chapter 7 review

Getting Prepared:

Chapter 7 Test

To Prepare for the Chapter 7 Test Do the Following:

• Click on the picture to the right and complete the following task:

1. Visualizing Oceanography

• The more familiar you are with these items the better you will do on your test.

• Also, study your notes you took in class.

With respect to incoming solar radiation, radiation emitted back into the atmosphere has:

The Answer Is:

• a longer wavelength.

The percentage of solar radiation absorbed by the Earth's oceans and land masses is about:

The Answer Is:

• 50%

With respect to the amount of energy absorbed by the atmosphere, the amount of energy radiated back into

space between 35oN and 40oS latitude is:

The Answer Is:

• greater than the amount of energy absorbed by the atmosphere.

The percentage of solar radiation directed to Earth absorbed by the clouds and the atmosphere is about:

The Answer Is:

• 25%

The Tropic of Capricorn is located at:

The Answer Is:

• 23.5oS latitude.

As a result of the Coriolis effect in the northern hemisphere, winds are deflected:

The Answer Is:

• to the right of the original direction.

The deflection of air masses to the right or left (depending on latitude) as they move from one

latitude to another is called the:

The Answer is:

• Coriolis effect.

A maritime tropical air mass is likely to be:

The Answer is:

• wet and warm.

A cold air mass moving into an area occupied by relatively warm air is called a(n):

The Answer is:

• cold front.

Air always moves away from ____ and toward _____.

The Answer is:

• high pressure; low pressure

Idealized pressure belts and wind systems are significantly modified by Earth's tilted axis of rotation

and:

The Answer is:

• variations in the Coriolis effect.

Winds blowing from the north in the southern hemisphere will appear to:

The Answer is:

• be deflected toward the east.

The wind belt between the equator and 30o N latitude is called:

The Answer is:

• northeast trade winds.

The wind belts between 30o and 60o latitude are the:

The Answer is:

• westerlies.

The doldrums refer to the same region as the:

The Answer is:

• intertropical convergence zone.

The temperate regions are characterized by:

The Answer is:

• westerly winds.

The strongest winds on Earth are the:

The Answer is:

• trade winds.

Low pressure systems in the northern hemisphere rotate:

The Answer is:

• counterclockwise.

The strength of a hurricane is ranked from 1 to 5 on the:

The Answer is:

• Saffir-Simpson Scale.

Hurricanes are an efficient way to:

The Answer is:

• redistribute heat from one area to another.

Colder air moving over significantly warmer ocean surface water may produce:

The Answer is:

• sea smoke.

The most probable sequence of ice formation from early to late is:

The Answer is:

• pancake ice, ice floe, pack ice

When ice forms from seawater, the remaining seawater will have a:

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• higher salinity.

An ice floe is:

The Answer is:

• a slab of ice formed by coalescing pancake ice.

Which form of sea ice never totally disappears?

The Answer is:

• Polar Ice

The ocean zone where sound can travel extremely long distances is called the:

The Answer is:

• SOFAR channel.

Worldwide, the SOFAR channel is located at an approximate ocean depth of:

The Answer is:

• 1000 meters.

The atmospheric component that contributes to the majority of greenhouse warming on Earth is:

The Answer is:

• water vapor.

What are some consequences of global warming?

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• droughts in prime agricultural areas, increasing hurricane frequency, melting of glacial ice, and sea level rise

An agreement amongst 60 nations to voluntarily limit greenhouse gas emissions is called the:

The Answer is:

• Kyoto Protocol.