ATMO 201 - Exam 1 || Possible Questions Accurately Answered.
On average, how many lives are taken annually from weather events? correct answers 500
A thin gaseous envelope comprised mostly of nitrogen and oxygen correct answers Atmosphere
Gas that occupies about 78 percent of the atmosphere correct answers Nitrogen
Gas that occupies about 21 percent of the atmosphere correct answers Oxygen
This gas occupies about .039 percent of the earth's atmosphere correct answers Carbon dioxide
The type of heat released by water vapor correct answers Latent heat
Carbon dioxide is a ____________ because it absorbs a portion of the earth's outgoing radiant
energy correct answers Greenhouse Gas
The percentage by which carbon dioxide has risen since 1958 correct answers 23
The primary ingredient in photochemical smog correct answers Ozone
protects agains harmful ultraviolet radiation entering the earth's atmosphere correct answers
Ozone
Tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various composition correct answers Aerosols
, Observation of weather elements over a period of time to obtain the "average weather" of a
particular region - The accumulation of daily and seasonal weather events over a long period of
time. correct answers Climate
Measure of the average sped of atoms and molecules correct answers Temperature
A temperature scale that has 180 equal divisions - called a degree correct answers Fahrenheit
scale
a temperature scale that has 100 equal divisions correct answers Celsius scale
absolute temperature scale C˚+273 correct answers Kelvin scale
The rate at which the air temperature decreases with height (average is 6.5˚ per 1000m) correct
answers (Temperature) Lapse rate
A phenomenon when the air temperature actually increases with height correct answers
Temperature Inversion
The region of the atmosphere from the surface up to about ____ contains all of the weather we
are familiar with correct answers 11 kilometers
The layer of the atmosphere extending from the earth's surface up to the tropopause (about 10 km
above the ground) correct answers Troposphere
The boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere correct answers Tropopause
The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere (between 10 km
and 50 km), generally characterized by an increase in temperature with height correct answers
Stratosphere
On average, how many lives are taken annually from weather events? correct answers 500
A thin gaseous envelope comprised mostly of nitrogen and oxygen correct answers Atmosphere
Gas that occupies about 78 percent of the atmosphere correct answers Nitrogen
Gas that occupies about 21 percent of the atmosphere correct answers Oxygen
This gas occupies about .039 percent of the earth's atmosphere correct answers Carbon dioxide
The type of heat released by water vapor correct answers Latent heat
Carbon dioxide is a ____________ because it absorbs a portion of the earth's outgoing radiant
energy correct answers Greenhouse Gas
The percentage by which carbon dioxide has risen since 1958 correct answers 23
The primary ingredient in photochemical smog correct answers Ozone
protects agains harmful ultraviolet radiation entering the earth's atmosphere correct answers
Ozone
Tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various composition correct answers Aerosols
, Observation of weather elements over a period of time to obtain the "average weather" of a
particular region - The accumulation of daily and seasonal weather events over a long period of
time. correct answers Climate
Measure of the average sped of atoms and molecules correct answers Temperature
A temperature scale that has 180 equal divisions - called a degree correct answers Fahrenheit
scale
a temperature scale that has 100 equal divisions correct answers Celsius scale
absolute temperature scale C˚+273 correct answers Kelvin scale
The rate at which the air temperature decreases with height (average is 6.5˚ per 1000m) correct
answers (Temperature) Lapse rate
A phenomenon when the air temperature actually increases with height correct answers
Temperature Inversion
The region of the atmosphere from the surface up to about ____ contains all of the weather we
are familiar with correct answers 11 kilometers
The layer of the atmosphere extending from the earth's surface up to the tropopause (about 10 km
above the ground) correct answers Troposphere
The boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere correct answers Tropopause
The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere (between 10 km
and 50 km), generally characterized by an increase in temperature with height correct answers
Stratosphere
