EXAM 1
GEOG 1060
CLIMATE AND WATERS
COVER SHEET FOR STUDENT PICK UP
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NAME:________________________________________ DATE __________________________
EXAM 1
GEOG 1060
CLIMATE AND WATERS
THIS EXAM COVERS
(CHAPTERS 1,2,3,4,5)
(PLEASE PRINT YOUR NAME BELOW)
NAME:________________________________________ DATE __________________________
INSTRUCTIONS: CIRCLE YOUR ANSWER OR FILL IN THE BLANK. You can use a calculator.
40 QUESTIONS 20 POINTS, 1/2 POINT EACH, DRAWING PROBLEMS 20 POINTS, 60 POINTS ESSAY, TOTAL 100 POINTS
1. What process takes place in the core of the Sun
A. Fission
B. Fusion
C. Internal Combustion
D. Oh help me I don’t know ( Electro Arc ? )
2. Earth to Sun average about 93,000,000 mi.
TRUE or FALSE
3. The sun is a main sequence star and has been around for _______ billion years. Current calculations
figure that the sun has another 6 billion years to go before it burns out.
A. 10 – 15
B. 6 – 10
C. 4.5 – 5
D. billions and billions of
4. The Sun is inclined 7 degree’s from the orbital plane of the Earth.
TRUE or FALSE
5. The Sun rotates on its axis every 55 days at the equator, the period of the sunspot cycle is 22 years.
TRUE or FALSE
6. The Suns core is 15,000,000 K
TRUE or FALSE
7. It Takes 170,000 years for radiative energy from the Suns core to pass through the convective zone
to eventually emit sunlight and be transported to Earth in about 8 ½ minutes.
TRUE or FALSE
8. _____________________: Surface to 10 miles or 16 km. ( top of Trop -45 to – 50 C or –50 to –60 F)
(Troposphere, Ozone, Stratosphere, Mesosphere)
9. Stratosphere: This region is from 16 to 50 km ( 10 to 30 mi) temp at top...