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Physical Geography Quiz Chapters 5-8

Completion
Complete each statement.

Chapter 5: Humidity, Condensation, and Precipitation
 

 1. 

      Water can dissolve so many substances that it has been called the ________________.
 

 

 2. 

      ________________ is a measure of the weight of water vapor (grams) in a particular volume of air (cubic meter).
 

 

 3. 



      ________________ are minute particles in the atmosphere that provide a surface upon which condensation can take place.
 

 

 4. 

      ________________ stratus clouds are considered middle-level clouds.
 

 

 5. 

      Chapter 8: Microthermal, Polar, and Highland Climate Regions; Climate Change

      The ___________________ is the coniferous forest that covers much of the subarctic climate of Russia.
 

 

Essay

Chapter 6: Air Masses and Weather Systems
 

 6. 

Tropical cyclones are known by different names in different parts of the world. Give a few examples of these names and where they would apply.
 

 7. 

      Chapter 7 Climate Classification: Tropical, Arid, and Mesothermal Climate Regions

How can you tell the difference between a tropical monsoon and a tropical rainforest by looking at climographs of tropical locations?
 



 
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