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Question 1 Multiple Choice 10 points Modify Remove

Question Convergent zones are associated with

Answer a. rising air and high pressure in the atmosphere
b. falling air and high pressure in the atmosphere
c. rising air and low pressure in the atmosphere
d. falling air and low pressure in the atmosphere

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Question 2 True/False 10 points Modify Remove

Question Cooler temperatures of winter are due to the Earth s elliptical orbit.
Answer True
False
Incorrect Feedback The tilt of the Earth's axis to the plane of its orbit around the sun is more significant.
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Question What is the significance of 23 North latitude?

Answer Average location of Inter-tropical Convergence Zone.
Northern limit of tropics.
Southern limit of seasonal variability.
Northern extreme of 100% direct sunlight.
Central latitude of Bermuda Triangle.
Incorrect Feedback All latitudes poleward of 23 1/2 degrees receive only oblique sunlight.
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Question The average annual temperature at Kotzebue, Alaska, is closer to (F):

Answer 33
30
27
22
20
18
Incorrect
Several sources on the internet. E.g. http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/united-

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Feedback states/alaska/kotzebue/
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Question The historical average March snow depth in Nome, Alaska, is closer to (in):
Answer

30

25

22
13
-----18

10

5
Incorrect E.g. http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=pafg, select monthly weather
Feedback summary, city, and the month of the current year. The page includes current and historical
average values. This site gives snow depth = 13
8 in.
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Question 6 Fill in the Blank 10 points Modify Remove

Question What general range of electromagnetic radiation does the whole earth emit (one word)?
Answer infrared
infra-red
infra red
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Question 7 True/False 10 points Modify Remove

Question Distance from the sun is more significant than the tilt of the Earth's axis with regard to
seasonal heating.
Answer True
False

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Question 8 Multiple Choice 10 points Modify Remove

Question Global warming effects on the sea are not likely to

Answer raise sea level
increase wave energy
reduce precipitation
reduce ice extent
reduce ice thickness
Incorrect Feedback Precipitation will increase.

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Question 9 True/False 10 points Modify Remove

Question Global warming affects all latitudes equally.

Answer True
False
Incorrect Feedback Polar regions are more severely affected.
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Question 10 Multiple Choice 10 points Modify Remove

Question
Giventhefollowingsurfaceairtemperaturepatternof7averagedailytemperatures(F)duringaninitialautumn
coldsnap,howmanyaccumulatedfreezingdegreedayswereexperienced?

Temperature: 40 32 28 27 29 31 32
Answer 179
19
13
1
9
Incorrect AFDD
Feedback
T 40 32 28 27 29 31 32
FDD=(32T) 0 0 4 5 3 1 0
AFDD 0 0 4 9 12 13 13
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