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You work for a large, multinational corporation that has offices in Kampala, Uganda (0o N, 32o E) and McMurdo Station, Antarctica (77o S, 166o E).  As part of your job, you have to travel between the two locations throughout the year.  Describe how the amount of daylight you encounter at the two locations will change throughout the year?

Which of the two maps pictured above is a representation of a SMALL SCALE map?

A _________ cloud is most likely to produce precipitation.

On February 15, the subsolar point is hitting __________ and on February 20 it will move closer to the _______.

When an air mass descends on the leeward side of a mountain, it will  _______.

If you were creating a map that you were planning on projecting onto a screen (therefore enlarging the area of the map), which type of scale should you use?

Based upon what is visible on the window in the image above, what phase change has occurred?

You work for a large, multinational corporation that has offices in Manaus, Brazil (3o S, 60o W) and Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (78o N, 15o E).  As part of your job, you have to travel between the two locations throughout the year.  Describe how the amount of daylight you encounter at the two locations will change throughout the year?

On December 21, the sun never sets at Richard’s location. Based on this, it can be concluded that Richard lives ________.

Identify the letter located at the highest latitude location on the map.