Concept 5 Quiz

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Discuss the controls on temperature that contribute to temperature variation locally and globally.

This activity contains 10 questions.

The annual temperature range will be greatest for a place located

near the coastat a polein the interior of a continenton the equatorat high altitude

	Land heats more rapidly than water.
	Land heats more rapidly than water.
	True False

	Compared to the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere has a greater annual temperature variation.

	True False

The heating of the atmosphere is explained by the process called the

albedothermistorgreenhouse effectisothermnone of the above

	Clouds reflect more solar radiation back to space than most land surfaces.

	True False

The _______ can be calculated by adding the maximum and minimum temperatures and dividing by two.

daily maximum temperatureannual mean temperaturedaily mean temperaturedaily range temperaturenone of the above

The greater annual range of temperature for Spokane, Washington, compared to Seattle a couple hundred miles east is best explained by

precipitationlatitudegeographic positioncloud coverall of the above

Ocean water warms more slowly, stores greater quantities of heat, and cools more slowly than many other substances because

of evaporationsolar radiation penetrates the surface of the oceanof the high specific heat of waterthe ocean is a large circulating volume of waterall of the above

	The city of Quito, Ecuador, is colder than the city Guayaquil, Ecuador, because of the difference in altitude.

	True False

A factor that causes temperature to vary from place to place and from time to time is called a/an

temperature controlthermistorisothermglobal warmingnone of the above

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Concept 5 Quiz

The annual temperature range will be greatest for a place located

Land heats more rapidly than water.

Compared to the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere has a greater annual temperature variation.

The heating of the atmosphere is explained by the process called the

Clouds reflect more solar radiation back to space than most land surfaces.

The _______ can be calculated by adding the maximum and minimum temperatures and dividing by two.

The greater annual range of temperature for Spokane, Washington, compared to Seattle a couple hundred miles east is best explained by

Ocean water warms more slowly, stores greater quantities of heat, and cools more slowly than many other substances because

The city of Quito, Ecuador, is colder than the city Guayaquil, Ecuador, because of the difference in altitude.

A factor that causes temperature to vary from place to place and from time to time is called a/an