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SC/NATS 1780 6.0 Weather and Climate (COMBINED QUIZ #2 TO QUIZ #6) new update York University
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SC/NATS 1780 6.0 Weather and Climate (COMBINED QUIZ #2TO QUIZ #6) new update York University
QUIZ #2
1. In which of the following conditions do secondary rainbows occur?
Select one:
a. when two internal reflections of light occur in raindrops
b. when a single internal reflection of light occurs in raindrops
c. when light refracts through a cloud of large raindrops
d. when light refracts through ice crystals.
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2. Bats make use of sound waves to locate objects (e.g.,
moths).
Select one:
a. absorbed
b. re-emitted
c. backscattered
d. refracted
e. transmitted
f. attenuated
3. Given Information:
Which of the following wavelengths of light is the most energetic? Select
one:
a. 1 µm.
b. 200 nm.
c. 1000 µm.
d. 1000 nm.
e. 400 nm.
f. 100 µm.
g. 0.001 µm.
4. Consider an air parcel in which the RH = 100%.
Select one:
a. Because further lifting (involving expansion/cooling) will result in condensation, the
resulting lapse rate is reduced relative to the DALR.
b.
"Because sinking (involving compression/warming) will result in evaporation, the
resulting lapse rate is reduced relative to the DALR." and "The air parcel has reached its
dew point."
c. "Because further lifting (involving expansion/cooling) will result in condensation,
the resulting lapse rate is reduced relative to the DALR." and "Because sinking
(involving compression/warming) will result in evaporation, the resulting lapse rate is
,reduced relative to the DALR." and "The air parcel has reached its dew point."
d. None of these answers is correct.
,e. The air parcel has reached its dew point.
f. Because sinking (involving compression/warming) will result in evaporation, the
resulting lapse rate is reduced relative to the DALR.
g. "Because further lifting (involving expansion/cooling) will result in condensation, the
resulting lapse rate is reduced relative to the DALR." and "The air parcel has reached its
dew point."
5. Aerosols in Earth’s atmosphere:
Select one:
a. "Can affect health." and "Can have highly variable chemical compositions." and
"Exist in the gaseous phase only."
b.Are required for condensation.
c. Can have highly variable chemical compositions.
d. "Are required for condensation." and "Can affect health." and "Can have highly
variable chemical compositions."
e. "Can have highly variable chemical compositions." and "Exist in the gaseous phase
only." and "Are required for condensation."
f. Can affect health.
g. "Exist in the gaseous phase only." and "Are required for condensation." and "Can
affect health."
h. Exist in the gaseous phase only.
6. quantifies the relationship between temperature and density, when
pressure is held constant, for stability analyses.
Select one:
a. The Ideal Gas Law.
b. Newton’s Second Law.
c. The Stefan-Boltzman Law.
d. The Hydrostatic Equation.
e. Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures.
f. Maxwell’s Equation.
g. The Universal Wave Equation.
h. Wien’s Displacement Law.
7. Incident radiation is:
Select one:
a. Radiation that is re-emitted at an interface between media of different physical
properties.
b. Radiation that is transmitted through an interface between media of different
physical properties.
c. Radiation that is absorbed upon entry into a medium.
d. Radiation that is scattered by an interface between media of different physical
properties.
e. Radiation that is reflected by an interface between media of different physical
properties.
f. Radiation that is directed at an interface between media of different
, physical properties.
8. Which of the following is not a variable gas:
Select one:
a. O3.
b. CO2.
c. CO.
d. CFCs.
e. N2O.
f. CH4.
g. H2O.
h. Ar.
9. Which of the following is an aerosol injected into Earth’s atmosphere by
volcanic eruption:
Select one:
a. H2.
b. Volcanic Ash.
c. CO2.
d. N2.
e. SO2.
f. Fragments of volcanic rocks.
g. H2O.
h. He.
10. Variable gases are called variable gases due to the fact that they vary in:
Select one:
a. "Composition" and "Time".
b. "Composition." and "Time." and "Structure." and "Space."
c. "Time." and "Space."
d. Composition.
e. Time.
f. Structure.
g. Space.
h. "Composition." and "Time." and "Structure".
11. The transfer of energy by the collision of molecules of different
temperatures colliding with one another resulting in ‘warmer’ molecules
becoming colder and ‘colder molecules’ becoming warmer is called:
Select one:
a. Convention.
b. Radiative heat transfer.
c. Activation energy.
d. Conduction.
e. Convection.
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