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Sample Test #1 Questions Geography
1 Instructor – Matt Ebiner
Answers are at the bottom of this page, but try to do these questions without looking at your notes or at the answers.
1.
Which of the following latitudes refers to the Arctic Circle?
a) 23
½ N
b) 66
½ N
c) 80N d)
90N e)
none of the above 2.
Imagine you start a journey from the Equator at 15W.
If you go northward 45 degrees and
30 degrees in an eastward direction, what would be your new position?
a) 45N,
15E
b) 45N,
45W
c) 30N,
30E d)
30N, 45E 3.
If it was 6 pm at the starting location of question #2 (equator, 15W)
what time would it be at the other location?
a) 3
pm
b) 4
pm
c) 5
pm
d) 7
pm
e) 8
pm 4.
On what day does the Equator have the sun shining from directly overhead?
a) Winter
Solstice
b) Vernal
Equinox
c) Summer
Solstice
d) Everyday 5.
Which of the following statements are true for October 20? (select two
answers)
a) The
Equator has 12 hours of daylight
b) The
Southern Hemisphere is in its Spring season
c) Southern
California has more than 12 hours of daylight
d) The
North Pole is receiving more sunlight than the South Pole 6.
If the temperature is 63F at 6000’ elevation, what would the
temperature be at 10,000’?
Use the environmental
lapse rate to determine your answer.
a) 28F
b) 41F
c) 49F
d) 77F 7.
Three and a half miles above the earth (18,000’ high):
a) Air
pressure is half that of sea level
b) Is
the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere
c) 97%
of the atmosphere’s air molecules are below that point
d) Is
the midpoint between the earth and the outer edge of
the atmosphere 8.
Which of the following would have the highest albedo?
a) forest
in summer
b) A
snow-covered field in winter
c) The
ocean at 12 noon
d) A
dark-colored surface 9.
Which of the following does NOT absorb much infrared energy from the
earth?
a) Oxygen
b) Carbon
Dioxide
c) Water
Vapor
d) Clouds
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