Meteorology Chapter 1-3 Exam 1 || with Complete Solutions.
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Meteorology Chapter 1-3
What gas could be found in the atmosphere with a concentration greater than 1%? correct answers water vaper (H2O)
In a volume of air near the earthss surface _____ occupies 78% and ____ nearly 21% correct answers nitrogen, oxygen
What is considered a variable gas in the earths atmosphere? cor...
Meteorology Chapter 1-3 Exam 1 || with Complete Solutions.
What gas could be found in the atmosphere with a concentration greater than 1%? correct
answers water vaper (H2O)
In a volume of air near the earthss surface _____ occupies 78% and ____ nearly 21% correct
answers nitrogen, oxygen
What is considered a variable gas in the earths atmosphere? correct answers water vapor
in the atmosphere, tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various composition are called
correct answers aerosols
the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is relatively low compared to some
of the other constituents, CO2 is important none the less because correct answers it is a
greenhouse gas
the most abundant greenhouse gas in the earths atmosphere is correct answers water vapor (H2O)
when chlorofluorocarbons are subjected to ultraviolet radiation, ozone-destroying _____ is
released correct answers chlorine
about 97% of the ____ in the atmosphere is found in the stratosphere where is absorbs the sun
ultraviolet rays. correct answers ozone
the so-called "ozone hole" is observed about correct answers the continent of antarctica
this holds a plants atmosphere close to its surface correct answers gravity
much of Tibet lies at altitues over 18,000 ft where the pressure is about 500 mb. At such
altitudes, the Tibetans live above roughly correct answers 50% of the air molecules in the
atmosphere
At jet aircraft cruising altitue (33,000 ft or about 10 km) you are correct answers near the top of
the troposphere
Almost all of the earths weather occurs in the correct answers troposphere
the earths atmosphere is divided into layers based on changes in the vertical profile of correct
answers air temperature
the horizontal movement of air is the weather element correct answers wind
A tropical storm system whose winds are in the excess of 74 mi/hr is called a(n) correct answers
hurricane
, middle latitude storms are also known as correct answers extratropical cyclones
A towering cloud, or cluster of clouds, accompanied by thunder, lighting and strong gusty winds.
correct answers thunderstorm
In the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, surface winds tend to blow ____ and ______
around an area of surface low pressure. correct answers counterclockwise, inward
On a weather map, sharp changes in temperature, humidity and wind direction are marked by
correct answers a front
Areas of high atmospheric pressure are also known as correct answers anticyclones
The letters H and L on a surface weather map refer to high and low correct answers pressure
Clouds often form in the correct answers rising air in the center of a low pressure area
The altitude of a troposphere over Honolulu, Hawaii is ____ the altitude of the troposphere over
Fairbanks, Alaska . correct answers higher than
breathing nitrogen gas is ____ to your health correct answers not harmful
when we exhale, our breath ___ greenhouse gases correct answers contains some
If youre looking for an ozone hole, your best bet would be to go to correct answers the
stratosphere
The atmosphere, which is composed mostly of gases, has ____ mass. correct answers alot of
Extratropical cyclones are found correct answers outside the tropics
what provides a measure of the average speed of air molecules correct answers temperature
the temperature scale that sets freezing of pure water at 32 degree correct answers Fahrenheit
Which of the following is the poorest conductor of heat? correct answers still air
heat transferred upward from the surface of the moon can take place by correct answers radiation
snow will usually melt on the roof of a home that is a correct answers good conductor of hear
the heat energy released when water vapor changes to a liquid is called correct answers latent
heat of condensation
the process causes rising air to cool correct answers expansion
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