World geography 3200/3202 Unit 2 review

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1 World geography 3200/3202 Unit 2 review 1. Does this statement use the terms revolve & rotate correctly? "Saturn revolves on its axis while several moons rotate around it." 2. Does this statement use the term revolve & rotate correctly? "Uranus is a unique planet because it rotates on an axis that is 90o to its plane of revolution around the sun. 3. How long does it take the earth to make one rotation on its axis? 4. How long does it take for the earth to make one revolution around the sun? 5. At what time of day are we rotating away from the sun to the east. 6. At what time of day are we rotating towards the sun from the west. 7. Does cloud cover increase or decrease the range of temperature from day to night? 8. There are two reasons why the days are longer in summer and shorter in the winter. What are they? 9. What causes day & night? 10.The time of year when there is equal day and night all over the earth. 11 The time of year when the northern hemisphere experiences its longest day of the year. 12. The time of year when the northern hemisphere experiences its shortest day of the year. 13. The earth sun relationship that occurs on Sept The earth sun relationship that occurs on Dec The earth sun relationship that occurs March The earth sun relationship that occurs on June What is the latitude of the tropic of cancer? 18. What is the latitude of the tropic of Capricorn? 19. Two reasons for warmer temperatures in summer. 20. Two reasons why seasons occur. 21. What season is it in Canada when it is spring in South Africa? 22. What season is it in Argentina when it is winter in Norway? 23. What season is it in Greenland when it is Fall in India? 24. What season is it in Mexico when it is summer in south Australia? 25. As Latitude increases what happens to temperature? 26. The Poles of the earth are colder than the equatorial regions because of the earth's Shape. 27. What causes wind to blow? 28. What causes winds to be deflected from a straight path? 29. What causes the development of global convection cells and pressure belts. 30. Winds that normally blow in a region are referred to as _?_. 31. When do sea breezes occur? 32. What name is given to the prevailing winds between 60 and 90 degrees N. 33. What name is given to the prevailing winds between 60 and 90 degrees S. 34. What name is given to the prevailing winds between 30 and 60 degrees N. 35. What name is given to the prevailing winds between 30 and 60 degrees S. 36. What name is given to the prevailing winds between 0 and 30 degrees N.

2 37. What name is given to the prevailing winds between 0 and 30 degrees S. 38. When hot air rises what type of pressure is created? 39. What type of rain fall is depicted in this figure? 40. Which temperature air can hold more moisture warm or cold? 41. What happens to the temperature of air as it rises? 42. In this figure what causes the air to rise? 43. What is the name of the side of the mountain where the winds hits? 44. What is the name of the other side of the mountain. 45. Which side of the mountain is said to be in a rains shadow? 46. Which part of Newfoundland may receive a fair degree of its snowfall in this manner? 47. Which type of rainfall is depicted in this figure? 48. Where is it most common for this type of rain to occur? 49. Why would this type of precipitation be uncommon in the Canadian winter? 50. What causes the air to rise in this type of rainfall? 51. What type of rainfall is occurring in this figure? 52 What causes the air to rise in this type of rainfall?

3 53. Look At figure 4.7 on page 60 and explain why Cape Town, South Africa might have similar fog conditions as St. John s NF? 54. What is a Permanent or semi-permanent horizontal movement of surface water (the top 100m). 55. Which type of ocean currents flow from the equator toward the poles. 56. Which type of ocean currents flow from the polar regions toward the equatorial regions. 57. Which type of ocean currents reduce the amount of precipitation a region receives? 58. Do Warm ocean currents affect the summer or winter temperatures more? 59. Which type of current is the Peru current? 60. Which type of current is the Japanese current? 61. Australia has a fair amount of desert. Looking at figure 4.7 on p. 60 which coast would you expect it to be on, east or west? 62. What term is used to describe the range between the highest and the lowest average monthly temperatures of a region. 63. What type of climate would location C experience? 64. What type of climate would Location E Experience? 65. What type of climate would Location F Experience? 66. What type of climate would Location B Experience? 67. Which will experience the hottest summer, C or E? 68. Which will experience the coldest winter A or F? 69. Which location will experience the greatest temperature range, A or D? 70. Which location will experience the greatest temperature range, A or B? 71. This climate graph comes from a city in the U.S. at about 40º N. Does it appear to be Continental? Why?

4 72. Sudden wet season in the tropics is known as? 73. During India's Winter monsoon why does the High pressure develop over Asia/India? 74. During India's Winter monsoon how much precipitation do they receive? 75. During India's Winter monsoon why does the Indian ocean really "cool" off to create the low pressure? 76. During India's summer monsoon why does the low pressure develop over Asia/India? 77. During India's Summer monsoon how much precipitation do they receive? 78. What term refers to the height above sea-level? 79. Which province of Canada has the highest average elevation? 80. If the elevation increases 300 m how does the temperature change? 81. If the city of "Atlantis" is at 0 m elevation and tectonic activity pushes it up 600 m how would the average temperature change? 82. All Tropical Climates have average temperatures over _?_ ºC every day due to low latitude & warm ocean currents & prevailing winds. 83. On the climate graph for a tropical climate of any sort the _?_ is almost flat because of the constant warm temperatures.

