evening

Daylight savings time was instituted to give us an extra hour of daylight during which time of day

Albedo

What process explains the slow rate of snowmelt on a sunny day when the temperatures are well above freezing

Earth’s rotation

What causes the Coriolis Effect

Nitrogen and Oxygen

What two gases comprise the majority of the atmosphere?

Frost

Temperature inversions can cause problems for agriculture because inversions cause

Short-wave

Relatively hot objects like the sun radiate _____- ______ radiation

Solar flares or solar storms

The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) are caused by

London, England

The Prime Meridian passes through this city

69 miles

How many miles separate lines of latitude

60

How many minutes are in a degree of latitude or longitude

The Equator

The value of zero degrees latitude occurs at

90; 180

There are ____ degrees of latitude and _____ degrees of longitude

Warmer

The temperature on a cloudy night is likely to be ____ than on a clear night

The Greenhouse Effect

The trapping of longwave radiation in the atmosphere is called

Longwave (infrared) radiation

Solar radiation strikes the earth primarily as visible light and after being absorbed and reradiated is returned to the atmosphere in what form

Ozone depletion

Chlorofluorocarbons have played a key role in

Spray can propellants and refrigeration/air conditioning

The two major sources of chlorofluorocarbons

December Solstice

Shortest day of the year in Southern California

Lithosphere

Which of the four spheres of physical geography includes the structural rock formation of earth’s surface

Biosphere

Which of the four spheres of physical geography include all living things

Monday at 4:00pm

 It is 4:00pm on Tuesday and you cross the International Date Line going from West to East. What day and time is it now?

12 hours

The time difference between the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line

3:00pm

If it is 3:00pm and you travel from the location 45■N, 130■W to the location 45■S, 130■W what time is it now?

What latitude line lies midway between the North and South Pole

Equator

The segment of the atmosphere that blends into interplanetary space

Thermosphere

What causes the warming of the stratosphere

Ozone

Q: The temperature increases with increasing elevation in the stratosphere and

Answer: Thermosphere

Q: A unique weather condition where air in the troposphere increases in temperature with altitude

Answer: Inversion

Q: Horizontal wind movements are referred to as

Answer: Advection

Q: The sun radiates ______ wave radiation

Answer: Shortwave

Q: Why don’t the Polar regions get as hot as the tropics during summer even though they have longer days

 Answer: Solar angle

Q: The result of horizontal cold air intrusion into a warm zone produces a _____ inversion

Answer: Advection inversion

Q: Farmers install fans to prevent ______ inversions

Answer: Radiation

Q: On this day the vertical rays of the sun strike the equator on their way northward

Answer: March Equinox

Q: On this day the vertical rays of the sun are the farthest north at any time during the year

Answer: June Solstice

Q: Air is a ______ conductor of heat

Answer: Poor

Q: Water is a _____ conductor of heat

Answer: Good

Q: When the sun reaches its highest point in the sky during the day is called
Answer: Solar Noon

Q: The main component of photochemical smog

Answer: Ozone

Q: What is causing the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Answer: Fossil fuels

Q: Chlorine in the stratosphere will turn ozone into

Answer: Oxygen

Q: What type of smog does Southern California have

Answer: Photochemical

Q: The single major source for smog in Los Angeles

Answer: Vehicles

Q: An asphalt road is a ____ reflector of heat

Answer: Poor

Q: The Earth’s revolution around the sun takes ______

Answer: 365 days

Q: A vertical air current that is caused by temperature induced density differences

Answer: Convection

Q: Coastal locations have a ________ temperature range because water heats and cools _____ than land

Answer: Smaller

Q: _______ occurs when two objects are in contact with each other and heat flows from the warmer object to the colder one

Answer: Conduction

Q: Final Jeopardy: Longitude lines are called and latitude lines are called ___

Answer: Meridians, Parallels

Q: The sun’s rays are directly overhead around noon at the ____ on the December Solstice

Answer: Tropic of Capricorn

rays strike 23.5°S

the Tropic of Capricorn.
Q: On both the Spring and Fall Equinox

Q: The first day of Fall in the Northern Hemisphere

Answer: September Equinox

Q: Latitudes higher than_____ degrees can have 24 hours or more of continuous darkness

Answer: 66.5°

Q: The degrees of latitude between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

Answer: 47°

Q: Which atmospheric layer is directly above the stratosphere?

Answer: Mesosphere

Q: The ozone layer is in a portion of the atmosphere known as the_____

Answer: Stratosphere

Q: The main component of the atmosphere by total volume is____

Answer: Nitrogen

Q: Oxygen is added to the atmosphere by____

Answer: Plants

Q: The Montreal Protocol was an international treaty to stop the production of _____

Answer: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

Q: Thermometers usually use ______ if they don’t contain alcohol

Answer: Mercury

Q: The element of the atmosphere responsible for human-induced global warming

Answer: Carbon dioxide

Q: At this temperature (Fahrenheit) water will freeze

Answer: 32°F

Q: What percent of the earth’s atmosphere is carbon dioxide

Answer: 1% or less

Q: Molecular motion stops at this temperature (Kelvin)

Answer: 0 Kelvin (Absolute Zero)

Q: The 0 degree Meridian is known as ______

Answer: Prime Meridian

Q: The world is divided into how many time zones

Answer: 24

Q: The highest latitude number in the geographic grid

Answer: 90°

Q: Longitude is divided into multiples of ____ degrees for the purpose of creating time zones

Answer: 15°

Q: At the Equator

one degree of longitude is equal to how many degrees of latitude

Q: The effect of wind and temperature on human skin

Answer: Wind chill factor

Q: Earth’s circumference is greatest at____

Answer: Equator

Q: Temperature at which water boils in Fahrenheit

Answer: 212°F

Q: Locations with the same longitude or latitude have a simultaneous solar noon

Answer: Longitude

Q: The 180 degree longitude line is known as

Answer: International Date Line

Q: Final Jeopardy: If it is 10:00pm on July 3rd at 30°W

what day and time is it 15°E?