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Generally, cooler air temperatures can hold more moisture than warmer air.

a) TRUE b)FALSE

QUESTION 16:

Which of the following is not true of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?

a)The IPCC stated that warming will occur in the twenty-first century, b)In its 2007 assessment, the IPCC identified a number of ways in which climate is changing,. c) The IPCC stated that changes in human behavior will not reduce warming in the future, d) The IPCCassessment included statements reflecting the confidence of the participating scientists that the current climate changes began in the twentieth century. e) The IPCC stated that warming is caused at least in part by humans.

QUESTION 15:

We now know that the warming of the Earth in the last 200 years is largely due to humans and their effects on:

a) atmospheric carbon dioxide, b) environmental pollutants like arsenic, c) organochlorides d) biomagnified mercury enone of the answer choices are correct.

QUESTION 11:

occurs when the horizontal winds move air against mountain ranges, forcing air to rise as it passes over the mountains.

a) Adiabatic rainfall b) Convectional rainfall c) Cyclonic rainfall d) Convergence rainfall e) Orographic rainfall

QUESTION 10:

There are four types of conditions that cause air to rise. Which of the following is not one of them?

a) orographic uplift, b) convection c) advection d) fronts econvergence

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QUESTION 8:

Which of the following is true of the Trade Winds?

a) They are diverging winds in the vicinity of the equator replacing sinking air. b) They are converging winds as a result of the coming together of the two westerlies. c)They are variable winds that move west to east in the midlatitudes. d) They are converging winds around the Sub-tropical High out of the sinking air. e) They are converging winds in the vicinity of the equator at the surface, replacing the rising air.

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QUESTION 7:

In these zones, high solar elevation angles occur throughout the year, and this makes consistently warm.

a) windward sides of mountains b) the jet stream c) the prime meridian d) the tropics emidlatitudes

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QUESTION 6:

On average, the highest temperatures on Earth are found .

a) in low latitudes b) in the eastern hemisphere c) in high latitudes d) at the poles ein the southern hemisphere

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QUESTION 5:

When water goes from solid to liquid to gas, .

a) heat is released b) it decreases in volume by 21 percent c) nothing changes d) it increases in volume by 21 percent e) heat is absorbed

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QUESTION 2:

Which of the following is NOT true of the vernal equinox?

a) It occurs in September in the Southern Hemisphere b) All locations on Earth experience 12 hours of daylight c) Locations above the Arctic Circle experience 24 hours of daylight d) Both Tropics experience the same intensity of the Suns rays e) It occurs in March in the Northern Hemisphere

Generally, cooler air temperatures can hold more moisture than warmer air.

Explanation / Answer

17 : a) true

16. c)  The IPCC stated that changes in human behavior will not reduce warming in the future,

15. a) atmospheric carbon dioxide

11. e) Orographic rainfall

10. c) advection

8. e) They are converging winds in the vicinity of the equator at the surface, replacing the rising air.

7. d) the tropics

6. c) in high latitudes

5.  e) heat is absorbed

2 . d) Both Tropics experience the same intensity of the Suns rays

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