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GY 101 Chapter 7 Test |Questions withCorrect Answers
What four elements make up the majority of air pollution gases (in compounds)? - ✔Hydrogen
Oxygen
Carbon
Nitrogen
Temperature climates in the C Group that receive most of their rainfall during hot or warm
summers are the Cwa nad Cwb Temperate _____ climates. - ✔Monsoon
Match the climate group to where it is common on Earth's surface. - ✔Arid (B): Along 30
N and 30 S latitudes
Temperate (C): Between 30 and 60 N and 30 and 60 S
Tropical (A): Along and near the equator
Harsh mid-latitude (D): Along 60 N and 60 S latitudes
Polar (E): Highest latitudes in both hemispheres
A climate located near the equator with hot temperatures and abundant precipitation
year-round is a(n) ____ climate. - ✔Af - Tropical Rain Forest
Snow and ice have high ____, or ability to reflect solar energy, which prevents insolation from
warming polar and subpolar regions. - ✔albedo
,How do topographic features such as coastlines and mountains affect air pollution? -
✔Mountains trap pollution the wind has blown against them; Coastlines cause air pollution
to move away from the source due to offshore winds and water-land transitions
True or false: global warming results in an increase in temperatures in every region on Earth. -
✔False
The area near the equator where trade winds converge to create tropical climates is called the -
✔Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
A climate zone located near the equator that supports grasslands, has warm to hot
temperatures, and has precipitation some parts of the year is an: - ✔Aw climate
Increases in land and sea _____ due to global warming may affect atmosphere's stability. -
✔temperatures
A cool, semiarid climate in the B-Group is the BSk Cold _____ climate that is found in the Great
Plains of North America. - ✔steppe
Match each of the secondary classification from the Koppen climate classification system to
the type of precipitation the climate experiences. - ✔f: wet year-round
s: dry summer
w: dry winter
m: experiences monsoon
Global trends in warming or cooling, precipitation patterns, wind directions, and
other measures is known as climate ____. - ✔change
Which climate is characterized as being both cold and very arid, and includes locations such as
southern Mongolia and areas adjacent to cold ocean currents? - ✔BWk - Cold Desert
climates
, Order the steps of modeling for general circulation models (GCM's) from first at the top and
last at the bottom. - ✔1. Data are collected from many sources such as satellites.
2. Data are reviewed for quality and obvious errors.
3. Simulations are run for atmospheric variables at each point for a set time in the feature.
4. Simulation iterations continue at each data point for times farther in the future.
5. Predictions are generated for the future, and results are plotted on a map
Compare positive and negative feedbacks by the changes they make to climate systems -
✔Positive: changes are amplified, causing more changes in the same direction
Negative: changes are dampened, undoing some or all of the changes
What are the differences in A-type tropical climate precipitation patterns? - ✔Tropical
rain forest: receives precipitation year-round
Tropical monsoon: receives precipitation seasonally
Tropical savanna: receives precipitation for half the year
True or false: The ITCZ, located near the equator, moves very little and provides consistent
precipitation to A-type climates throughout the year - ✔False; the ITCZ does shift and causes
Tropical Monsoon and Tropical Savanna climates to have dry months lasting one to six months
of the year
Which of the following is characterized among the hottest but lesser arid climates and serves
as a transition zone from hot deserts to more humid areas? - ✔BSh climates (Hot steppe
climates)
Temperatures in deserts, such as those in the American Southwest with hot days and cool
nights, are controlled in part by ____. - ✔insolation from high Sun angles
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