WX 201 Exam 1 Question and answers verified to pass
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WX 201 Exam 1 Question and answers verified to pass
The two most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are carbon dioxide and water vapor. - correct answer True
In ____ near Earth's surface today, nitrogen occupies 78 percent and oxygen nearly 21 percent. - correct answer the vo...
WX 201 Exam 1 Question and answers
verified to pass
The two most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are carbon
dioxide and water vapor. - correct answer ✔True
In ____ near Earth's surface today, nitrogen occupies 78 percent and oxygen
nearly 21 percent. - correct answer ✔the volume of the air
The most abundant gas in the stratosphere is ____. - correct answer
✔Nitrogen (N2)
The word "weather" is defined as ____. - correct answer ✔the condition of
the atmosphere at a particular time and place.
Meteorology is the study of ____. - correct answer ✔the atmosphere
Which process, over millions of years, provided a rich supply of water vapor
into the atmosphere that formed into clouds? - correct answer ✔outgassing
The unit of pressure most commonly found on a surface weather map is ____.
- correct answer ✔millibars or hectopascals
Precipitation is ____. - correct answer ✔any form of water that falls from
clouds and reaches the ground.
The region where atoms and molecules shoot off into space is sometimes
referred to as the exosphere, which represents the upper limit of our
atmosphere. - correct answer ✔True
,The most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's current atmosphere is ____. -
correct answer ✔water vapor (H2O)
Which weather element always decreases as we climb upward in the
atmosphere? - correct answer ✔pressure
Almost all of Earth's weather occurs in the ____. - correct answer
✔troposphere
Which process acts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? - correct
answer ✔photosynthesis
The temperature of the tropopause ____. - correct answer ✔is much colder
than the temperature at Earth's surface.
Someone who says that "the wind direction today is south" likely means that
the wind is blowing from the south. - correct answer ✔True
The ozone hole is an actual hole in the atmosphere, a region of complete
vacuum. - correct answer ✔False
Weather describes the conditions averaged over a region or over a period,
whereas climate describes the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time
and place. - correct answer ✔False
In which atmospheric layer is most of the ionosphere found? - correct answer
✔thermosphere
, In the isothermal zone of the atmosphere, the air temperature, on an average,
remains constant with height. - correct answer ✔True
Of the four most abundant gases in our atmosphere, carbon dioxide shows
the greatest variation at Earth's surface. - correct answer ✔False
The rate at which temperature decreases with increasing altitude is known as
the ____. - correct answer ✔lapse rate
Earth's atmosphere is a relatively thin, gaseous envelope that comprises
mostly ____ and ____, with small amounts of other gases. - correct answer
✔nitrogen, oxygen
Ozone in the troposphere ____. - correct answer ✔causes warming and is a
highly reactive oxidant.
Ozone (O3) in the stratosphere has ____. - correct answer ✔protected life
from harmful ultraviolet rays.
The concentrations of the invisible gas ____ varies greatly from place to
place, and from time to time. - correct answer ✔water vapor
The average or standard lapse rate in the troposphere is about 6.5°C for
every 1000 m or about 3.6°F for every 1,000-foot rise in elevation. - correct
answer ✔True
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring component of the atmosphere. -
correct answer ✔True
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