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Which of the following is true regarding Earth's axis?
D.) the axis is tilted at 23.5 degrees from a perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic
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The longest days of the year in the Northern hemisphere are experienced during the...
A.) summer solstice
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Life is possible on Earth primariy because
B.) the ozonesphere and ionosphere shield the surface from harmful radiation
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Based on temperature, the atmosphere is divided into...
A.) 4 regions, ranging from the troposphere to the thermosphere
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The two most abundant gases in the atmosphere are...
C.) nitrogen and oxygen
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the reflective quality of a surface is known as its...
C.) albedo
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The single most important control on surface temperature is...
A.) latitude
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During summer, cities located near the coast are_____ than those in the interior at the same latitude, while in the winter they are ______.
C.) cooler, warmer
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The horizontal motion of air relative to Earth's surface is...
B.) wind
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Air flows____a surface high pressure area because the density of the air in the high pressure zone is____ than that of the surrounding air
C.) out of, more dense
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On a weather map of air pressure, what can you infer from a closer spacing of isobars?
C.) a steep pressure gradient creating a faster flow of air
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During the day along the coast, the wind tends to blow toward the____ because______.
A.) land, land heats more rapidly than water
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Mountain-valley breezes are caused by...
C.) warm air rising upslope during the day and cooler air descending the slopes at night
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The winds that blow off the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are...
D.) gravity winds called katabatic winds
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When water evaporates, it ____ heat energy and ____ the surrounding air.
C.) absorbs, cools
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A mass of air always becomes saturated when it reaches the...
D.) dew-point temperature
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Which of the following is used to measure relative humidity?
C.) wet and dry bulb thermometers
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When the environmental lapse rate is between the dry and moist adiabatic lapse rates conditions are describes as...
C.) conditionally unstable
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Clouds that have vertical development and produce precipitation are called...
B.) cumulonimbus clouds
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Which of the following are correctly matched?
C.) puffy or globular clouds-cumuliform
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Which of the following is the middle-level cloud type?
d.) Altosratus
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A mT air mass is likely to be____ than a cT air mass because the mT air mass_____.
B.) wetter, forms over the ocean
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Lake effect snow involves...
D.)= A and C. heavy snowfall on the leeward shores of great lakes and cP and cA air masses being humidified and warmed by the Great lakes
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Which of the following cloud types is associated with tornado development?
D.) cumulonimbus
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