Apes 4.4-4.8 Quiz

Question 1

3 factors leading to atmospheric circulation

Answer 1

Energy from sunlight, density properties of air, rotation of earth (Coriolis effect)

Question 2

What causes rain clouds

Answer 2

As air rises, it cools and expands, leading to water vapor condensing into rain

Question 3

What causes deserts

Answer 3

When cool, dry air sinks and warms. This forms deserts due to lack of moisture. Happens at 30 degrees North & South

Question 4

Global wind patterns

Answer 4

Equator to 30 degrees North and South - East to West. Westerlies (30 to 60 degrees North and South) - West to East

Question 5

Watersheds

Answer 5

All of the land that drains into a specific body of water

Question 6

3 factors that determine how watersheds drain

Answer 6

More vegetation = more infiltration. Greater slope = more soil erosion and runoff. More soil permeability = more infiltration & less runoff

Question 7

Direct impacts of clearcutting

Answer 7

Soil Erosion. Increased soil & stream temp.

Question 8

Insolation

Answer 8

amount of solar radiation (energy from sun’s rays) reaching an area

Question 9

Two things solar insolation depends on

Answer 9

Angle (how directly strikes Earth’s surface), and amount of atmosphere sun’s rays pass through (more atmosphere and energy lost at higher latitudes)

Question 10

Albedo

Answer 10

Proportion of light that is reflected by a surface. Surfaces with higher albedo absorb less energy