GES 110 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers9
What is a great circle route? - ANSWERS -The shortest distance between two points on the
surface of the globe
What is a Peters projection and what is it most useful for? - ANSWERS -It's an equal area map
projection often used to better represent the true size of the Earth's surface
What is a Polar projection and what is it most useful for? - ANSWERS -It's a map projection
that's centered on Earth's North or South Pole
What are the three most important greenhouse gases? - ANSWERS -Water vapor, carbon
dioxide and methane
What are the five properties of all systems? - ANSWERS -Separated by boundary,
inputs/outputs, have storage, internal transformations,linked by flows of energy
What is the Gulf Stream and what temperature water does it move? - ANSWERS -Carries warm
water
Is the earth open or closed to energy for the purposes of physical geography - ANSWERS -OPEN.
The Sun exerts energy on the Earth.
Is the earth open or closed to matter for the purposes of physical geography - ANSWERS -closed
, When viewed from the North Pole, in what direction does the Earth rotate? - ANSWERS -
Counter-clockwise
What are the environmental effects of the Earth's rotation? - ANSWERS -SeasonDay and
nightFluctuating/Difference air temperatureAtmospheric circulationThe Coriolis effectOcean
circulation
When the subsolar point is at 23.5 degrees S, the earth experiences what season? - ANSWERS -
Winter in the northern hemisphere, Summer in the southern (solstice occurring on Dec 21 or
22)
If you take a plane flight from San Francisco, CA to Seoul, South Korea, as you cross the
international dateline the time will: - ANSWERS -Dateline goes up one day because the time
difference between CA and KO is 17 hours plus the flight time.
This figure illustrates the conditions during the - ANSWERS -the cycle of Illumination/ Earths
rotation around the sun.
The earth's axis of rotation is tilted from the plane of the ecliptic by - ANSWERS -23.5º from a
right angle to the plane of the elliptic (or 66.5º).
A map projection that can portray the entire surface of the earth without any distortion is the: -
ANSWERS -globe
Parallels run - ANSWERS -east to west
Meridians run - ANSWERS -north and south
Which map covers a larger area, a large or small-scale map - ANSWERS -A small-scale map
Answers9
What is a great circle route? - ANSWERS -The shortest distance between two points on the
surface of the globe
What is a Peters projection and what is it most useful for? - ANSWERS -It's an equal area map
projection often used to better represent the true size of the Earth's surface
What is a Polar projection and what is it most useful for? - ANSWERS -It's a map projection
that's centered on Earth's North or South Pole
What are the three most important greenhouse gases? - ANSWERS -Water vapor, carbon
dioxide and methane
What are the five properties of all systems? - ANSWERS -Separated by boundary,
inputs/outputs, have storage, internal transformations,linked by flows of energy
What is the Gulf Stream and what temperature water does it move? - ANSWERS -Carries warm
water
Is the earth open or closed to energy for the purposes of physical geography - ANSWERS -OPEN.
The Sun exerts energy on the Earth.
Is the earth open or closed to matter for the purposes of physical geography - ANSWERS -closed
, When viewed from the North Pole, in what direction does the Earth rotate? - ANSWERS -
Counter-clockwise
What are the environmental effects of the Earth's rotation? - ANSWERS -SeasonDay and
nightFluctuating/Difference air temperatureAtmospheric circulationThe Coriolis effectOcean
circulation
When the subsolar point is at 23.5 degrees S, the earth experiences what season? - ANSWERS -
Winter in the northern hemisphere, Summer in the southern (solstice occurring on Dec 21 or
22)
If you take a plane flight from San Francisco, CA to Seoul, South Korea, as you cross the
international dateline the time will: - ANSWERS -Dateline goes up one day because the time
difference between CA and KO is 17 hours plus the flight time.
This figure illustrates the conditions during the - ANSWERS -the cycle of Illumination/ Earths
rotation around the sun.
The earth's axis of rotation is tilted from the plane of the ecliptic by - ANSWERS -23.5º from a
right angle to the plane of the elliptic (or 66.5º).
A map projection that can portray the entire surface of the earth without any distortion is the: -
ANSWERS -globe
Parallels run - ANSWERS -east to west
Meridians run - ANSWERS -north and south
Which map covers a larger area, a large or small-scale map - ANSWERS -A small-scale map
