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Question 13
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Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
When does most of the precipitation fall in the Subarctic climates?
summer
winter
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Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
What is responsible for the winter precipitation in Sacramento, California and Montgomery, Alabama?
Polar Front
Subtropical High
ITCZ
warm, moist air from the oceans
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Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
What is responsible for the summer precipitation in Montgomery, Alabama?
warm, moist air from oceans
Polar Front
Subtropical High
ITCZ
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Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
Why does Sacramento experience a dry summer?
Subtropical High
Polar Front
ITCZ
warm, moist air from oceans
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Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions. Your answer should be about 4-5 sentences.
Sacramento, California, and Montgomery, Alabama, are located at about the same latitude and have similar average annual temperatures. Why do they have such different precipitation regimes in summer?
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Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
Which climate station has the largest annual temperature range?
What is responsible for its large annual temperature range (one word)?
Which climate station has the largest daily temperature range?
What is responsible for its large daily temperature range?
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The five predominant subtropical high pressure cells are shown in Figure 8.7
. Download it, draw in the features as described, scan it as a PDF and upload it.
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|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
What kind of ocean current (warm/cold) flows along the coast of California near San Diego?
cold
warm
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|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
What effect does the ocean current have on air temperature and stability at San Diego?
cool, stable
cool, unstable
warm, stable
warm, unstable
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|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following question.
What kind of ocean current (warm/cold) is found off the coast of Florida near Jacksonville?
warm
cold
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|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following question.
What effect does the ocean current have on the temperature and stability of air at Jacksonville?
warm, unstable
warm, stable
cool, unstable
cool, stable
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|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following question. Your answer should be about 4-5 sentences.
How does the stability of the air help to explain the dry conditions at San Diego and precipitation at Jacksonville? Use the information from the previous four questions (everything on San Diego and Jacksonville) to create an answer.
Your Answer:
Question 13
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Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
When does most of the precipitation fall in the Subarctic climates?
summer
winter
0 / 0.25 pts
Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
What is responsible for the winter precipitation in Sacramento, California and Montgomery, Alabama?
Polar Front
Subtropical High
ITCZ
warm, moist air from the oceans
0.25 / 0.25 pts
Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
What is responsible for the summer precipitation in Montgomery, Alabama?
warm, moist air from oceans
Polar Front
Subtropical High
ITCZ
0 / 0.25 pts
Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
Why does Sacramento experience a dry summer?
Subtropical High
Polar Front
ITCZ
warm, moist air from oceans
0 / 0.5 pts
Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions. Your answer should be about 4-5 sentences.
Sacramento, California, and Montgomery, Alabama, are located at about the same latitude and have similar average annual temperatures. Why do they have such different precipitation regimes in summer?
Your Answer:
It is because California is surrounded by the oceans.
0 / 1 pts
Use the data in Tables 8.3, the summary data associated with each of the climographs in Figures 8.6, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
Which climate station has the largest annual temperature range?
What is responsible for its large annual temperature range (one word)?
Which climate station has the largest daily temperature range?
What is responsible for its large daily temperature range?
Answer 1:
24.7
Answer 2:
Conviction
Answer 3:
8.6i
Answer 4:
Precipitation
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The five predominant subtropical high pressure cells are shown in Figure 8.7 . Download it, draw in the features as described, scan it as a PDF and upload it.
| Gulf Stream Current (warm) | Canary Current (cold) |
| North Atlantic Current (warm) | Benguela Current (cold) |
| California Current (cold) | Kuroshio Current (warm) |
| Brazil Current (warm) | North Equatorial Current (warm) |
| Peru Current (cold) | South Equatorial Current (warm) |
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|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
What kind of ocean current (warm/cold) flows along the coast of California near San Diego?
cold
warm
0.25 / 0.25 pts
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following questions.
What effect does the ocean current have on air temperature and stability at San Diego?
cool, stable
cool, unstable
warm, stable
warm, unstable
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|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following question.
What kind of ocean current (warm/cold) is found off the coast of Florida near Jacksonville?
warm
cold
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|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following question.
What effect does the ocean current have on the temperature and stability of air at Jacksonville?
warm, unstable
warm, stable
cool, unstable
cool, stable
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|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.7 |
13.3 |
14.2 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.4 |
20.4 |
21.2 |
20.3 |
18.2 |
15.6 |
16.7 |
|
precip (mm) |
47.2 |
47.5 |
39.9 |
18.3 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.4 |
10.7 |
25.5 |
46.7 |
|
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
temp (ºC) |
12.9 |
14 |
17 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
26.6 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
21.4 |
16.8 |
13.4 |
|
precip (mm) |
72.4 |
81.4 |
86 |
70.3 |
96.3 |
145.7 |
168.2 |
168.1 |
182.9 |
110.4 |
50 |
69.9 |
|
|
San Diego |
Jacksonville |
|
Mean annual temperature |
16.9 ºC |
20.6 ºC |
|
Annual temperature range |
8.5 ºC |
14.8 ºC |
|
Total annual precipitation |
250.4 mm |
1301.6 mm |
Use the data in the tables above, Figure 8.7, and your knowledge of climates to answer the following question. Your answer should be about 4-5 sentences.
How does the stability of the air help to explain the dry conditions at San Diego and precipitation at Jacksonville? Use the information from the previous four questions (everything on San Diego and Jacksonville) to create an answer.
Your Answer:
It is because cold current flows along the coast of California near san Diego l. The air temperature is cold and it is stable. Current in Florida is not as different from san Diego it is cold and the wind temperature is cold and it is unstable.
