In a tropical wet-and-dry climate, the dry season occurs with the ____.
A) high sun period (summer)
B) low sun period (winter)
C) close proximity of the ITCZ
D) subtropical lows
Question 2Exhaled breath from your mouth in cold weather produces ____ fog.
A) radiation
B) frontal
C) advection
D) evaporation (mixing)
Question 3Savanna grass would most likely be associated with which climate type?
A) tropical rainforest (Af)
B) tropical monsoon (Am)
C) semi-arid (BS)
D) tropical wet-and-dry (Aw)
Question 4A good example of ____ fog is observed along the Pacific Coast during summer, when warm, moist air from the ocean is carried over colder coastal waters.
A) radiation
B) high
C) advection
D) evaporation
Question 5The climate classification for a region where copious rain falls throughout much of the year, except for a short one or two month dry period, would probably be ____.
A) tropical wet (Af)
B) moist subtropical (Cs)
C) tropical monsoon (Am)
D) humid continental (Dfa)
Question 6On a cold, winter morning, the most likely place for radiation fog to form is ____.
A) at the top of a hill or mountain
B) in a valley
C) along the side of a hill
D) over a body of water
Question 7According to Kppen, the climate of a city situated high in the mountains of the middle latitudes would be classified as ____.
A) tundra
B) subpolar
C) alpine
D) highland
Question 8Radiation fog forms when ____.
A) air pressure at the ground drops suddenly
B) air next to the ground is cooled
C) water vapor is added to air next to the ground
D) there is a increase in condensation nuclei in air at the ground