Climate Test

The diagrams below represent the compass direction and altitude of the Sun's rays at noon for a location on Earth on four different dates.

0°, equator

Earth's polar regions have cold, dry climates because the Sun's rays are at a

low angle, and upper atmospheric air is sinking

Which diagram best represents how greenhouse gases in our atmosphere trap heat energy?

A

Equal areas of which surface would absorb the greatest amount of insolation on a sunny day?

dark colored, rough surface

The graph below shows the yearly air temperature and precipitation of a location on Earth. The location would be most likely at a latitude of…?

50 N

Compared to the annual range in temperatures at location C, the annual range in temperatures at location D will be

D will have less of a temperature range because it is near a body of water.

The climate of location A is more humid than location B because A is

Location A is more humid because location A is on the windward side.

It can be concluded that city C is located in the Southern Hemisphere because city C has

It is cold from May to August and warm from October to March

Which city is closest to the Equator?

Location A, because it is the warmest.

The downward movement of water from location A will usually be greatest when the soil is…?

porous and the particles are uniformly large in size

The total yearly precipitation (P) for a city in Texas is 218 millimeters. The total yearly potential evapotranspiration (EP) is 951 millimeters. Which type of climate does this city have?

Texas’ climate is arid.

Explain why the angle of insolation at both locations is approximately the same at solar noon on any given day.

They’re at the same latitude.

Identify the Northern Hemisphere season that is just beginning when Earth is at the position represented in this diagram.

Summer

Record, to the nearest hour, the duration of insolation at location X for one Earth rotation.

12 hours

Describe one way to prepare a fourth container of beads, filled to the same level as shown in A, B, and C, that would reduce porosity.

Mix the particle size so they would be unsorted.