Review Session

Question 1

perihelion

Answer 1

closest to the sun

Question 2

aphelion

Answer 2

farthest from the sun

Question 3

obliquity

Answer 3

earth’s tilt, causes seasons

Question 4

eccentricity

Answer 4

shapes of earth’s orbit

Question 5

precession of equinoxes

Answer 5

earth’s wobble

Question 6

most abundant gas

Answer 6

nitrogen

Question 7

ozone

Answer 7

filters UV/short wave radiation

Question 8

montreal protocol

Answer 8

eliminate production of CFC aerosols

Question 9

short wave radiation

Answer 9

UV, xrays, gamma rays

Question 10

long wave

Answer 10

microwave, radio wave

Question 11

albedo

Answer 11

reflectivity

Question 12

pressure gradient force/ pgf

Answer 12

air moving from high pressure to low pressure, creates wind

Question 13

hadley cell

Answer 13

warm air from tropics pushed up, 30 degrees north/south latitude

Question 14

sub-tropical highs are associated with

Answer 14

horse latitudes

Question 15

gyres

Answer 15

oceanic circulation patterns

Question 16

El Nino Southern Oscillation

Answer 16

weakening of trade winds, reversal of walker cell, drought in the pacific NW, peru current

Question 17

La Nina

Answer 17

intensifying trade winds

Question 18

latent heat exchange

Answer 18

energy needed to change states

Question 19

water to ice heat exchange

Answer 19

80 calories/grams added

Question 20

relative humidity

Answer 20

out of 100 units of water vapor possible, 25 units = 25%

Question 21

vapor pressure

Answer 21

portion of air pressure composed of water molecules

Question 22

dew point temperature

Answer 22

temp when relative humidity is 100%

Question 23

radiation fog

Answer 23

environment w clear skies and a calm night

Question 24

advection fog

Answer 24

san francisco

Question 25

orographic fog/ orographic lift

Answer 25

air forced to rise over mountain

Question 26

nimbo

Answer 26

associated with precipitation

Question 27

cumulo

Answer 27

vertically developed

Question 28

cT

Answer 28

required to promote dryline

Question 29

cAA

Answer 29

coldest and dryest

Question 30

mE

Answer 30

wettest

Question 31

accluded front

Answer 31

cold front overtaking warm front

Question 32

fujita scale

Answer 32

measure tornados, 0-5

Question 33

saffir simpson

Answer 33

hurricane scale

Question 34

oklahoma

Answer 34

bullseye of tornado alley and earthquakes are caused by fracking

Question 35

macro scale

Answer 35

distribution of land and water

Question 36

dendrochronology

Answer 36

proxy data of tree rings

Question 37

palynology

Answer 37

study of pollen

Question 38

ice cores

Answer 38

all of the above 😳

Question 39

latest cO2 readings

Answer 39

around 420

Question 40

equatorial zone

Answer 40

least seasonality

Question 41

white horse, yukon

Answer 41

northern hemi, continental bc of wide range of temps, Dfc

Question 42

Aelutian low

Answer 42

accounts for precipitation low

Question 43

hawaiian islands

Answer 43

hot spots

Question 44

oceanic crust is denser than continental

Answer 44

subducts bc its heavier, SiMa denser than siAl

Question 45

caldera

Answer 45

yellowstone's formation similar to Long Valley, CA

Question 46

syncline

Answer 46

:)

Question 47

anticline

Answer 47

:( or A shape

Question 48

epicenter

Answer 48

point of surface directly above an earthquake's focus

Question 49

tsunamis are caused by

Answer 49

undersea earthquakes

Question 50

pahoehoe

Answer 50

flows quicky and is the most liquidy

Question 51

intrusive rocks have

Answer 51

large crystals/phenocrysts

Question 52

hjulstrom curve

Answer 52

clay is never deposited, takes a lot of velocity to erode

Question 53

effluent streams

Answer 53

humid, gain water from the ground

Question 54

influent streams

Answer 54

arid, loose water to ground, Pheonix, AZ

Question 55

Thalweg

Answer 55

deepest point in a stream channel

Question 56

inner part of stream/point bar

Answer 56

decrease in velocity and the most deposition

Question 57

alluvial fans

Answer 57

bajada

Question 58

2 types of glacial erosion

Answer 58

abrasion and plucking

Question 59

roche moutonee

Answer 59

plucking on the lee/ down ice side

Question 60

long shore current

Answer 60

waves approaching coast at an angle

Question 61

groin

Answer 61

used to increase sand deposition and enlarge beaches

Question 62

emergent coast

Answer 62

caused by tectonic uplift or a sea level drop

Question 63

john muir

Answer 63

opposed the hetch hetchy reservoir

Question 64

continentality

Answer 64

extreme weather temperature changes occur in interior continents

Question 65

oceans are the greatest...

Answer 65

energy transfer method on the planet

Question 66

earth has a tilt of

Answer 66

23.5 degrees

Question 67

squall line

Answer 67

line of thunderstorms that develop along cold front

Question 68

storm surge

Answer 68

winds blowing water on shore, causes most damage during hurricanes

Question 69

hurricane

Answer 69

74 mph winds

Question 70

greenhouse gasses absorb

Answer 70

long wave radiation, then re-radiate, not bounce

Question 71

La Nina's effects of North America

Answer 71

drought in the South, wet conditions in pacific NW

Question 72

inversion

Answer 72

warm air sits on cool air near ground, trapping pollutants, creating stable conditions and fog/poor quality air

Question 73

what kind of mechanism lifts, cools, and condenses air into clouds

Answer 73

convection, frontal wedging, and orographic lifting

Question 74

air masses that affect the front range and denver

Answer 74

cP, cT, mT, mP