Question 1. What two locations are in close proximity in terms of their latitudes?
A. Chico and Indianapolis
B. San Francisco and Indianapolis
C. Chico and San Francisco
Question 2. Among the locations, what city is located farthest south?
A. San Francisco, CA
B. Chico, CA
C. Indianapolis, IN
Question 3. What two locations are receiving almost the same amount of insolation if we disregard cloud-cover/fog/pollution conditions?
A. San Francisco and Indianapolis
B. Chico and Indianapolis
C. Chico and San Francisco
Question 4. Based on latitude information only, which city would receive more insolation (if we disregard cloud-cover/fog/pollution conditions) on the December solstice?
A. San Francisco, CA
B. Indianapolis, IN
C. Chico, CA
Question 5. What is the annual average temperature value for location 3?
Question 6. What is the total precipitation amount for location 1? (Enter a value with one decimal place.)
Question 7. What is the range of temperature values for location 3? (Enter a value with one decimal place.)
Question 8. What is the range of precipitation amounts for location 1? (Enter a value with one decimal place.)
Question 9. Which location has the warmest summer (average of June-July-August temperature values)?
A. Location 3
B. Location 2
C. Location 1
Question 10. Based on the distribution of the annual temperature and precipitation values, Location 1 is _____.
A. Indianapolis, IN
B. Chico, CA
C. San Francisco, CA
Question 11. Based on the distribution of the annual temperature and precipitation values, Location 2 is _____.
A. Indianapolis, IN
B. Chico, CA
C. San Francisco, CA
Question 12. Out of the 12 locations listed in the table in Section 4 of the lab document, which two locations are nearest to each other in terms of latitude?
A. Bakersfield and Needles
B. None of the above
C. Stockton and Bishop
D. San Francisco and Yosemite National Park
E. Eureka and Redding
Question 13. Compare the mean winter temperatures (January) for the two locations you just identified in the previous question. What factor contributes most to the differences in January temperature values between these two locations?
A. Latitude
B. Land-water relationships
C. Solar constant
D. Elevation
Question 14. Out of the 12 locations listed in the table in Section 4 of the lab document, which two coastal locations have the lowest and highest (respectively) mean winter temperature values?
A. Eureka and Los Angeles
B. San Francisco and San Diego
C. San Diego and Los Angeles
D. None of the above
E. Eureka and San Franscisco
Question 15. Compare the mean winter temperatures (January) for the two locations you identified in the previous question. What factor contributes most to the differences in January temperature values between these two locations?
A. Elevation
B. Latitude
C. Solar constant
D. Land-water relationships
Question 16. Out of the location pairs listed below, which two locations have the largest difference in mean temperature values in summer (July)?
A. San Diego and San Francisco
B. Bakersfield and Needles
C. Eureka and Redding
D. Los Angeles and Redding
Question 17. What factor contributes most to the differences in Julytemperature values between the two locations you identified in the previous question?
A. Latitude
B. Elevation
C. Land-water relationships
D. Solar constant