The Atmosphere - Chapter 1: World Distribution of Temperature

Question 1

Lines that connect places of equal temperature on a map

Answer 1

Isotherms

Question 2

True or false: isotherms generally trend west to east

Answer 2

False; opposite

Question 3

Isotherms show a(n) (decrease/increase) of temperatures poleward from the tropics

Answer 3

Decrease

Question 4

The effectiveness of incoming solar radiation in heating the earth’s surface and atmosphere is largely a function of ____

Answer 4

latitude

Question 5

There is a latitudinal shift of ____ caused by the seasonal migration of the sun’s vertical rays

Answer 5

temperatures

Question 6

The north-south migration of isotherms is greater over the ____ than the ____

Answer 6

continents

oceans

Question 7

Isotherms also reveal the presence of what type of current?

Answer 7

Ocean

Question 8

___ currents cause isotherms to be deflected towardt he pole

Answer 8

Warm

Question 9

____ currents cause an equatorward bending

Answer 9

Cold

Question 10

The annual temperature range increases with a ___ in latitude

Answer 10

increase

Question 11

True or false: a continental location endures hotter summers and colder winters than a coastal location

Answer 11

True