[NOTE!!! - these will NOT be the exact same questions that you will receive. These are EXAMPLES ONLY from prior exams; I never reuse exact questions.
[Treat each question as if it is fill-in-the-blank first; then leftclick the blank(s) to view the multiple choice list of answer options.]
1. An increase in the amount of [ ? ] in the atmosphere could block so much insolation that there theoretically could be a reduction of average temperatures at the Earth's surface.
2. The ground surface in [ ? ] regions usually receives more annual sunlight than elsewhere.
3. [ ? ] [see map] most probably has the HIGHEST annual range of temperature.
4. A [ ? ] probably has occurred if early afternoon warming is unusually high.
5. Rapid temperature changes and large annual ranges of temperature are most likely to occur at [ ? ] locations?
6. The zonal belt typically having the lowest average pressure, and the most non-frontal thunderstorms, and the greatest troposphere thickness, is [ ? ].
7. If the ITC somehow [this is a hypothetical scenario only] positioned itself over Tennessee every January, but shifted south over Central America every July, [ ? ] would be the very wet month in Louisiana.
8. Between the polar high zone and the subpolar jet stream (roughly between 50�N and 80�N of latitude), the compass direction of the prevailing wind is [ ? ].
9. At Point [ ? ] [see map], the compass direction of the afternoon sea breeze is southwesterly.
10. Ocean currents are one of three ways that the Earth redistributes excess heat from the [ ? ] toward the [ ? ].
11. Water vapor goes into the atmosphere by the process of [ ? ], transferring much heat energy from one place to another by the process of [ ? ].
12. [ ? ] air becomes saturated at [ ? ], so further ascent will cause [ ? ], but do not necessarily result in precipitation.
13. Condensation begins after the [ ? ] and dew point temperature equal 10�C.
14. The [ ? ] air mass probably overlies a sunny town having a dry temperature 38�C and a dew point 5�C.
15. Finding a fossil cactus in Alaska would suggest a [ ? ] K�ppen climate existed there during the past.
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