Khalil Jennette

David LoBue
APS 101-700
Jul. 18, 2021

HW 9 Ch 16

1) Determine which statements refer to weather and which refer to climate. (Note: One
statement includes aspects of both weather and climate.)
a. The baseball game was rained out today.
--> weather
b. January is Omaha’s coldest month.
--> climate
c. North Africa is a desert.
--> climate
d. The high this afternoon was 25°C.
--> weather
e. Last evening a tornado ripped through central Oklahoma.
--> weather
f. I am moving to southern Arizona because it is warm and sunny.
--> climate
g. Thursday’s low of -20°C is the coldest temperature ever recorded for that city.
--> weather & climate
h. It is partly cloudy.
--> weather

3) Refer to the graph in Figure 16.3 to answer the following questions about temperature in New
York City:
a. What is the approximate average daily high temperature in January? In July?
The average daily high temperature in January is 3°C. In July, it’s 29°C.
b. Approximately what are the highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded?
42°C is the highest temperature. -19°C is the lowest.

4) Which of the three mechanisms of heat transfer is clearly illustrated in each of the following
situations?
a. Driving a car with the seat heater turned on
--> Conduction
b. Sitting in an outdoor hot tub
--> Convection
c. Lying inside a tanning bed
--> Radiation
d. Driving a car with the air conditioning turned on
--> Convection
8) On which summer day would you expect the greatest temperature range? Which would have
the smallest range in temperature? Explain your choices.
(C) Clear skies during the day and clear skies during the night would have the
greatest temperature range, because a sunny, cloudless day recieves sunlight and the
temperature gradually rises. At night, the heat leaves and goes off into space and the
temperature cools down.

(D) Cloudy skies during the day and cloudy skies during the night would have the
smallest temperature range because clouds block and reflect incoming sunlight, as well as
blocking any heat from escaping the atmosphere.

11) The Sun shines continually at the North Pole for 6 months, from the spring equinox until the
fall equinox, yet temperatures never get very warm. Explain why this is the case.
The reason why the temperature doesn’t get warm is because the “midnight sun” is never
at an angle where solar radiation can properly reach the Earth’s surface. The sun is
hanging too low on the horizon all day, so solar energy would need to pass through
more atmosphere to get to the ground, which it can’t.