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GEOG 170: 2nd QUIZ STUDY GUIDE

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Chapter 4: Heat and Temperatures

1. What are the 3 processes for heat transport from warm to cool areas? Explain each process.=

2. Describe the difference between latent and sensible heat. Give examp= les of locations where one is greater than the other, ie. Desert.

3. In phase changes of water, when is heat absorbed and when is it released?=

4. Why does land = heat and cool faster than water bodies?

5. Explain the he= at imbalance between the tropics and the poles. How is an = equilibrium maintained?

6. When is the warmest and coldest times of the day, in genera= l?

7. Why is Death Valley, CA = the hottest place in North America?

Chapter 5: Air Pressure

1.  What is air pressure= and how is it measured?

2. Describe the standard atmosphere and how pressure changes with hei= ght.

3. Why is humid air lighter than dry air?

4. Compare the decrease in pressure of cold air versus warm air.=

5. Why does rising air cool, while sinking air warms?

6. How does air pressure changes in the horizontal compare with air pressure changes with the vertical?

7. What are cyclones, anticyclones? What are isobars?

 

Chapter 6: Humidi= ty, Saturation, Stability

1. Describe the hydrological cycle.

2. What is transpiration, evapotranspiration, sublimation, condensation, deposition of water?

3. What is absolute, specific and relative humidities? <= span class=3DGramE>Vapor pressure? Dew point temperat= ure? How does relative humidity vary during the day?

4. How do we meas= ure humidity and evaporation (instruments)?

5. Explain how ri= sing air can become saturated. What are the lifting processes that can form clou= ds?

6. What is stabil= ity and instability in the atmosphere and how is it measured?=

7. What is a rain shadow?

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Chapter 7: Clouds, Precipitation, Radar

1. Condensation: explain dew and frost, different types = of fog and how they form. How do clouds form? What types of uplift create clou= ds? What are condensation nuclei?

2. How are clouds classified by altitude?

3. Explain the different types of fog and how they form: radiation, advection, steam, upslope.

4. Explain how precipitation forms in warm clouds and co= ld clouds.

5. Explain ice pellets (sleet), freezing rain and hail and how they form.

6. Explain the difference between a conventional radar and a do= pplar radar.

7. What is relati= ve humidity and how does it relate to air temperatures during the day?