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Select the correct response to each of the following true/false questions.


1 .       Typically, nighttime air temperatures on a cloudy night are lower than they would be on a clear night. 

 
 


2 .       The number of degrees separating the ice point and the steam point is identical for both the Celsius and Kelvin scales. 

 
 


3 .       Temperatures within cities are generally higher than surrounding rural areas. 

 
 


4 .       The annual temperature range is the difference between the warmest and coldest monthly mean temperatures. 

 
 


5 .       A Celsius degree is larger than a Fahrenheit degree. 

 
 


6 .       A place located along a windward coast will probably experience warmer summer temperatures than an inland place at the same latitude. 

 
 


7 .       The transfer of heat by winds and ocean currents equalizes the latitudinal energy imbalance on Earth. 

 
 


8 .       A unitherm is a line that connects points on a map that have the same temperature. 

 
 


9 .       The times when Earth experiences its annual maximum and minimum radiation coincide with the times of maximum and minimum temperatures. 

 
 


10 .       The seasonal north-south migration of isotherms is greater over the oceans than over the continents. 

 
 


11 .       Isotherms are more regularly spaced in the Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere. 

 
 






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