5 84.The type of climate represented in this climate graph occurs between which latitudes? 85. The bars on this climate graph represent_?_. 86. The line on this climate graph represent _?_. 87. The temperature on this climate graph is measured in which units? 88. The most distinguishing feature of an arid or semi-arid climate graph is _?_. 89. Most arid/desert climates occur between which latitudes? 90. Which type of climate might you expect in the grasslands of Asia? 91. Which type of climate might you expect in the monsoon region of India? 92. Which type of climate might you expect in the lush rainforest portion of Brazil? 93. How much annual precipitation does an arid climate receive? 94. How much annual precipitation does a semi-arid climate receive? 95.Which type of climate is depicted in this climate graph? 96. What two features distinguish it? 97. What latitude would your expect to find a region that had this climate? 98. Would you expect to find this in both hemispheres? 99. What type of climate is depicted in this climate graph? 100. What distinguishes it from the climate above? 101. Why do you think there is less precipitation?

6 World Geography 3200/3202 Unit 2 review Answers 1. Saturn rotates on its axis while moons revolve around it. 2. YES hours Days 5.EVENING 6.. MORNING 7. DECREASE TILT OF EARTH'S AXIS 2. REVOLUTION OF EARTH AROUND THE SUN. 9. EARTH''S ROTATION ON ITS AXIS 10. EQUINOX 11. SUMMER SOLSTICE 12. WINTER SOLSTICE 13. FALL EQUINOX 14. WINTER SOLSTICE 15. SPRING EQUINOX 16. SUMMER SOLSTICE N S 19. MORE DIRECT LIGHT & LONGER DAYS 20. TILT ON EARTH"S AXIS & EARTH"S REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN. 21. FALL 22. SUMMER 23. FALL THEY ARE BOTH IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. 24. WINTER, AT LEAST THEIR VERSION OF WINTER. REMEMBER CLOSE TO THE QUATOR THERE IS VERY LITTLE TEMP, VARIATION. 25. IT DECREASES 26.SPHERICAL. 27. DIFFERENCES IN AIR PRESSURE 28. CORIOLIS FORCE 29. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING OF THE EARTH 30. PREVAILING 31. DAY WHEN LAND IS HOTTER THAN SEA 32. NORTH POLAR EASTERLIES 33. SOUTH POLAR EASTERLIES 34. WESTERLY 35. WESTERLY 36. Northeast trade winds 37.SOUTHEAST TRADE 38. Low 39. RELIEF OR OROGRAPHIC 40. WARM 41. COOLS 42. HIGH RELIEF 43. WINDWARD 44.. LEEWARD 45. LEEWARD 46. CORNER BROOK/WEST COAST 47. CONVECTIONAL 48. TROPICS & CENTRE OF CONTINENTS IN SUMMER 49. TOO COLD 50. HEAT & CONVECTION CURRENTS 51. FRONTAL 52. WARM AIR LESS DENSE AND RISES OVER COLD DENSE AIR 53. ST. JOHN"S HAS COLD LABRADOR AND WARM NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT COMBINING TO GIVE FOG< WHILE SOUTH AFRICA HAS THE COLD WEST WIND DRIFT AND THE WARM AGULHAS CURRENTS COMBINING TO GIVE FOG 54. OCEAN CURRENT 55. WARM 56. COLD 57. COLD 58. WINTER TEMPERATURES ARE MADE VERY MILD 59. COLD 60. WARM 61. WEST COAST, THE COLD OCEAN CURRENT WOULD REDUCE PRECIPITATION. 62. TEMPERATURE RANGE 63. CONTINENTAL 64. MARITIME 65. MARITIME 66. CONTINENTAL 67. C 68. A 69. A 70. A 71. NO, TOO LOW A TEMPERATURE RANGE FOR THAT LATITUDE 72. MONSOON 73. COLDER WEATHER CAUSES THE LAND AND AIR TO COOL CREATING THE LOW 74. During India's Winter monsoon how much precipitation do they receive? VERY LITTLE 75. NO: THE LAND HEATED QUICKLY, WHILE THE OCEAN MAINTAINED THE SAME TEMPERATURE MAKING THE OCEAN A RELATIVE LOW 76. HOT SUMMER WEATHER HEATS THE LAND WHICH HEATS THE AIR CAUSING AIR TO RISE GIVING IT A LOW PRESSURE. 77. TORRENTIAL RAIN 78. ELEVATION 79. B.C. 80. DECREASE BY 2ºC ºC

7 83. TEMPERATURE LINE 84. TROPIC OF CANCER & TROPIC OF CAPRICORN 85. PRECIPITATION 86. TEMPERATURE 87. ºC 88. LOW PRECIPITATION BARS ºN & 30ºS or more specifically 10-30ºN and 10-30ºS. 90. SEMI-ARID 91. TROPICAL WET & DRY 92. TROPICAL WET & DRY mm mm 95. TEMPERATE MILD WINTER 96. SEASONAL TEMPERATURES BUT NO WINTER TEMPERATURES BELOW -3 DEGREES 97. MIDLATITUDES 98. YES 99. TEMPERATE COLD WINTER 100. MUCH COLDER WINTERS, BELOW -3 DEGREES 101. COLDER TEMPERATURES SO THE AIR HOLDS LESS MOISTURE