GEOG102 - Midterm #1

Precipitation totals are normally greatest on the ___________ of mountain ranges.

The Bergeron process describes

On December 22, the Sun’s rays strike the Earth's surface at 90 degrees at the:

Which of the following spheres is not a primary area of study for physical geography?

Which of the following surfaces would likely have the highest albedo?

Rotation describes the Earth's annual journey around the sun

Hadley cells are

The ITCZ is a(n)

You are a geostationary satellite above the North Pole. In what direction is the Earth spinning?

Which of the following is not used to measure snowfall?

Satellite remote sensing uses which portions of the electromagnetic spectrum?

In the northern hemisphere, anticyclones are centers of

The jet stream is an example of a geostrophic wind

What happens when a parcel of air is cooled to its dew point temperature?

Average outgoing longwave radiation exceeds absorbed shortwave radiation at:

Which of the following is not a critical factor for global air temperature distributions: 

Which of the following are not mechanisms of air parcel uplift?

Which of the following types of cloud is only found at the highest altitudes?

Which process does not result in the removal of air pollution from the atmosphere?