WX 201: Survey of Meteorology Part 1 Sandboxes Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
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WX 201
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WX 201
Suppose the dew point of outside air is the same as the dew point of the air
indoors. If the door is opened and hot air rushes in and replaces some of the
cool air, then the new relative humidity indoors would be _____.
lower than before
On an average, what percentage of solar energy strikin...
WX 201: Survey of Meteorology Part
1 Sandboxes Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
Suppose the dew point of outside air is the same as the dew point of the air
indoors. If the door is opened and hot air rushes in and replaces some of the
cool air, then the new relative humidity indoors would be _____.
✓ lower than before
On an average, what percentage of solar energy striking the outer
atmosphere eventually reaches the Earth's surface?
✓ 50 percent
Advection fog is rare over tropical waters.
✓ True
Radiation fog typically forms on _____.
✓ clear, calm nights
On a cold, winter morning, the most likely place for radiation fog to form is
Often before sunrise on a clear, calm morning, the temperature falls
dramatically in the absence of wind and humidity. Ice (frost) can be seen on
the tops of parked cars, even when the air temperature is above freezing
because the tops of cars are cooling by a loss of _____.
✓ radiation
On a clear, calm night, particularly in high-elevation desert locations such as
Winnemucca, Nevada, where the summer air is dry and thin, the ground and
air above cool very dramatically mainly by which process?
✓ radiation
Which of the following will increase in a rising parcel of air that stays intact
and does not mix with the air around it?
✓ relative humidity
In a temperature inversion, air temperature _____.
✓ increases with increasing height.
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