Meterology Exam I

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Weather refers to

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The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place

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"Climate" is best described as

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An aggregate of weather conditions, the sum of all statistical information (over a 30 year period) that helps describe a place or region

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Air pressure is one of the most important basic components of weather? True or False?

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True

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The nature of both weather and climate is expressed in terms of the same basic components

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True

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The scientific study of the atmosphere is called

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Meteorology

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Under the average conditions, a one square inch column of air that extended from Earth's surface (sea level) to the top of the atmosphere would weigh how much?

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14.7 pounds

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Radiosondes

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are essential for making accurate weather forecasts

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Is the geosphere one of the Earth's four spheres?

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Yes

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Based on the data for the thirty year span, 1977-2006, which weather event is responsible for the greatest number of storm-related deaths in an average year?

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Floods

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Does the following statement refer to weather or to climate? "Yesterday, a hurricane struck the coast of Texas."

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Weather

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The letters "ppm" stand for

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parts per million

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"Percent" is the same as

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parts per hundred

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Does the following statement refer to weather or to climate? "The low this morning was 76 degrees F."

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Weather

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Does the following statement refer to weather or to climate? "Southwestern Africa is a desert."

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Climate

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Is ozone an aerosol?

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No

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The term "CFC" refers to what type of compounds?

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Those that contain chlorine

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Ozone

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absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun

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The primary cause of the Earth's seasons is

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inclination of Earth's axis of rotation

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Which is one of the most important reasons for the variation in solar energy reaching a particular location on the Earth's surface?

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Seasonal changes in the angle at which the Sun's rays strike the surface of the Earth

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Does "water vapor" have an important role in atmospheric processes?

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Yes

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The seasonal variation in the angle of the Sun affects where on Earth the solar rays are most concentrated and the ____________ of atmosphere the rays penetrate.

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thickness

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Meteorologists often express atmospheric pressure in units known as

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millibars

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Distance variations between the Earth and Sun are extremely important in understanding season temperature variations. True or False?

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False

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Is kinetic energy a major category of energy?

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Yes

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Albedo is a type of radiation?

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False

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Ozone is a form of oxygen that combines 3 oxygen atoms into a molecule called ozone?

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True

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The season, time of day, and latitude combined are the factors that influence the amount of solar energy received at a particular location on Earth's surface. True or False?

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True

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June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere is known as

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Summer Solstice

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The ultimate source of energy that drives the Earth's "weather machine" is the Sun.

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True

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In which layer of the atmosphere is ozone concentrated?

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Stratosphere

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Orbiting around the Sun is one of the Earth's principal motions?

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True

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At and near Earth's surface, the water vapor component of atmosphere readily changes state: solid to liquid to gas, etc. True or False?

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True

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Earth is closest to the Sun at a point in its orbit known as

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Perihelion

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Earth's orbit is best described as

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Slightly elliptical

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Ice is too cold to emit radiation

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False

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When an object absorbs any form of radiation, its temperature

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Increases

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The wavelengths of radiation emitted by Earth's surface are shorter than those emitted by the Sun

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False

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Earth radiates maximum energy in which range?

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Infrared

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Carbon Dioxide is an important heat-absorbing gas in Earth's atmosphere

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True

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What is the term used to describe the process by which the atmosphere is heated

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Greenhouse Effect

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The carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere has been _________ for the last 200 years

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increasing

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Much of the change in atmospheric carbon dioxide content over the past 200 years is due to

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Burning of fossil fuels

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If Earth had no atmosphere, its average surface temperature would be

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about 50 degrees F cooler

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Carbon dioxide and water vapor primarily absorb

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the longer wavelengths Earth's surface radiates back into the atmosphere

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The percentage of the total radiation that is reflected by the Earth's surface is called its

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Albedo

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The distance variations between Sun and Earth is the least significant in causing seasonal temperature variations

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True

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The daily mean temperature is determined by

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Averaging the maximum and minimum temperatures for a 24 hour day

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On average, clouds reflect more solar radiation back to space than to Earth's surface?

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True

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Ozone is made of what?

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Three atoms of oxygen

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Humidity is the general term used to describe the amount of water vapor in the air

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True