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ERAU WX-201 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSLapse rate - Answers-The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in
altitude.
Wind direction - Answers-the direction from which the wind is blowing
a variable gas in the Earth's atmosphere is - Answers-water vapor
Troposhere - Answers-The atmosphere layer closest to Earths surface in which we live
Air molecules are held near the earth's surface by ____. - Answers-Gravity
The Temperature of the tropopause is much _____ than the temperature at Earth's
surface - Answers-colder
Almost all of the earth's weather occurs in the: - Answers-Troposphere
The weather element that ALWAYS decreases as we climb upward into the atmosphere
is: - Answers-Pressure
There are more air molecules near Earth's surface making the air near the surface
more: - Answers-Dense in comparison to higher up
Earth's atmosphere is divided into named layer based on: - Answers-the vertical profile
of air temperature
The average temperature on the Earth's surface is: - Answers-59 degrees F
Much of the carbon dioxide found in earlier atmospheres is currently locked up in -
Answers-carbonate rocks
The most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's current atmosphere is - Answers-water
vapor (H20)
High Pressure areas are most likely associated with - Answers-Fair Weather
The word weather is defined as the - Answers-condition of the atmosphere at a
particular place and time
At night, when the weather is extremely cold and dry, - Answers-atmospheric pressure
decreases with increasing altitude
The only substance near Earth's surface that is found naturally in the current
atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and a gas is - Answers-Water
, Typically, water vapor occupies about what percentage of the air's volume near the
earth's surface? - Answers-Less than 4%
In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies 78 percent and ____ nearly
21 percent. - Answers-Nitrogen; Oxygen
The gas that absorbs most of the harmful ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere is: -
Answers-ozone
Water vapor molecules are - Answers-invisible
The troposphere layer contains - Answers-most of the mixing and turning of air
A geostationary satellite takes pictures of - Answers-one area on Earth as it moves at
the same rate as Earth's spin
Water Vapor is best described as a - Answers-gas
Solar Radiation reaches Earth's surface as - Answers-ultraviolet, visible, and infrared
radiation
The proper order from shortest to longest wavelength is: - Answers-ultraviolet, visible,
and infrared
What is released as sensible heat during the formation of clouds? - Answers-Latent
Heat
The processes of condensation and freezing - Answers-Both release sensible heat into
the environment
Without the atmospheric greenhouse effect, the average surface temperature would be:
- Answers-lower than at present
what determines the type of (wavelength) and amount of radiation an object emits? -
Answers-Temperature
The sun emits its greatest intensity of radiation in the - Answers-visible portion of the
spectrum
The horizontal transport of any atmospheric property by the wind is called - Answers-
advection
which gases are primarily responsible for the atmospheric greenhouse effect in the
Earth's atmosphere? - Answers-Water vapor & carbon dioxide
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