chapter 7 review
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Getting Prepared:
Chapter 7 Test
To Prepare for the Chapter 7 Test Do the Following:
• Click on the picture to the right and complete the following task:
1. Visualizing Oceanography
• The more familiar you are with these items the better you will do on your test.
• Also, study your notes you took in class.
With respect to incoming solar radiation, radiation emitted back into the atmosphere has:
The Answer Is:
• a longer wavelength.
The percentage of solar radiation absorbed by the Earth's oceans and land masses is about:
The Answer Is:
• 50%
With respect to the amount of energy absorbed by the atmosphere, the amount of energy radiated back into
space between 35oN and 40oS latitude is:
The Answer Is:
• greater than the amount of energy absorbed by the atmosphere.
The percentage of solar radiation directed to Earth absorbed by the clouds and the atmosphere is about:
The Answer Is:
• 25%
The Tropic of Capricorn is located at:
The Answer Is:
• 23.5oS latitude.
As a result of the Coriolis effect in the northern hemisphere, winds are deflected:
The Answer Is:
• to the right of the original direction.
The deflection of air masses to the right or left (depending on latitude) as they move from one
latitude to another is called the:
The Answer is:
• Coriolis effect.
A maritime tropical air mass is likely to be:
The Answer is:
• wet and warm.
A cold air mass moving into an area occupied by relatively warm air is called a(n):
The Answer is:
• cold front.
Air always moves away from ____ and toward _____.
The Answer is:
• high pressure; low pressure
Idealized pressure belts and wind systems are significantly modified by Earth's tilted axis of rotation
and:
The Answer is:
• variations in the Coriolis effect.
Winds blowing from the north in the southern hemisphere will appear to:
The Answer is:
• be deflected toward the east.
The wind belt between the equator and 30o N latitude is called:
The Answer is:
• northeast trade winds.
The wind belts between 30o and 60o latitude are the:
The Answer is:
• westerlies.
The doldrums refer to the same region as the:
The Answer is:
• intertropical convergence zone.
The temperate regions are characterized by:
The Answer is:
• westerly winds.
The strongest winds on Earth are the:
The Answer is:
• trade winds.
Low pressure systems in the northern hemisphere rotate:
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• counterclockwise.
The strength of a hurricane is ranked from 1 to 5 on the:
The Answer is:
• Saffir-Simpson Scale.
Hurricanes are an efficient way to:
The Answer is:
• redistribute heat from one area to another.
Colder air moving over significantly warmer ocean surface water may produce:
The Answer is:
• sea smoke.
The most probable sequence of ice formation from early to late is:
The Answer is:
• pancake ice, ice floe, pack ice
When ice forms from seawater, the remaining seawater will have a:
The Answer is:
• higher salinity.
An ice floe is:
The Answer is:
• a slab of ice formed by coalescing pancake ice.
Which form of sea ice never totally disappears?
The Answer is:
• Polar Ice
The ocean zone where sound can travel extremely long distances is called the:
The Answer is:
• SOFAR channel.
Worldwide, the SOFAR channel is located at an approximate ocean depth of:
The Answer is:
• 1000 meters.
The atmospheric component that contributes to the majority of greenhouse warming on Earth is:
The Answer is:
• water vapor.
What are some consequences of global warming?
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• droughts in prime agricultural areas, increasing hurricane frequency, melting of glacial ice, and sea level rise
An agreement amongst 60 nations to voluntarily limit greenhouse gas emissions is called the:
The Answer is:
• Kyoto Protocol.