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GHY 1012 Exam 1 With CorrectAnswers
6 factors affecting vulnerability to climate change - ANSWER 1. Food
2.Water
3. Health
4. Ecosystem service
5. Human habitat
6. Infrastructure
What level of the atmosphere contains all weather? - ANSWER Troposphere
What are the four levels of the atmosphere? - ANSWER Troposphere - all
weather, temp drops rapidly w increasing altitude.
Stratosphere - no water vapor, tons of ozone.
Mesosphere - middle layer.
Thermosphere -(gases, high temps, Aurora borealis).
What happens to the solar energy that reaches the outer atmosphere? -
ANSWER 25% reflected by clouds and the atmosphere
25% is absorbed by co2, water vapor, ozone, and other gases.
50% reaches earth's surface
What is albedo? - ANSWER Reflectivity
, What has the highest albedo? - ANSWER Fresh clean snow (80-95%) - reflects
a lot of energy
What has low albedo? - ANSWER Dark soil (absorbs energy, 3% albedo)
What kind of solar energy reaches the earth's surface mostly? - ANSWER
Short wavelength radiation
What kind of solar energy is emitted from the earth into the atmosphere? -
ANSWER longwave radiation
What is the greenhouse effect? - ANSWER Atmosphere transmits sunlight
while trapping heat
What gases in the atmosphere retain heat? - ANSWER CO2 and water vapor
What is latent heat? - ANSWER Energy stored in water vapor
Where does heat and warm water move to? - ANSWER To cooler areas at the
poles.
What are the four kinds of atmospheric lifting mechanisms? - ANSWER
Convergent
Orographic
Convectional
Frontal
What is weather? - ANSWER Physical conditions in the atmosphere (humidity,
temperature, air pressure, wind, and precipitation) over short time scales
Air ____ as it rises, and water _____ as air _____. - ANSWER Cools; condenses;
cools
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