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WX 301 FINAL EXAM WITH 150 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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WX 301 FINAL EXAM WITH 150 QUESTIONSAND VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. The most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere by volume are ___ and ___.
a) carbon dioxide, nitrogen
b) oxygen, water vapor
c) nitrogen, oxygen
d) oxygen, helium
e) oxygen, ozone - ANSWER c) nitrogen, oxygen
2. Which of the following is considered a variable gas in Earth's atmosphere?
a) water vapor
b) nitrogen
c) oxygen
d) argon
e) helium - ANSWER a) water vapor
3. The only substance near Earth's surface that is found naturally in the current
atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and gas is ___.
a) carbon dioxide
b) water
c) molecular oxygen
d) ozone
e) carbon - ANSWER b) water
4. How does pressure change as you go up from the earth's surface?
,a) It alternates between increasing and decreasing.
b) It does not change (i.e., it remains constant).
c) It always decreases.
d) It always increases.
e) It decreases in the lower atmosphere and increases in the upper atmosphere. -
ANSWER c) It always decreases.
5. Within which layers of the atmosphere will temperature always increase with
increasing height?
a) Stratosphere and Thermosphere.
b) Troposphere and Stratosphere.
c) Stratosphere and Mesosphere.
d) Troposphere and Mesosphere.
e) Mesosphere and Thermosphere. - ANSWER a) Stratosphere and Thermosphere.
6. Almost all of Earth's "weather" occurs in the ___.
a) exosphere
b) stratosphere
c) mesosphere
d) thermosphere
e) troposphere - ANSWER e) troposphere
7. The gas that absorbs most of the harmful ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere
is ___.
a) water vapor
b) nitrous oxide
c) carbon dioxide
,d) ozone
e) chlorofluorocarbons - ANSWER d) ozone
8. A temperature inversion is present when temperature decreases with increasing
altitude.
a) True
b) False - ANSWER b) False
9. Which of the following is a statement of weather and not a statement of climate?
a) The average temperature for Daytona Beach in October is 73°F.
b) In Daytona Beach, the temperature is currently 53°F with light rain
c) The average annual precipitation in Daytona Beach is 48 inches.
d) The average low temperature for Daytona Beach in January is 47°F.
e) All of the above are statements of weather. - ANSWER b) In Daytona Beach, the
temperature is currently 53°F with light rain
10. The environmental lapse rate provides information on how the ___ changes
with altitude.
a) wind direction
b) wind speed
c) density
d) pressure
e) temperature - ANSWER e) temperature
11. Which measurement generally indicates the average speed and therefore the
average kinetic energy of air molecules?
a) pressure
b) temperature
, c) density
d) heat
e) gravity - ANSWER b) temperature
12. The amount of heat energy required to bring about a change in temperature in a
substance is called the ___.
a) radiative equilibrium
b) dead heat
c) conduction heat
d) latent heat
e) heat capacity - ANSWER e) heat capacity
13. Convection is the vertical exchange of heat.
a) True
b) false - ANSWER a) True
14. The heat energy released by water during condensation is known as ___ heat.
a) specific
b) latent
c) conductive
d) radiative
e) convective - ANSWER b) latent
15. The type (wavelength) and amount of radiation that an object emits is
determined by the object's temperature.
a) True
b) False - ANSWER a) True
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