Exam 3: Air Temperature

During the daytime, net radiation at the ground surface tends to be positive resulting in the ground surface warming up.

The temperature change in equatorial regions from January to July is __________ the change in mid-latitude regions.

For mid-latitude locations, air temperatures tend to be highest on the:

Temperature inversions can cause problems for agriculture because they may contribute to:

Which of the following surfaces would tend to heat up most, given the same amount of insolation?

Average January temperatures are much colder in parts of Siberia than in Antarctica.

Which of the temperature profiles on this figure most closely resembles the situation you would expect shortly after dawn?

Examine the annual net radiation patterns shown in this figure. The curve for the city of Yakutsk at 62ᵒ N latitude is labeled:

Because of their lower ________, urban surfaces like asphalt tend to absorb more insolation than rural surfaces like forest.

Latent heat is the energy that is absorbed by a substance when it changes state.

Closely spaced isotherms on a map indicate a:

Ground surface temperatures tend to be ______ than the temperature of the overlying air.

Which of the following contributes to global warming?

During the daytime, air temperature tends to ______ closer to the ground, and during the night it tends to _______ closer to the ground.

Changes in tropospheric aerosols, cloud cover, and land cover associated with human activities all tend to _______ global temperatures.

According to the IPCC report of 2007, the possibility that recent global warming is a result of human activity is considered:

On high mountains, air pressure will be _______ the adjacent lowlands.

Examine the monthly mean air temperature patterns shown in this figure. The curve for the city of Manaus at 3ᵒ S latitude is labeled:

Water has a smaller heat capacity than land surfaces.

Which of these locations would be likely to experience the smallest annual temperature range?