Earth Science, 13e (Tarbuck) Chapter 20 Climate 1) Within the A group of climates, the two main types are wet tropical climates and tropical A) rain forest B) wet and dry C) highlands D) lowlands E) deltas Answer: B Diff: Topic: 20.3 Humid Tropical (A) Climates Bloom's: Remembering 2) Which climate group has precipitation as its primary criterion? A) D group B) A group C) C group D) E group E) B group Answer: E Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Remembering 3) The humid subtropical climate dominates the United States A) central B) southeastern C) western D) northeastern E) southwestern Answer: B Diff: Topic: 20.5 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Mild Winters (C Climates) Bloom's: Remembering Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc 4) The Kưppen climate classification recognizes principal climate groups A) two B) three C) four D) five E) six Answer: D Diff: Topic: 20.3 Humid Tropical (A) Climates Bloom's: Remembering 5) Almost of Australia is desert A) 10% B) 20% C) 30% D) 40% E) 50% Answer: D Diff: Topic: 20.4 Dry (B) Climates Bloom's: Remembering 6) In a climatological sense, dryness is a function of both annual rainfall and A) altitude B) solar radiation C) wind direction D) slop E) evaporation Answer: E Diff: Topic: 20.4 Dry (B) Climates Bloom's: Remembering 7) Which one of the following is NOT a component of the climate system? A) biosphere B) solid Earth C) exosphere D) cryosphere E) hydrosphere Answer: C Diff: Topic: 20.1 The Climate System Bloom's: Analyzing Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc 8) The name climate is often used as a synonym for the dry-summer subtropical climate A) Australian B) Indian C) Mediterranean D) African E) European Answer: C Diff: Topic: 20.5 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Mild Winters (C Climates) Bloom's: Remembering 9) The west coast climate is situated on the western (windward) side of continents from about 40 to 65 degrees north and south latitude A) Mediterranean B) marine C) humid D) continental E) subtropical Answer: B Diff: Topic: 20.5 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Mild Winters (C Climates) Bloom's: Remembering 10) The two types of dry (B) climates are desert and A) tundra B) taiga C) steppe D) arid E) highland Answer: C Diff: Topic: 20.4 Dry (B) Climates Bloom's: Remembering 11) Winterless climates with all months having a mean temperature above 18˚C are known as climates A) humid tropical B) dry C) polar D) humid middle-latitude Answer: A Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Remembering Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc 12) The climate in which temperatures average 25˚C or more each month and total precipitation for the year is high is the climate A) marine west coast B) humid subtropics C) humid continental D) wet tropics E) highland Answer: D Diff: Topic: 20.3 Humid Tropical (A) Climates Bloom's: Remembering 13) The climates are land-controlled climates, the result of broad continents in the middle latitudes A) A B) B C) C D) D E) E Answer: D Diff: Topic: 20.6 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Severe Winters (D Climates) Bloom's: Remembering 14) The sides of mountains are often wet A) leeward B) sunny C) windward D) steep E) southern Answer: C Diff: Topic: 20.4 Dry (B) Climates Bloom's: Remembering 15) Which one of the following is NOT a trace gas contributing to a future global increase in temperature? A) nitrous oxide B) methane C) water vapor D) chlorofluorocarbons Answer: C Diff: Topic: 20.10 Carbon Dioxide, Trace Gases, and Global Climate Change Bloom's: Remembering Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc 16) For more than 70 years, the best-known and most used climate classification system has been the classification A) Klingel B) Köppen C) Smith D) Hutton E) Saffir Answer: B Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Remembering 17) The two most important elements in a climatic description are temperature and A) cloud cover B) pressure C) wind D) air mass type E) precipitation Answer: E Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Remembering 18) The subarctic climate is often called the climate A) taiga B) polar C) highland D) arctic E) tundra Answer: A Diff: Topic: 20.6 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Severe Winters (D Climates) Bloom's: Remembering 19) The most luxuriant vegetation found in any climatic realm is the A) tundra B) mid-latitude forest C) taiga D) tropical rain forest E) savannah Answer: D Diff: Topic: 20.3 Humid Tropical (A) Climates Bloom's: Remembering Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc 20) The leeward sides of mountains are typically dry and are often arid enough to be referred to as A) rain shadow deserts B) steppes C) a Mediterranean climate D) taigas E) tundras Answer: A Diff: Topic: 20.4 Dry (B) Climates Bloom's: Remembering 21) Climates where evaporation exceeds precipitation are called climates A) humid tropical B) dry C) humid middle-latitude D) polar E) highland Answer: B Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Remembering 22) Köppen believed that the distribution of was an excellent expression of the totality of climate A) solar energy B) sedimentary rocks C) ocean basins D) tsunami E) natural vegetation Answer: E Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Remembering 23) Earth's low-latitude deserts and steppes coincide with the pressure belts A) subtropical high B) equatorial low C) subpolar low D) polar high E) both A and C Answer: A Diff: Topic: 20.4 Dry (B) Climates Bloom's: Remembering Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc 