48.
what month is usually the hottest over landmasses in the northern hemisphere?
may
june
july
august
september
47.
what type of temperature inversion occurs when sinking air warms to a temperature higher than the air beneath it?
surface inversion
air drainage inversion
upper-level inversion
45.
the equatorial circumference of earth is about 25,000 miles, so if a certain latitude line in the northern hemisphere has a length of 10,000 miles is it located poleward or equatorward of the 60 degree n. lat. line?
poleward
equatorward
36
winter begins in indiana when the:
subsolar point strikes the equator
perihelion occurs
subsolar point begins to migrate north
subsolar point strikes the tropic of cancer
subsolar point moves into the southern hemisphere
34
which of the following latitudes is nearest the subsolar point when the sun at noon is striking central indiana (39 degrees n. lat.) at an angle of 56 degrees?
17 degrees n. lat.
11 degrees s. lat.
8 degrees s. lat.
5 degrees n. lat.
17 degrees s. lat.
33
what is the approximate "average july temperature" on earth at the point of intersection of the 40 degree s. lat. line and the 140 degree e. long. line (goode's world atlas, p. 32)?
11 degrees c
14 degrees c
17 degrees c
20 degrees c
23 degrees c
28.
what meteorological phenomena is occurring if the temperature of the atmosphere is 25 degrees f at a point 10 feet above the earth's surface and 37 degrees f 1,000 feet above the same surficial point?
the greenhouse effect
a rossby wave
a sun dog
a diurnal albedo
a temperature inversion