Quiz of previous exam questions that may possibly be on the final - trying to memorize the answers.
Thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
Mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, thermosphere
Stratosphere, troposphere, thermosphere, mesosphere
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Minimum temperature
Wet-bulb temperature
Dew point temperature
Freezing point
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Conduction
Convection
Convergence
Radiation
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Longwave, shortwave
Shortwave, shortwave
Shortwave, longwave
Longwave, longwave
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Summer solstice
Winter solstice
Autumnal equinox
Both the vernal and autumnal equinoxes
Vernal equinox
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The average of the weather elements
Any type of falling precipitation
The climate of a region
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
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Atmosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
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The cold dense air lowers the intensity of the sun's rays
The sun's rays slant more and spread their energy over a larger area
There is a decrease in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere
The earth is furthest from the sun
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Freezing occurs
Evaporation occurs
Deposition occurs
Condensation occurs
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Another name for fog
A cloud of small water droplets
A gas
A cloud of small ice crystals
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Temperature
Pressure
Wind
Moisture
All of the above
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Forced lifting
An adiabatic process
Isothermal ascent
Advection
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The earth emits and absorbs energy at equal rates
The earth does not absorb any energy
The earth does not emit any energy
The earth emits more energy than it absorbs
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Nitrogen and oxygen transmit visible radiation
Oxygen and ozone absorb ultraviolet radiation
Cloud formation releases latent heat energy
Carbon dioxide and water vapor absorb infrared radiation
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The cloud must be a cumuliform cloud
Only ice crystals need to be present in a cloud
The temperature in the cloud must be -40 degrees or below
Ice crystals grow larger at the expense of surrounding liquid cloud droplets
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300k
0k
100k
27k
270k
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Accretion
Condensation
Spontaneous nucleation
Deposition
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Hydrogen, helium
Hydrogen, oxygen
Nitrogen, water vapor
Nitrogen, oxygen
Oxygen, hydrogen
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Stable
Neutral
Unstable
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Air pressure
Air temperature
Air density
Wind speed
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15 degrees c
40 degrees c
-5 degrees c
20 degrees c
0 degrees c
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One half
Twice
Five times
One fifth
One tenth
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Do not affect the temperature of their surroundings
Both release sensible heat into the environment
Both absorb sensible heat from the environment
Do not involve energy transport
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Pressure
Density
Heat
Temperature
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10
20
40
70
30
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The environmental lapse rate
The latent heat release rate
The moist adiabatic lapse rate
The dry adiabatic lapse rate
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Latent heat is released by a rising parcel of saturated air
Saturated air is always unstable
An unsaturated air parcel expands more rapidly than a saturated air parcel
Moist air weighs less than dry air
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0 degrees c
3 degrees c
7 degrees c
-7 degrees c
17 degrees c
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+10 degrees c
-20 degrees c
0 degrees c
-40 degrees c
-10 degrees c
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Increase
Vary over an increasingly broad range of values
Decrease
Remain the same
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Greenhouse gases
Fog
Noble gases
Aerosols
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Slowly, slowly
Rapidly, slowly
Slowly, rapidly
Rapidly, rapidly
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Cumulonimbus
Altostratus
Cirrostratus
Cumulus
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Altostratus
Nimbostratus
Stratus
Cirrostratus
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It determines seasonal weather patterns
It determines the vertical motion of air
It determines the movement of high pressure areas
It determines the direction of movement of storms
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4 percent
90 percent
50 percent
10 percent
30 percent
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Droplets of various sizes
Condensation nucli and ice nucli
Condensation nucli and ice crystals
Ice crystals and supercooled droplets
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Conduction of heat through the interior of the earth
Concentration of earth's magnetic field lines at the poles
Release of latent heat to the atmosphere when polar ice melts
Circulation of heat by the atmosphere and oceans
The insulating properties of snow
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Warmer, warmer
Warmer, colder
Colder, colder
Colder, warmer
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Cumulonimbus
Cirrostratus
Nimbostratus
Stratocumulus
Altostratus
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Decrease, decrease
Increase, decrease
Increase, increase
Decrease, increase
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A process involving soil bacteria
None of these
Plant photosynthesis
Decaying organic matter
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Increase and become equal to the air temperature
Remain the same
Increase
Decrease
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Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Argon
All of the above
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70%
30%
15%
5%
50%
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40 inches (101.6 cm)
4 inches (10.2 cm)
1 inch (2.5 cm)
2 inches (5.1 cm)
20 inches (50.8 cm)
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