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GY 101 Exam 1 Questions & Detailed Answers
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- GY 101
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- University Of North Carolina At Wilmington
GY 101 Exam 1 Questions & Detailed Answers
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GY 101 Exam 1 Questions & Detailed Answers2. The study of long term averages, variability, and locations of weather
phenomena - ANS Climatology
3. Gases whose distribution in the atmosphere is uneven in both time and space -
ANS Variable gases
4. In which directions does the atmosphere exert pressure? - ANS All directions
5. Most abundant variable gas - ANS water vapor
6. Sea level pressure in tuscaloosa - ANS 1013 millibars
7. What atmospheric gas is made up of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms
bonded together - ANS E) None of these
8. Joule - ANS Standard unit of energy in the Metric/SI system
9. Which of the following involves energy storage in the water molecule in the
form of latent heat? - ANS melting, evaporation, sublimation
, 10. The international agreement to reduce the amount of CFCs entering the
atmosphere - ANS Montreal protocol
11. All of the following involve the input of energy except - ANS Freezing
13. Thermal layer of the atmosphere with the greatest density - ANS Troposphere
14. One of the main roles of plants in biogeochemical cycles - ANS Extract carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere
15. What percentage of incoming shortwave (sunlight) is absorbed by Earth's
surface? - ANS 50%
16. Most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas - ANS Carbon dioxide
17. Ozone consists of ____ molecules of oxygen, is found primarily in the ____, and
protects us from ____ - ANS A) 3; stratosphere; ultraviolet rays
18. Ozone - ANS Is destroyed by halogens in chlorofluorocarbons
19. Which of the following best explains why mountain climbers sometimes carry
oxygen tanks to breathe from? - ANS B) At high altitudes there is lower
atmospheric density than on the surface of the earth
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