A) forests
B) asphalt
C) dry, light sandy soils
D) fresh snow
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A) the air is thicker than normal at their location and it therefore traps more heat energy-making the climate much warmer than would be expected based on its location.
B) La Paz is located fairly close to the equator.
C) daylength does not vary much at La Paz and this provides relatively uniform temperatures throughout the year.
D) of all of the above.
E) B and C only
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A) Vostok, Antarctica in July.
B) Verkhoyansk, Siberia, Soviet Union in January.
C) at the North Pole in July.
D) at a South Pole scientific base in December.
E) was recorded at
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A) shine light on photovoltaic cells.
B) generate steam.
C) shine light on passive solar collectors.
D) None of the above-mirrors are not used to harness solar energy.
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A) Water can hold more heat energy than a comparable volume of rock.
B) The temperature of water will rise faster than that of land when exposed to the same amount of insolation.
C) Land surfaces have a higher specific heat than water surfaces.
D) Land and water have very similar specific heat values.
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A) North America.
B) Asia.
C) Africa.
D) Mexico.
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A) geography.
B) meteorology.
C) micrometeorology.
D) microclimatology.
E) astronomy.
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A) warm the planet.
B) cool the planet.
C) have no effect on the planet's temperature because insolation is constant.
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A) central Nevada
B) north central Asia
C) a tropical island
D) 200 kilometers inland from the Gulf of Mexico
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A) Death Valley, California.
B) Al-Aziziyah, Libya.
C) Elko, Nevada.
D) Alice Springs, central Australia.
E) was recorded at
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A) higher; slowly
B) higher; quickly
C) lower; slowly
D) lower; quickly
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A) Net R is constant throughout the year.
B) There is a surplus of Net R during the summer and a deficit during the winter.
C) There is a deficit of Net R during the summer and a surplus during the winter.
D) The season at which surpluses and deficits occur varies from one year to the next.
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A) Northern Hemisphere temperatures are more strongly dominated by continentality than are Southern Hemisphere temperatures.
B) Southern Hemisphere temperatures are more strongly dominated by continentality than are Northern Hemisphere temperatures.
C) The Northern and Southern hemispheres are dominated equally by maritime influences.
D) The Northern and Southern hemispheres are dominated equally by continentality.
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A) temperature.
B) latent heat.
C) sensible heat.
D) surface motion.
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A) its temperature decreases.
B) its temperature increases.
C) its temperature is unaffected.
D) its temperature may either increase or decrease depending upon the circumstances.
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A) is stored as sensible heat in the evaporated water.
B) is stored as latent heat in the evaporated water.
C) is transferred to the air by advection when the water evaporates.
D) is conducted into the underlying layer of water.
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