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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. 21._______________________________
14. The earth sun relationship that occurs on Dec. 21._______________________________
15. The earth sun relationship that occurs March 21._________________________________
16. The earth sun relationship that occurs on June 21._______________________________
17. 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.________________
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?_________________
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?_______________________________________
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._________________________
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?___________________________________
World Geography 3200/3202
1. Saturn rotates on its axis
while moons revolve around it.
2. YES
3. 24 hours
4. 365 Days
5.EVENING
6.. MORNING
7. DECREASE
8. 1. 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
17. 23.5 N
18. 23.5 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
Unit 2 review Answers
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
81. -4ºC
82. 18
83. TEMPERATURE LINE
84. TROPIC OF CANCER &
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
85. PRECIPITATION
86. TEMPERATURE
87. ºC
88. LOW PRECIPITATION
BARS
89. 30ºN & 30ºS or more
specifically 10-30ºN and
10-30ºS.
90. SEMI-ARID
91. TROPICAL WET & DRY
92. TROPICAL WET & DRY
93. 10-250mm
94. 250-500mm
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