5 Written Questions

1. a strong seaward current that can build and be strong enough to sweep swimmers off their feet and carry them seaward
2. at any given temperature, the total quantity of water vapor that can by "held" by the air has a definite limit
3. land (forest or desert) or ocean which strongly affect the characteristics of air masses. Air masses move from one region to another following the patterns of barometric pressures.
4. Snowy Forest (Temperate) Climate
5. (ppm) falling rain, snow, sleet or hail; only occurs in appreciable amounts where large masses of air are experiencing a steady drop in temperature below the dew point.

5 Matching Questions

1. Sand Sea
2. Acid fallout
3. Advection fog
4. Humidity
5. Atolls

1. a are more or less circular coral reefs enclosing a lagoon but without any land inside (just lagoon). Most are built on a foundation of volcanic rock- volcanoes rising from ocean floor.
2. b (fields of transverse dunes) which require enormous amounts of sand
3. c in dry weather, sulfates and oxides of nitrogen can fall from the atmosphere and coat soils, plant, etc.
4. d results from the movement of warm moist air over a cold or snow-covered ground surface... as it loses heat to the ground, the air layer undergoes a drop of temperature below the dew point and condensation sets in.
5. e amount of water vapor in the air

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. rainforest climate, despite short, dry seasons; Monsoon style ppt cycle; associated with A and D climates.
   1. M-
   2. Groin
   3. Beach
   4. Delta
2. dry season in winter
   1. A-?
   2. w-
   3. f-
   4. M-
3. center of low atmospheric pressure
   1. Atolls
   2. C- ?
   3. Delta
   4. cyclone
4. barren expanses of silt and clay exposed at low tide but covered at high tide
   1. M-
   2. Mudflat
   3. D- ?
   4. Deflation
5. precipitation generated by the forced ascent of moist air over a mountain barrier
   1. Convectional Precipitation
   2. Precipitation
   3. Orographic Precipitation
   4. Polar Climate-

5 True/False Questions

1. E- ? → frost; assocated with E Climate

   True        False

2. Supercooled → exposed of submarine landforms by a falling sea level or a rising of the crust

   True        False

3. Shoreline → landward of sand beaches, such as Galveston, usually fin a narrow belt of dunes in the form of irregularly shaped hills and depressions; irregularly shaped sand dunes typically found adjacent to beaches on lowlying coasts and bearing a partial cover of plants

   True        False

4. Adiabatic process → change of temperature within a gas because of compression or exmpansion, without gain or loss of heat form the outside. Therefore, expansion always results in cooling and compression results in warming

   True        False

5. Saltation → sediment transport in which particles are moved forward in a series of short leaps or bounces

   True        False