ATMO 201 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
TEST PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● From lives taken by weather events in the U.S. _________ are from
__________
Answer: almost half; excessive heat(43 percent)
●● How does the risk of death from weather events compare to other
risks in life?
Answer: is relatively small; last on the table; about 2 per million people
●● Over the past few decades, climate change may have caused an
increase in what?
Answer: weather related disasters
●● How does weather differ from climate?
Answer: -different in that climate refers to an "average weather"
●● What protects humans from being burned by sun and material from
space?
Answer: -air
,●● What 3 things are needed for weather to occur?
Answer: -source of radiant energy
-fluid atmosphere in order to transport energy from point A to point B
-some type of cycle that transforms the fluid between the 3 states of
matter
●● Major components that make up the composition of the atmosphere
near the earth's surface
Answer: -nitrogen(N2) = 78.08%
-Oxygen(O2) = 20.95%
-Argon(Ar) = 0.93
●● minor components that make up the composition of the atmosphere
near the earth's surface
Answer: -water vapor(H20) = 0 to 4%
-carbon dioxide(Co2) = 0.038% or 385 ppm
-Ozone(O3) = 0.000004% or 0.0r ppm
●● gases of the atmosphere in order:
Answer: -nitrogen
-oxygen
-argon
-neon
, -helium
-hydrogen
-xenon
●● most important greenhouse gases in order:
Answer: -water vapor
-carbon dioxide
-methane
-nitrous oxide
-ozone
-CFC's
●● Explain production and natural destruction of CO2
Answer: -Is produced from the decay of vegetation, volcanic eruptions,
exhalations of animal life, burning of fossil fuels and from deforestation
- is removed from atmosphere thru photosynthesis
●● Explain production and natural destruction of nitrogen
Answer: -is a biological process involving soil matter and is returned by
decaying animal and plant matter
●● Ozone
Answer: -a highly reactive molecule containing 3 oxygen items;
TEST PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● From lives taken by weather events in the U.S. _________ are from
__________
Answer: almost half; excessive heat(43 percent)
●● How does the risk of death from weather events compare to other
risks in life?
Answer: is relatively small; last on the table; about 2 per million people
●● Over the past few decades, climate change may have caused an
increase in what?
Answer: weather related disasters
●● How does weather differ from climate?
Answer: -different in that climate refers to an "average weather"
●● What protects humans from being burned by sun and material from
space?
Answer: -air
,●● What 3 things are needed for weather to occur?
Answer: -source of radiant energy
-fluid atmosphere in order to transport energy from point A to point B
-some type of cycle that transforms the fluid between the 3 states of
matter
●● Major components that make up the composition of the atmosphere
near the earth's surface
Answer: -nitrogen(N2) = 78.08%
-Oxygen(O2) = 20.95%
-Argon(Ar) = 0.93
●● minor components that make up the composition of the atmosphere
near the earth's surface
Answer: -water vapor(H20) = 0 to 4%
-carbon dioxide(Co2) = 0.038% or 385 ppm
-Ozone(O3) = 0.000004% or 0.0r ppm
●● gases of the atmosphere in order:
Answer: -nitrogen
-oxygen
-argon
-neon
, -helium
-hydrogen
-xenon
●● most important greenhouse gases in order:
Answer: -water vapor
-carbon dioxide
-methane
-nitrous oxide
-ozone
-CFC's
●● Explain production and natural destruction of CO2
Answer: -Is produced from the decay of vegetation, volcanic eruptions,
exhalations of animal life, burning of fossil fuels and from deforestation
- is removed from atmosphere thru photosynthesis
●● Explain production and natural destruction of nitrogen
Answer: -is a biological process involving soil matter and is returned by
decaying animal and plant matter
●● Ozone
Answer: -a highly reactive molecule containing 3 oxygen items;
