ES SCI FINAL EXAM REVIEW

According to the diagram, which Hawaiian Island is the oldest?

Besides average weather conditions, climatological data also describes annual variations /fluctuations of temp, precip

What is the constant movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface?

Whether the day will be rainy or dry can be predicted somewhat accurately by a long-term forecast at the____ range.

How much of a rise in elevation exists from point D to point B?

A balloon-borne package of sensors that gathers upper-level temperature, air pressure, and humidity is ____.

The air circulates counterclockwise in diagram B because the water cools slower than the land.

The weather in diagram B would be considered stable.

A record of weather data for a particular site at a particular time is a(n) ____.

Into how many time zones is Earth divided?

What process is being modeled in the picture?

Which of the following is used by navigators to plot great-circle routes?

Which of the following are landscape features associated with volcanoes?

The equator represents 0° longitude.

In the diagram, the spring and fall seasons are occurring. Which pole is pointing towards the Sun?

Calculate the range between lowest and highest recorded temperatures.

Which of the following is used extensively for navigation by airplanes and ships?

Frigid air that travels southward from Canada would be what type of air mass?

The change in wave frequency of energy as it moves toward or away from an observer is the ____.

A city is over an active fault, but has not an earthquake for a long time. The city is most likely located where?

Which air mass produces Seattle’s heavy winter precipitation?

This system always rotates in a counter-clockwise direction.

The phenomenon in which the effects of cold air are worsened by wind is the ____.

A pluton is an intrusive metamorphic rock body formed from magma.

What did Wladimir Köppen originally use to classify different climatic regions?

Weather is mostly dependent on changes that occur high up in the troposphere

A(n) ____ thunderstorm forms because of unequal heating of Earth’s surface within one air mass.

If the global warming trend continues, predict the year that average temperatures will reach 14.8°C.

How much does each section of this graphic scale represent?

The rising, moist updrafts and the falling, cool downdrafts form a convection cell that produces the ___associated w/TS.

The volcano shown with its long, gentle slopes would best be described as a shield volcano.

The pluton shown is called a laccolith.

Types of climate data include annual variations in temperature, precipitation, and ____.

What is the latitude of the north pole?

At which point would the strongest winds and densest clouds of the hurricane be located?

When moist winds approach a Mt, they often drop rain as they rise over it, and come down the other side of the Mt much_.

What direction is the wind moving?

What is the missing Kelvin value?

Which of the following is a satellite used to map the ocean floor?

All of the following affect the temperature at which magma forms EXCEPT ____.

Which of the following conditions does NOT contribute to the formation of hail?

What can be inferred about speed and braking distance from the above graph?

What is the control in this experiment?

What type of precipitation occurs as rain droplets move up and down through freezing and nonfreezing air?

If another person wanted to repeat this experiment, which of the following would they NOT need to know?

Location D just experienced an earthquake. Which location will most likely experience the next earthquake?

What is characteristic of the eye of the hurricane?

There are 4 time zones in the United States.

Which type of material would be best to use for construction in an area prone to earthquakes?

All volcanoes form at plate boundaries.