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GY 101 Therrall Final Exam|Questions with Correct Answers
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In the anticyclone pictured here, the winds at area B are from the _____ bringing _____
temperatures. - ✔North; cooler
The difference between active and passive remote sensing systems is that - ✔active
systems emit their own energy while passive systems simply detect existing energy signals
20 centimeters of precipitation fell in one day on a southern city in the 100-years climatic
records for this city. This rainfall event ranked 5th among all one day precipitation events
for this city. The return period for this extreme rainfall event would be - ✔
Which of the following is an example of quantitative data? - ✔a physical
geographer measuring the total rainfall from a storm
What units of measure would most likely be represented by letters A-E on the bottom of the
accompanying hydrograph? - ✔hours
All of the following is true regarding Doppler radar except - ✔
, The largest amount of carbon is involved in - ✔
Which of the following surfaces has the lowest albedo? - ✔
The solar constant is - ✔
The globe, from the opening two-page spread of the Climate chapter, shows average
annual precipitation (blue and green are highest; tan is lowest). What is the main factor
causing Northern Africa to have very low amounts of precipitation? - ✔
On equinox, - ✔
Oceans heat and cool more slowly than land because of - ✔
Which of the following is not a feature of what physical geographers study? - ✔
Which of the following was not discussed in the opening two-page spread of the Atmospheric
Motion chapter? - ✔
All of the following could be considered proxy data for measuring global warming except - ✔
An example of a secondary effect of drought is - ✔
Electromagnetic radiation - ✔
Which of the following was mentioned in the opening two-page spread of Chapter 1? - ✔
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