1. If your starting location is 55? N and 30? E, and you move 80?S and 90?W, what will your new locationís coordinates be? 25 deg S, 60 deg. W.
2. What are the coordinates of the antipode of Ushkanii Island, Russia (54? N, 109?E)? 54S, 71W.
3. If youíre at 50?N on May 15, what will the position of the sun be at solar noon? 58 deg, S horiz.
4. There are 60 (number) minutes (name of units) in a degree, and 60 (number) seconds (name of units) in a minute. There are 90 degrees between the Equator and the North Pole, 180 degrees between the Prime meridian and 180 degrees longitude.
5. The June (or summer) solstice is the name of the event which occurs when the subsolar point is over the Tropic of Cancer.
6. The Tropic of cancer, by the way, is at which latitude? 23.5 dfegrees N.
7. The other tropic is called the Tropic of Cancer , and is located at which latitude? 23.5 degrees S.
8. t/f: the distance between a degree of latitude and the next is usually about 111 km, while the distance between degrees of longitude is dependent upon latitude. [true]
9. If it is 1am Saturday, in London UK, will it be earlier in Athens GA or later according to our clock? What day will it be? it will be earlier (8 or 9 pm, btw) on Friday.
10. The equinox (spring and/or fall ok) is the event which occurs when the subsolar point is at the equator.
11. The temperature difference expected between the base of a mountain and that expected at a higher elevation is called the normal lapse rate .
12. Name the 4 thermal layers of the atmosphere in order from ground
(first) to highest (last), and whether the temperatures generally increase
or decrease with height in that layer:
troposphere temperature decreases with height.
stratosphere temperature increases with height.
mesosphere temperature decreases with height.
thermosphere temperature increases with height.
13. Calculation of wind chill factor depends on temperature (ambient) and wind (speed) .
14. The thermal energy used in evaporation and released in condensation is called latent heat .
15. The annual temperature differences between continental and maritime climates are largely due to the heating and cooling differences between land and water .
16. Temperature measurements are made at the base of a mountain, elevation 500 meters, and are found to be 20 degrees C. At 2500 meters, the temperature is found to be only 10 degrees C. This temperature difference is called the environmental lapse rate .
17. What is the lower elevation's temperature in Fahrenheit? [convert from C] about 69 degrees F
18. What is the temperature difference between the two elevations in Fahrenheit? [hint for these 2: remember 1.8 and 32...] 18 degrees F
19. There are two climographs attached, numbers 1 and 2. #1 is a continentntal (omaha, NE) climate, while #2 is a maratime (san francisco) climate. [continental vs. maritime]
20. The average precipitation for climograph #3 in June is about 3.5", and the average temperature in January there is about 10 degrees F.
21. Temperature maps commonly use lines of constant (equal) temperature
called isotherms to portray the spatial pattern of temperature.
22. Everything else being equal, you would expect higher temperatures
associated with lower elevations
high longitudes
low longitudes
low elevations
high elevations
22.5 snow, for example has a high albedo, asphalt, for example... has a low albedo, and trees, grass, field crops, open soil, etc. has a medium albedo.
23. As an air parcel rises to move over a mountain, orographic lifting occurs.
24. As this air cools from 18 degrees C at sea level to 8 degrees at 1000 M. This is because of the air [ WHICH: expanding - contracting ] and cooling at the adiabatic rate.
25. Using the figure provided at the end of the test, determine the relative humidity of a parcel of air at 10 degrees C which has 5mb of vapor pressure 5 / 12.3 = about 41% RH
26. Suppose an air mass warms as it moves over a land surface, but no
water vapor is added or lost. The relative humidity will __ while the specific
humidity will __.
not change/not
change
fall/not
change
not change/fall
fall/rise
rise/not change
27. The dew point for the air referred to in #25 will be ___________________ degrees C.
28. The sling psychrometer uses 2 thermometers, one called the wet bulb and one called the dry bulb, to measure/calculate dewpoint and relative humidity . (and also temperature, of course!)
29. The area of dry climate on the leeward side of mountains is called the rain shadow .
30. What is a likely temperature of point X on the temperature map attached
at the end of the test? about 55 degrees