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over which of these lines of latitude do the direct rays of the sun falls on March 21 (spring equinox) of each year?

Equator

the earths axis is always tilted at an angle of ______ degrees the perpendicular of its orbit.

23.5 degrees

the global warming phenomena that we are currently experiencing ultimately occurs at which oil these scales?

global scale

which of the following is a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide production?

Burning of fossil fuels

rainfall is measured with...

rain gauge

atmospheric pressure is measured with...

barometer

humidity is measured with...

hygrometer

transformation of water from liquid to gas...

evaporation

transformation of water from solid to gaseous...

sublimation

transformation of water from solid to liquid...

melting

transformation of water from gas to liquid...

condensation

True or false - the transfer of heat through a liquid occurs through a convection process...

False

True or false - the condition of the atmosphere at any given time and place on earth is called climate...

False

true or false - the tropical rain forest climate is designated Af in the Koppen's climate classification...

True

True or false - Temperatures over urban and metropolitan cities are generally lower than temperature in the adjacent rural surroundings....

False

True or false - Latent heat is stored when water vapor (gas) condenses to form clouds in the sky

False

True or false - atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude...

True

If the surface of the earth were to suddenly turn pure white like fresh snow, the temperature of the planet would ______ because ______ insolation would be absorbed.

Decrease;much less

During the day along the coastal towns in Connecticut, the wind tends to blow toward the _________ because _________.

Land; land heats more rapidly than water

All meridians converge at points located on the ______.

North and South Poles

Which of the following air masses could originate from a tropical desert region of the world?

cT

Based on principles discussed earlier in the course, you know that areas dominated by Maritime Tropical (mP) air masses will be relatively _________, and that those dominated by Continental Tropical (cT) air masses will be relatively ________.

wet; dry

the transmission of heat through matter from one molecule to adjoining molecules in the direction of decreasing temperature is termed as...

conduction

viewed from above, the earth rotates in this direction...

in a counter-clockwise direction from west to east

the reflective quality of a surface is described in physical geography as...

albedo

what his the boiling points of water in both Fahrenheit and celsius scales?

212 degrees and 100 degrees.

at what time of day do people who live and work along the Atlantic sea coast of Connecticut experience the breeze of the sea?

Day

Currently, which of the following gasses known to contribute the most toward the greenhouse effect and global warming?

Carbon dioxide

Global positioning system (GPS) receivers...

are used to find the absolute location (latitudes/longitudes) of places on the earths surface.

which of the following is NOT true of the wind?

air blows from regions of hotter air to regions of colder air

wh nice melts, latent heat is __________ the environment, but when water freezes, latent heat is _________ the environment.

taken from; released into

if it is 10AM in Miami Florida, (eastern time zone), what will be the time in Los Angeles, California located in the pacific time zone?

7AM

which of the things results directly from the rotation of the earths on its axis?

the occurrence of day and nights over 24 hours

when standing on the tropic of cancer (23.5 degrees N), Mary stood directly in her shadow at 12 o' clock (noon). Based on this, which of the following can be definitely concluded?

It is the summer solstice

the land surface cools off more rapidly at night than water does because...

In the day time, energy is stored in a shallow layer near the land surface, and so not can be radiated away faster than liquid water that mixes the heat in columns

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and many of the Southern states in this country receive most of their rainfall in this form...

Convectional rainfall

Each day of the year first begins along places that are found on this line...

longitude 180 degrees

True or false - if the earth was not tilted on its axis by 23.5 there would be no seasons whatsoever

True

True or false - Sea breeze occurs during the night in coastal areas while land breeze

False

True or false - a black pavement has a high albedo while a fresh snow cover has a low albedo

False