Question | Answer |
the process for plants to use carbon dioxide, light, and water to make carbohydrates
and oxygen | photosynthesis |
The most important factor that explains the aridity of the LARGEST areas of deserts
in the world, as a whole, is | the fairly continuous presence of settling air from high pressure cells |
greatest distance between the earth and the sun in earth’s orbit around the sun | aphelion |
horizontal transfer of heat within the earth’s atmosphere | advection |
the atmosphere layer that absorbs most of the ultraviolet rays and safeguards life at
Earth’s surface. | ozonosphere |
Parallels of latitude | cross meridians at right angles |
The approximate “true” location of Las Vegas is: | 36 degrees N latitude / 115 degrees W longitude |
Maximum latitude is | 90N 90S |
not a green house gas | CFC |
The surface air, after being heated by conduction and radiation | Expands in volume and decreases in density |
As the temperature of a parcel of air increases, its ability to hold water vapor | increases |
On December 22, the vertical rays of the sun strike: | the Tropic of Capricorn (23 ½ degrees S latitude) |
The type of front formed by the merger of a cold front and a warm front (neither
moves) is called an | stationary front |
Which of the following is not a mechanism to cause precipitation: | inversion mechanism (a layer of cool air is trapped on surface by the warm air) |
Which has the least influence on the climate of United States | continental tropical air mass |
Temperatures at the Antarctic are often below -50°C in July. Which thermometer is
the right one to use? | Alcohol thermometer |
A cloudy night is _____ a clear night | warmer than |
Mid-latitude cyclones: | usually move across North America from west to east |
In the midwest of the United States, record-setting cold temperatures often result
when a __________ air mass invades the region | cA (Continental arctic) |
Closely spaced isobars on a map indicate | Strong pressure gradient |
The direction of land and sea breezes is | From land by night |
The process by which plants give up moisture to the air is: | transpiration |
A cloud type formed by strong convection currents is | Cumulonimbus |