GEO 101, March 19, 2013
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Tornado Wind Patterns
http://www.weather.com/maps/news/forecasts
ummary/uscurrentweather_large.html
Factors affecting severity of hurricane impact:
1. Strength of the storm
2. Status of local tide
3. Angle of impact
4. Forward speed of storm
Hurricane Wind Patterns
5. Your location in relation to eye
6. Local basin shape
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Moral of the
story:
Be prepared !
For severe
weather AND
for Exam 2
HOW TO STUDY
Review Exam 1
Please arrange yourselves into small groups of no
less than 3 and no more than 5 people.
Select a “scorekeeper” and a “cardholder”
1A and 31B
Low atmospheric pressure is associated with
_____________.
a. Moist air
b. Cold air
c. Dry air
d. Low elevations
Scorekeeper will keep track of how many answers
your group gets correct, for your info only.
Cardholder will hold up selected answer card when
time is called. No stalling, all groups report
simultaneously.
2A and 32B
The diagram to the right is of a _____________
pressure cell in the ____________hemisphere.
Arrows are air movement direction.
a.Low, northern
b.Low, southern
c.High, southern
d.High, northern
4A and 34 B
The most important thing(s) you personally can do to help
reduce ozone depletion is(are)
a.Plant trees in your yard
b.Always wear sunscreen
c.Drive a fuel efficient car
d.Fix leaky auto air conditioners
e.All of the above
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8A and 38B
7A and 37B
You are in an airplane flying toward the east approaching
the International Dateline. Just before you reach the
dateline it is 3 PM on Saturday. As you cross the dateline,
the pilot announces that you should change your watch
to
a. 4 PM on Sunday
b. 3 PM on Friday
180°
c. 4 PM on Friday
d. 3 PM on Sunday
3 PM
3 PM
e. 4 PM on Saturday
Sat
Fri
A surface high pressure cell in the northern hemisphere is
associated with
a.Converging air at the surface, rising air, clockwise
surface rotation
b.Converging air at the surface, rising air,
counterclockwise surface rotation
c.Converging air at the surface, descending air,
clockwise surface rotation
d.Diverging air at the surface, descending air,
counterclockwise surface rotation
e.Diverging air at the surface, descending air,
clockwise surface rotation
11A and 41B
On what day(s) does a location on the Antarctic Circle receive
12 hours of low angle sunlight?
a.July Equinox
b.December Solstice
c.June Solstice
d.March Equinox
e.All of the above
19A and 49B
___________ and _____________ affect the duration of
insolation at the top on the atmosphere?
a.Cloud cover and angle of the sun’s rays
b.Albedo of surface
c.Latitude and season
d.Continentality
15A and 45B
What part of the Earth has an energy surplus?
a.High latitudes
b.Equator
c.Tropics
d.Low latitudes
e.All except “a”
22A and 52B
The term continentality is associated with
a.Land heating up and cooling down faster than air
b.Air heating up and cooling down faster than water
c.Oceans heating up and cooling down slower than
continents
d.Continental drift
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24A and 54B
A sea breeze is likely to occur along the coast during the
__________, due to relatively _______ temperatures and
________ atmospheric pressure over land.
a.Night, low, high
b.Night, high, low
c.Day, low, high
d.Day, high, low
26A and 2B
On the June Solstice, the North Pole receives ______ hours
of __________ sunlight.
a.0 hours, sun below horizon
b.12 hours, sun on horizon
c.12 hours, high angle
d.24 hours, low angle
e.24 hours, sun on horizon
30A and 6B
36A and 12B
Perihelion means Earth is closest to the sun as Earth
follows its orbital path. Perihelion occurs in the
a.Northern hemisphere’s summer
b.Northern hemisphere’s fall
c.Northern hemisphere’s winter
d.Northern hemisphere’s spring
When water changes state
from a solid (ice) to a gas
(water vapor), energy is
_____________ the
surrounding
environment.
a.Taken from
b.Released to
38A and 14B
39A and 15B
A temperature inversion is when it gets?
a.colder as you go up in the troposphere
b.Warmer as you go up in the troposphere
c.warmer due to ozone in the stratosphere
d.when land is warmer than water in winter
On the December Solstice, the direct vertical rays of the sun
strike at the
a.66.5° N
b.23.5° N
c.Equator
d.23.5° S
e.66.5° S
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45A and 21B
46A and 22B
The hole in the ozone layer is related to man-made chemicals
that include all the following EXCEPT:
a.Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
b.Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
c.Carbon dioxide
d.Methyl bromide soil fumigant
Which of the following HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH global
warming?
a.Potential sea level rise
b.Spread of tropical diseases into the mid latitudes
c.Shifting agricultural belts (having to grow crops in
different locations)
d.Increased ultra violet radiation at Earth’s surface
50A and 26B
Earth’s atmosphere is highly reactive due to the presence of
the gas __________ that is produced and maintained by what
component of the Earth system?
a.Oxygen, biosphere
b.Oxygen, atmosphere
c.Ozone, hydrosphere
d.Carbon dioxide, biosphere
e.Ozone, lithosphere
60A and 57B
On the attached map, what is the angular distance from point
“B” to Point “C”. What is the ground distance in miles?
a.90 degrees and 6250 miles
b.270 degrees and 0 miles
c.180 degrees and 12,500 miles
d.90 degrees and 0 miles
e.180 degrees and 0 miles
57A and 60B
If the arrow represents the direction that wind is traveling,
what would I name that wind?
a.North Wind
b.Northeast Wind
c.West Wind
d.Southwest Wind
e.East Wind
HOW TO STUDY
Answer the Review questions for Exam 2
Take one extra copy for your team to hand back in.
In your same group, look over the questions for
Exam 2. Circle the 5 questions that your group
agrees are the ones you least understand. Turn that
in to Tracy or Hunter before you leave today. I will
target the most frequently identified troublesome
questions for explanation on Thursday. You have the
rest of class to work on the review questions in class
with your group.
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