24) The largest area of marine west coast climate is located in A) South America B) Asia C) Europe D) North America E) Australia Answer: C Diff: Topic: 20.5 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Mild Winters (C Climates) Bloom's: Remembering 25) Compared to places at lower elevations, highland climates are usually cooler and A) less changeable B) wetter C) sunny D) dryer E) none of the above Answer: B Diff: Topic: 20.8 Highland Climates Bloom's: Remembering 26) The combustion of has added great quantities of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere A) fossil fuels B) wood C) paper D) oxygen E) none of the above Answer: A Diff: Topic: 20.10 Carbon Dioxide, Trace Gases, and Global Climate Change Bloom's: Remembering 27) Af and Am climates form a discontinuous belt astride the A) Tropic of Capricorn B) equator C) Tropic of Cancer D) Arctic Circle E) Prime Meridian Answer: B Diff: Topic: 20.3 Humid Tropical (A) Climates Bloom's: Remembering Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc 28) The climate is located on the eastern sides of continents, in the 25- to 40-degree latitude range A) dry-summer subtropical B) humid continental C) humid subtropical D) Mediterranean E) marine west coast Answer: C Diff: Topic: 20.5 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Mild Winters (C Climates) Bloom's: Remembering 29) The magnitude of a temperature increase due to greenhouse warming will probably be smallest in the A) polar regions B) lower middle-latitudes C) higher middle-latitudes D) subtropics E) tropics Answer: E Diff: Topic: 20.13 Some Possible Consequences of Global Warming Bloom's: Remembering Word Analysis Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases Choose the option which does not fit the pattern 30) lithosphere atmosphere Answer: lithosphere Diff: Topic: 20.1 The Climate System Bloom's: Analyzing 31) desert steppe Answer: subarctic Diff: Topic: 20.4 Dry (B) Climates Bloom's: Analyzing hydrosphere subarctic biosphere rain shadow 32) carbon dioxide ozone nitrous oxide methane Answer: ozone Diff: Topic: 20.10 Carbon Dioxide, Trace Gases, and Global Climate Change Bloom's: Analyzing Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc 33) The windward sides of mountains are often wet Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.4 Dry (B) Climates Bloom's: Analyzing 34) The dry-summer subtropical climate is the only humid climate that has a strong winter rainfall maximum Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.5 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Mild Winters (C Climates) Bloom's: Analyzing 35) The two main types of A climates are wet tropical climates and tropical wet and dry climates Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.3 Humid Tropical (A) Climates Bloom's: Analyzing 36) The terms variety and changeability best describe mountain climates Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.8 Highland Climates Bloom's: Analyzing 37) Earth's middle-latitude deserts exist principally because of their positions in the deep interiors of large landmasses, far removed from the oceans Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.4 Dry (B) Climates Bloom's: Analyzing 38) The largest stretch of continuous forests on Earth coincides with a subarctic climate Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.6 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Severe Winters (D Climates) Bloom's: Analyzing 39) The climate system involves only Earth's atmosphere and solid surface Answer: FALSE Diff: Topic: 20.1 The Climate System Bloom's: Analyzing Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc 40) The southeastern United States is a good example of a humid subtropical climate Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.5 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Mild Winters (C Climates) Bloom's: Analyzing 41) Positive feedback mechanisms produce results that are opposite of the initial change and tend to offset it Answer: FALSE Diff: Topic: 20.11 Climate-Feedback Mechanisms Bloom's: Analyzing 42) Four of the major climate groups are defined on the basis of temperature characteristics Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Analyzing 43) Altitude and precipitation are the two most important elements in a climatic description Answer: FALSE Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Analyzing 44) The tundra climate is a treeless climate found almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere Answer: FALSE Diff: Topic: 20.7 Polar (E) Climates Bloom's: Analyzing 45) The largest area of Cfb climate is located in Europe Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.5 Humid Middle-Latitude Climates with Mild Winters (C Climates) Bloom's: Analyzing 46) Köppen believed that the distribution of solar radiation was an excellent expression of the totality of climate Answer: FALSE Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Analyzing 10 Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc ... Remembering 7) Which one of the following is NOT a component of the climate system? A) biosphere B) solid Earth C) exosphere D) cryosphere E) hydrosphere Answer: C Diff: Topic: 20.1 The Climate System Bloom's:... tsunami E) natural vegetation Answer: E Diff: Topic: 20.2 World Climates Bloom's: Remembering 23) Earth' s low-latitude deserts and steppes coincide with the pressure belts A) subtropical high... describe mountain climates Answer: TRUE Diff: Topic: 20.8 Highland Climates Bloom's: Analyzing 37) Earth' s middle-latitude deserts exist principally because of their positions in the deep interiors