Exam 3: Seasonal and Daily Temperatures

What types of temperature data might be appropriate to include in a short description of a city or region's climate?

Even though the poles have 24 hours of sunlight during the summer,the average summer temperature there is nonetheless below 0°F.

Longer days are generally associated with

In many areas of the far western United States,only sparse vegetation grows on ____________________-facing slopes.

When it is January and winter in the Northern Hemisphere,it is ____ and ____ in the Southern Hemisphere.

During an equinox,the days and nights are of equal length except at the poles.

During summer near the North Pole,the Sun is above the horizon a shorter period of time than in the mid-latitudes.

In July,at middle latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere,the day is more than ____________________ hours long and is getting ____________________ with each passing day.

The first sign of hypothermia is ____.

Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5° with respect to the plane of its orbit around the Sun.If the amount of tilt were increased to 40°,we would expect in middle latitudes

In some years around the middle of autumn,there is an unseasonably warm spell,especially in the eastern two-thirds of the United States.This warm period is commonly referred to as ____________________.

If two cities have the same mean annual temperature,it means that their temperatures throughout the year are always similar.

Describe the seasons that you would experience in Australia in comparison to those in Germany.

If you are a household gardener concerned about outside flowers and plants during cold weather,you can simply wrap them in plastic or cover each with a paper cup to protect them.

What are the hottest (coldest)place in the United States? What factors cause these extreme conditions at these locations?

Another name for an infrared sensor is ____.

If the cold occurs over a widespread area for a long enough time to damage certain crops,the extreme cold is called (a)____.

During a radiation inversion,wind machines can lift cool surface air to higher altitudes.

Design a house with the goal to limit its heating and cooling costs.

In the northern hemisphere,north-facing hillsides have a(n)____________________ growing season than south-facing hillsides.