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have 20 minutes to take this quiz. Remember, every quiz is a PLEDGED
assignment, CLOSED BOOK, CLOSED NOTEBOOK. You are on your HONOR to
finish the quiz in the allotted time with no external assistance!!!
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Question: The Coriolis effect is... |
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 is caused by the uneven heating
of the earth's surface.
is caused by long-term variations
in the amount of solar energy striking the earth.
is a combination of average temperature
and precipitation.
 is caused by the rotation of the
earth on its axis. |
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Question: If you select any terrestrial
geographic location on a globe, what information do you need
to know to have a good chance to predict the biome that occurs
there? LIST 3 things (LIST only - do not write an essay!).
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Altitude, latitude,
precipitation, temperature, proximity to mountains, oceans,
prevailing wind direction, average cloud cover, etc. |
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Question: Consider an air mass that is sitting
over Australia near ground level at 30oS. Which of the following
is most likely to be true about that air mass? |
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It is warm and dry.
It is cold and wet.
It is cold and dry.
It is warm and wet. |
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Question: As cool air descends from the
upper troposphere, which of the following is true? |
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It warms.
It expands.
It cools further.
It is compressed.
It warms and is
compressed.
It warms and expands.
It cools and expands. |
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Question: Describe the process of upwelling.
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Upwelling is when
cold nutrient-rich water rises up along the coast to replace
wind-blown surface waters caused by winds coming off a continent.
The western coast of South America is a good example. |
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Question: List one primary pollutant, a
secondary pollutant that may produced from it, and one condition
that is needed to produce that secondary pollutant. |
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An example would
be ozone from NO, indirectly through NO2. UV light is needed
for this process. |
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Question: List a major human source of the
primary pollutant that you listed in the previous question.
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NO primarily comes
from vehicle exhaust. |
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