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Author: Tillery, Bill W.
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Chapter 17.5, Problem 12SC
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The factors that can determine the climate of a particular location.
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1. A weather map showing contours of temperature is showing:
Isobars
Isotherms
Isodrosotherms
Isotropes
Isotach
2. A comfortable temperature for most people is a temperature of:
24° C
44° C
44° F
273 K
313 K
3. Which of the following is a control of temperature?
Land vs. Water
Ocean Currents
Cloud Cover
Elevation
All of the above
4. Which of the following has the highest specific heat?
Water
Ice
Land
Dry air at sea level
Granite
5. You live in Buffalo, NY and the winds are coming off Lake Erie. The water in Lake Erie is running ten degrees below normal. How would that influence your forecast?
You are more likely to undercut the weather models and go with a lower high temp
You are more likely to exceed the weather models and go with a higher high temp
Water temp has no influence on temperature forecasting
6. The influence of cloud cover acts to:
Increase daytime temperature
Decrease daytime temperature
Increase nighttime temperature
Decrease nighttime temperature…
Indicate the mechanism of thermal energy transfer that takes place in each case.
A. Heating of seawater by energy from the Sun.
B. Increase in temperature when heating water on an electric stove.
C. Heating of a metal beam in a fire.
D. The increase in temperature in a person when entering a Turkish bath.
E. Heating air in a balloon.
5. A weather balloon is released and later reports a temperature of 8 °C and pressure of 0.900 atm.
The surface temperature was 16 °C and pressure 0.995 atm. Determine the atmosphere stability
class, assuming the temperature profile is constant.
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Integrated Science
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