Semester 2 Final Review

Which of the following is the formula for discharge?

• discharge = width X depth X velocity
• discharge = stream load X depth X velocity
• discharge = stream load X friction X velocity
• discharge = width X depth X velocity X friction

The process by which precipitation that has fallen on land trickles into the ground and becomes groundwater is known as what? 

• porosity
• saturation 
• aeration
• infiltration

Much of the water that falls on the ground as precipitation ____. 

• forms small pools
• becomes runoff and finds its way back to the ocean
• evaporates back into the atmosphere
• enters the ground through the process of infiltration

Where would you expect to find the strongest wind? 

• mountains
• desert
• city
• forest

Frigid air that travels southward from Canada would be what type of air mass? 

• Arctic
• Continental tropical
• Maritime polar
• Continental polar

The Coriolis effect is due to the ____ of Earth. 

• density
• rotation
• shape
• revolution

When a siren’s pitch changes gets louder as it gets closer and quieter as soon as it passes by you is what type of effect?

• radar effect
• Doppler effect
•  convergence effect
• Coriolis effect

A(n) ____ thunderstorm forms because of unequal heating of Earth’s surface within one air mass. 

• air pressure
• cold front
• air mass
• frontal mass

A mound of water driven toward coastal areas by hurricane winds is called a ____. 

• cold front
• supercell
• storm surge
• cyclone

As the Earth revolves and the North Pole tilts towards the Sun, what season would the southern hemisphere experience?

• fall
• spring
• summer
• winter