Practice Exam 3 – Practice Final Exam1.Which of the following is a reason for why land and water interact with heat differently?a.Latitudeb.Specific heatc.Air pressured.Altitude2.True or False,...

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Practice Exam 3 – Practice Final Exam1.Which of the following is a reason for why land and water interact with heat differently?a.Latitudeb.Specific heatc.Air pressured.Altitude2.True or False, Because land heats and cools more quickly than water, continental locations have moderate temperatures with little difference between summer and winter.a.Trueb.False3.Which is the primary force responsible for moving air from one place to another?a.Pressure gradient forceb.Coriolis forcec.Friction forced.Tidal force4.Which force causes wind to move in a curved path rather than a straight line?a.Pressure gradient forceb.Coriolis forcec.Friction forced.Tidal force5.Santa Ana winds are caused by ____________.a.High pressure in the Great Basin pushing dry air toward the oceanb.Low pressure in the Great Basin pushing dry air toward the oceanc.Low pressure in the Great Basin pushing humid air toward the oceand.Low pressure over the ocean pushing humid air from the Great Basin6.When air is lifted and cooled to cause precipitation by rising over mountains, this is called __________.a.Frontal liftingb.Orographic liftingc.Convectional liftingd.Convergent lifting
7.Suppose an air mass warms as it moves over a continent, but the amount of water vapor in the air remains constant. In this case the relative humidity will ____________. a.Decreaseb.Increasec.Remain the same8.For clouds to form air must be _________. a.Liftedb.Warmedc.Driedd.Expanded 9.Climate type classification is based mostly on __________. a.Temperatureb.Precipitationc.Weatherd.All of the abovee.1 and 2 10. The tropical monsoon climate is characterized by ___________.a.Constant high rainfall all yearb.Seasonal rainfall with several months of very high rainfallc.Seasonal rainfall with a short low precipitation rainy seasond.Hot dry conditions all year11.Tropical monsoon climates are closely associated with _________. a.Seasonal changes in wind direction b.Shifts in the ITCZc.Change from dry, cold, winter air to humid, warm, summer aird.All of the above12.What is the primary difference between the Csa and Csb climates?a.Temperature patternsb.Precipitation patternsc.Wind patternsd.Relationship to the ITCZ13.In the case of the Los Angeles area, some locations have Csa climates while others have Csb climates because of differences in ___________.

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Geography 101 Practice Questions for Exam 3
 Heat energy and new materials are brought to the surface by the ___tectonic
____cycle___.
o Tectonic cycle
o Rock cycle
o Hydrologic cycle
o Mineral cycle
 At which of the following locations is new ocean crust being formed?
o Mid-ocean ridges, also known as oceanic rift zones (A: answer)
o Along collision zones between two continents
o Along collision zones between two oceanic plates
o In ocean trenches
 Volcanic activity around the Pacific Ring of Fire, is caused by the ___________.
o Magma extruded from rift zones where new ocean floor crust is being
created.(A: answer)
o The rise of material that was melted in the subduction zones along the
pacific margin.
o The rise of magma from hot spots, for example, those under Hawaii.
o Magma along transform faults
 Tectonic forces ___(B: answer)______________.
o Erode the surface of Earth
o Warp, fold, and uplift rock
o Control soil formation
o Form sedimentary rock
 Which of the following is true regarding the geologic time scale?
o Humans have lived in North America for most of Earth’s history.
o Dinosaurs went extinct around the time humans began inhabiting North
America.
o Earth is about 65 million years old. (C: answer)
o The oldest rocks found on Earth are about 4.6 billion years old.
 Uniformitarianism assumes that __________________.
o The physical processes operating on Earth in the past were completely
different than what we see today and therefore we have to just do our best
to figure out how landforms developed.
o Catastrophic events have regularly occurred.
o The same physical processes we...

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