WX 201- Final Exam Study Set || 100% Correct Answers.
How do red and blue light differ? correct answers The wavelength of red light is longer. (E1)
Which gases are primarily responsible for the atmosphere greenhouse effect in Earth's
atmosphere? correct answers Water vapor and carbon dioxide (E1)
Much of the carbon dioxide found in earlier atmospheres is currently locked up in correct
answers Carbonate rocks (E1)
The most important reason why summers in the Southern Hemisphere are not warmer than
summers in the Northern Hemisphere is that correct answers Over 80 percent of the Southern
Hemisphere is covered with water (E1)
If Earth did not have an atmosphere, the sky would appear _______ during the day. correct
answers Black (E1)
Which atmospheric layer contains the most mixing and overturning of air? correct answers
Troposphere (E1)
On what date is the Sun the most intense in the Northern Hemisphere? correct answers June 21
(E1)
Without the atmospheric greenhouse effect, the average surface temperature would be correct
answers Lower than at present (E1)
As ocean temperature increase, which greenhouse gas increases and enhances the atmospheric
greenhouse effect, thereby illustrating a positive feedback process? correct answers water vapor
(E1)
,The blue color of the sky is due to _________. correct answers selective scattering of visible
light by air molecules. (E1)
The temperature of the tropopause correct answers is much colder than the temperature at Earth's
surface. (E1)
The Sun emits its greatest intensity of radiation in the correct answers visible portion of the
spectrum (E1)
Suppose yesterday morning you noticed ice crystals (frost) on the grass, yet the minimum
temperature reported in the newspaper was only 35 degrees F. The most likely reason for this
apparent discrepancy is that correct answers temperature readings are taken in instrument
shelters more than 5 feet above the ground. (E1)
Ideal conditions for a strong radiation inversion are a correct answers Clear, calm, dry, winter
night (E1)
At which temperature would Earth be radiating energy at the greatest rate or intensity? correct
answers 105 degrees F (E1)
What is released as sensible heat during the formation of clouds? correct answers Latent Heat
(E1)
Our seasons are caused by correct answers the angle at which sunlight reaches Earth. (E1)
The temperature of a rising air parcel correct answers always cools due to expansion. (E1)
The amount of heat energy required to bring about a change in temperature in a substance is
called the correct answers Heat Capacity (E1)
, A star much hotter than our Sun radiates more energy at _______. correct answers Shorter
wavelengths are appears bluer. (E1)
What determines the type (wavelength) and amount of radiation that an object emits? correct
answers Temperature (E1)
The unit of pressure most commonly found on a surface weather map is correct answers
millibars or hectopascals. (E1)
Although the polar regions radiate away more heat energy than they receive by insolation in the
course of a year, they are prevented from becoming progressively colder each year by the correct
answers circulation of heat by the atmosphere and oceans. (E1)
The most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's current atmosphere is correct answers Water Vapor
(H2O). (E1)
Water vapor can best be described as a correct answers Liquid. (E1)
Secondary rainbows occur when _________. correct answers Two internal reflections of light
occur in raindrops. (E1)
Which latitude below would experience the fewest hours of daylight on December 22nd? correct
answers 60 degrees N (E1)
Earth's radiative equilibrium temperature is the correct answers average temperature at which
Earth is absorbing solar radiation and emitting infrared radiation at equal rates. (E1)
At sunset in the middle latitudes, look for a rainbow towards the correct answers East. (E1)
Which of the following is the poorest conductor of heat? correct answers Still air. (E1)
How do red and blue light differ? correct answers The wavelength of red light is longer. (E1)
Which gases are primarily responsible for the atmosphere greenhouse effect in Earth's
atmosphere? correct answers Water vapor and carbon dioxide (E1)
Much of the carbon dioxide found in earlier atmospheres is currently locked up in correct
answers Carbonate rocks (E1)
The most important reason why summers in the Southern Hemisphere are not warmer than
summers in the Northern Hemisphere is that correct answers Over 80 percent of the Southern
Hemisphere is covered with water (E1)
If Earth did not have an atmosphere, the sky would appear _______ during the day. correct
answers Black (E1)
Which atmospheric layer contains the most mixing and overturning of air? correct answers
Troposphere (E1)
On what date is the Sun the most intense in the Northern Hemisphere? correct answers June 21
(E1)
Without the atmospheric greenhouse effect, the average surface temperature would be correct
answers Lower than at present (E1)
As ocean temperature increase, which greenhouse gas increases and enhances the atmospheric
greenhouse effect, thereby illustrating a positive feedback process? correct answers water vapor
(E1)
,The blue color of the sky is due to _________. correct answers selective scattering of visible
light by air molecules. (E1)
The temperature of the tropopause correct answers is much colder than the temperature at Earth's
surface. (E1)
The Sun emits its greatest intensity of radiation in the correct answers visible portion of the
spectrum (E1)
Suppose yesterday morning you noticed ice crystals (frost) on the grass, yet the minimum
temperature reported in the newspaper was only 35 degrees F. The most likely reason for this
apparent discrepancy is that correct answers temperature readings are taken in instrument
shelters more than 5 feet above the ground. (E1)
Ideal conditions for a strong radiation inversion are a correct answers Clear, calm, dry, winter
night (E1)
At which temperature would Earth be radiating energy at the greatest rate or intensity? correct
answers 105 degrees F (E1)
What is released as sensible heat during the formation of clouds? correct answers Latent Heat
(E1)
Our seasons are caused by correct answers the angle at which sunlight reaches Earth. (E1)
The temperature of a rising air parcel correct answers always cools due to expansion. (E1)
The amount of heat energy required to bring about a change in temperature in a substance is
called the correct answers Heat Capacity (E1)
, A star much hotter than our Sun radiates more energy at _______. correct answers Shorter
wavelengths are appears bluer. (E1)
What determines the type (wavelength) and amount of radiation that an object emits? correct
answers Temperature (E1)
The unit of pressure most commonly found on a surface weather map is correct answers
millibars or hectopascals. (E1)
Although the polar regions radiate away more heat energy than they receive by insolation in the
course of a year, they are prevented from becoming progressively colder each year by the correct
answers circulation of heat by the atmosphere and oceans. (E1)
The most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's current atmosphere is correct answers Water Vapor
(H2O). (E1)
Water vapor can best be described as a correct answers Liquid. (E1)
Secondary rainbows occur when _________. correct answers Two internal reflections of light
occur in raindrops. (E1)
Which latitude below would experience the fewest hours of daylight on December 22nd? correct
answers 60 degrees N (E1)
Earth's radiative equilibrium temperature is the correct answers average temperature at which
Earth is absorbing solar radiation and emitting infrared radiation at equal rates. (E1)
At sunset in the middle latitudes, look for a rainbow towards the correct answers East. (E1)
Which of the following is the poorest conductor of heat? correct answers Still air. (E1)
