GEOGRAPHY 



Saturday 9-1 1 a. m. 



A teacher's certificate covering the laboratory instruction must be presented at the 

 time of the examination. 



No extra credit will be given for more than the required number of questions. 



GROUP A. THE EARTH AS A GLOBE 

 Answer one question from this group 



1. Illustrating by diagrams, compare a spherical and a flat earth as regards 



the measurement of time and the distribution of temperature; also show 

 what effect the inclination of the earth's axis has upon the length of the 

 day and the change of seasons. 



2. Locate on the earth a person whose observations of the sun at noon on 



December 2ist showed an altitude of 25 degrees, and whose watch, carrying 

 Denver time, showed 10 o'clock A.M. 



GROUP B. THE OCEAN 

 Answer one question from this group 



3. Explain what icebergs are; account for their frequent presence in the neighbor- 



hood of Newfoundland and for the fact that icebergs once observed there, 

 may subsequently be found northeast of the point where they were first 

 seen. 



4. Name five economic products derived from the sea; explain the methods by 



which they are derived; and give the regions from which they are obtained. 



GROUP C. THE ATMOSPHERE 

 Answer two questions from this group 



5. Compare the general weather characteristics of "temperate" and of "torrid" 



zones; also describe and explain the general course of an isotherm in the 

 middle latitudes of the northern hemisphere in January. 



6. Why does the temperature ordinarily fall, why do the winds weaken, and the 



skies clear upon the approach of a high; whereas the opposite of these changes 

 accompanies the approach ola.low? 



*]. Why does the Panama region have a rainy and a dry season ? When should 

 each occur ? Explain the rainy and the dry seasons in California. 



