Exam 2: Climate

Of the 51 units of solar radiation that reach Earth's surface,________ units are lost to the evaporation of water.

Dry air cools more rapidly than moist air.

As air rises over a mountain,it

The average temperature in a city is greater than in the surrounding countryside.

During an El Niño event,the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean are unusually ________.

Oceanic gyres circulate in a counterclockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in a clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere.

The decrease in air temperature through expansion,rather than through heat loss to the surrounding atmosphere,is referred to as ________.

The saturation vapor pressure of air increases with temperature.

Solar radiation in December is greatest at

Atmospheric pressure increases with altitude.

________ is considered a primary influence on microclimate.

________ is the amount of water vapor in the air expressed as a percentage of the saturation vapor pressure.

A period of cooling that lasted from approximately the mid-14th to the mid-19th century is referred to as the ________.

Relative humidity is the

The temperature,humidity,precipitation,wind,cloudiness,and other atmospheric conditions that occur at a specific place and time are referred to as ________.

The transformation of water from liquid to a gaseous state is referred to as ________.

The amount of force exerted over a given area of surface is called atmospheric ________.

During winter in the Northern Hemisphere,the intertropical convergence zone

Precipitation is generally greater

Only 51 percent of incoming solar radiation actually reaches Earth's surface.Most of the remaining 49 percent of incoming radiation is reflected back to space by