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Ghy 104 Final Exam WithSolution
True - a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide may increase the average
global temperature by 2-4 degrees celsius.
True - a genetic classification of climate is based on causative factors such
as interaction of air masses.
true - climate may reasonably be defined as the average of weather
conditions over a long period of time.
false - an el nino event is generally brought on by a strengthening of the
trade winds in the eastern Pacific.
false - arid and semi-arid climates generally are characterized by extremely
high average temperatures and near complete lack of vegetation.
true - the polar and highland climates encompass both earth's high
altitudes and high latitudes.
true - the microthermal climates experience very high temperature ranges
related to continental locations and conflicts between air masses.
tropical - the ____________ climates have virtually no winter due to consistent
day length and an almost perpendicular sun angle.
mesothermal - the ________________ climates have distinct seasons, but
generally average above freezing. additionally, they are the location of more
, than half (55%) the world's population.
midlatitude cold steppe - in _______________ climates, rainfall is low, highly
variable, and undependable.
desert - the _____________ climate type is a result of fairly constant
subsidence (i.e. the subtropical high-pressure belts).
desert - moisture deficit is a predominant, semipermanent characteristic of
the ________ climate.
arid and semiarid - australia is characterized most prominently by the
____________________ climate type.
tropical climates - occupy 36% of Earth's surface. straddle equator from
about 20*N to 20*S, stretches northward to the tip of florida and
southcentral mexico, central india, and southeast asia
ITCZ - equatorial low pressure trough- a thermally caused low pressure
area that almost girdles earth, with air converging and ascending all along its
extent
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