Chapter 3 Test

Question 1

The Coriolis effect results in mountains blocking the flow of moisture-laden air (T/F)

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Deciduous trees, most of which have broad leaves, change color and drop their leaves and autumn (T/F)

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The northern hemisphere experiences summer when it is tilted towards the sun and receives more direct sunlight (T/F)

Answer 3

True

Question 4

With the greenhouse effect earth would be too hot to support life (T/F)

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The Amazon river basin is an example of a tropical dry climate (T/F)

Answer 5

False

Question 6

A steppe is a type of dry climate (T/F)

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Humid, subtropical, marine west coast, Mediterranean, and human continental are types of mid latitude climates (T/F)

Answer 7

True

Question 8

When it is summer in the southern hemisphere, what season is it in the northern hemisphere?

Answer 8

Winter

Question 9

Because earth is tilted on its axis …

Answer 9

Different Places places on earth receive different amounts of sunlight

Question 10

Because of _____, some solar radiation is absorbed by earths atmosphere, and some is reflected back into space

Answer 10

The greenhouse effect

Question 11

The _____ occur(s) because earths rotation Causes prevailing wins to move diagonally

Answer 11

Coriolis effect

Question 12

What are the prevailing winds Of the latitudes near the equator called?

Answer 12

Trade winds

Question 13

What effect do large bodies of water tend to have on coastal areas?

Answer 13

They caused temperatures to be more uniform and moderate

Question 14

High latitude climates support only limited plant and animal life because of …

Answer 14

The lack of direct sunlight

Question 15

In marine, West Coast climates ocean winds cause …

Answer 15

Cool, Summers and cool, damp winters

Question 16

What causes solar radiation to warm earth?

Answer 16

The greenhouse effect

Question 17

What effect does cool temperature have on air?

Answer 17

It causes air to sink

Question 18

What kind of trees change color and drop their leaves in autumn?

Answer 18

Deciduous trees

Question 19

A(n) ____ is an area of lush vegetation in a desert created by an underground spring

Answer 19

Oasis

Question 20

What is the relationship relationship between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn?

Answer 20

The tropic of cancer is north of the tropic of Capricorn

Question 21

What is the Equinox?

Answer 21

A day on which the sun is directly over the equator

Question 22

The rain shadow effect causes…

Answer 22

Dry areas to develop on the leeward sides of mountain ranges

Question 23

____ is the condition of the atmosphere in a place during unlimited period time such as hours or days

Answer 23

Weather

Question 24

According to scientist in what climate do more than half of all plant and animals species exist

Answer 24

Tropical wet

Question 25

El Niño is a phenomenon that originates in…

Answer 25

The Pacific Ocean

Question 26

How does the Coriolis affect influence winds?

Answer 26

It causes them to blow to the right of the northern hemisphere and left in the southern hemisphere

Question 27

Where do the most dramatic variations in The amount of sunlight occur?

Answer 27

The poles

Question 28

Why are temperatures cooler in Quito, Ecuador than most other places located near the equator?

Answer 28

Quito is in the mountains at a higher elevation

Question 29

When does the shortest day of the year occur?

Answer 29

On the winter solstice

Question 30

How frequently does earth complete one rotation on its axis?

Answer 30

Every 24 hours