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ATMO Final Exam UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Weight - CORRECT ANSWER - Air pressure is a measure of the ______ of the air molecules over a given unit area a front - CORRECT ANSWER - On a weather map, sharp changes in temperature, humidity, and wind direction are marked by Sum...

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ATMO Final Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Weight - CORRECT ANSWER - Air pressure is a measure of the ______ of the air
molecules over a given unit area


a front - CORRECT ANSWER - On a weather map, sharp changes in temperature,
humidity, and wind direction are marked by


Summer and January - CORRECT ANSWER - If it is winter and january in North
Carolina, what are the season and the month in Buenos Aires, Argentina?


from west to east - CORRECT ANSWER - The weather in the midlatitudes tends to move



the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place - CORRECT ANSWER -
The word "weather" is defined as


water vapor - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is considered the most
variable gas in the earth's atmosphere?


water vapor and carbon dioxide - CORRECT ANSWER - The two most abundant
GREENHOUSE gases in the atmosphere are


hurricane - CORRECT ANSWER - A tropical storm system whose winds are in excess of
74 mi/hr is called a(n)


photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER - The primary source of the oxygen in the earth's
atmosphere appears to be

,Nitrogen and Oxygen - CORRECT ANSWER - The two most abundant gases in the
atmosphere are:


50% of the air molecules in the atmosphere - CORRECT ANSWER - Much of Tibet lies at
altitudes over 6,000 meters where the pressure is about 500 mb. At such altitudes, the Tibetans
live above roughly


hurricanes - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following billion dollar weather events
causes the most damages in terms of total cost?


1013.25 mb - CORRECT ANSWER - The standard atmospheric pressure at the surface is



been increasing in concentration - CORRECT ANSWER - In the past 150 years, CO2 in
the atmosphere has


solar radiation - CORRECT ANSWER - the primary source of energy for the earth's
atmosphere is


aerosols - CORRECT ANSWER - In the atmosphere, tiny solid or liquid suspended
particles of various composition are called


Troposphere - CORRECT ANSWER - Most weather phenomena occur in the



decreases - CORRECT ANSWER - in the lowest layer of the atmosphere, temperature
usually _____ with increasing height


decreases - CORRECT ANSWER - Air pressure _____ with increasing height



middle latitude cyclone, hurricane, tornado - CORRECT ANSWER - Weather phenomena
vary in size (diameter). Which list below arranges weather phenomena from largest to smallest?

, absorber of UV radiation - CORRECT ANSWER - In the ozone layer, ozone acts as a very
strong _____, protecting life on the earth


stratosphere - CORRECT ANSWER - The ozone layer is located in the _____



Whether to plant a banana tree or wheat - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of these
decisions would be based on what the climate of a location is?


is invisible - CORRECT ANSWER - Water vapor



severe storms - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following billion dollar events is
most common (in terms of number of events)?


albedo - CORRECT ANSWER - _____ is the proportion of solar radiation reflected
upward from a surface


conduction - CORRECT ANSWER - the transfer of heat by contact is



convection - CORRECT ANSWER - An atmospheric heat transfer process that depends
upon the movement of air is


solar radiation - CORRECT ANSWER - the primary source of energy for the earth's
atmosphere is


temperature - CORRECT ANSWER - which of the following determines the kind
(wavelength) and amount of radiation that an object emits?


visible light reflected by the moon - CORRECT ANSWER - when we see the moon at
night, we are seeing

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