Chapter 10

Question 1

Day length varies with latitude.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The latitude of the equator is 90 degrees.

Answer 2

False (0 degrees)

Question 3

There are five named lines of latitude.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

It is possible for the sun to be at its zenith at the Arctic Circle

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The two layers of our atmosphere that influence biological activities are the troposphere and mesosphere.

Answer 5

False (troposphere and stratosphere)

Question 6

Earth’s average air temperature has increased by 1 degree in the past 100 years.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

A state by the ocean such as New Jersey has more fluctuation in air and soil temperature than a landlocked state such as Minnesota.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The orographic effect causes wet conditions on the leeward side and dry conditions on the windward side.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Less than 0.5 percent of Earth’s water is in the form of groundwater.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Naturally low rainfall is also known as drought.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Chilling injury occurs at a lower temperature than freezing injury.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Fallowing involves land in rotation that is not cropped for a season or more.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Drainage systems can lower the water table of a soil.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Relative maturity (RM) is a system that denotes the average days to physiological maturity for a particular hybrid.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The Colorado River and its reservoirs are being depleted due to increased agricultural use and population growth in the Southwest.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

What percent of the sun’s energy reaches earth?

Answer 16

1 percent

Question 17

How much of the portion of the sun’s energy that reaches Earth is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere?

Answer 17

50 percent

Question 18

Energy is greatest at which wavelengths?

Answer 18

short

Question 19

Which is NOT a great influence on the amount and quality of light received on Earth?

a. the inclination of Earth
b. the yearly orbit of Earth
c. the daily spin of Earth
d. the orbit of the moon

Answer 19

D. the orbit of the moon

Question 20

Because of which of the following do we experience seasons?

a. the inclination of Earth
b. the yearly orbit of Earth
c. the daily spin of Earth
d. the orbit of the moon

Answer 20

A. the inclination of Earth

Question 21

At what angle does the sun’s radiation strike at the equator?

Answer 21

90 degrees

Question 22

When were the concepts of latitude and longitude developed?

Answer 22

200 BCE

Question 23

The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth is the

Answer 23

troposphere

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT known as a greenhouse gas?

a. O2
b. CO2
c. CH4
d. N2O

Answer 24

O2

Question 25

Which type of air mass tends to be hot and dry?

Answer 25

continental tropical

Question 26

The Koppen climate classification system has how many major climate types?

Answer 26

5

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT a major climate type of the Koppen classification system?

a. arid
b. polar
c. tropical
d. Mediterranean

Answer 27

D. Mediterranean

Question 28

Montana would be part of which general precipitation region?

Answer 28

semi-arid

Question 29

Which natural catastrophe costs the United States the most on a yearly basis?

Answer 29

drought

Question 30

Which temperature adaptation type would corn be catagorized as?

Answer 30

tropical

Question 31

What temperature adaptation type would wheat be catagorized as?

Answer 31

temperate

Question 32

Which moisture adaptation type would rice be catagorized as?

Answer 32

hydrophyte

Question 33

Which moisture adaptation type would soybeans be catagorized as?

Answer 33

mesophyte