Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach WX 201
Final Exam || Faultless Answers 100%.
Chemicals called __ break down ozone molecules correct answers chlorofluorocarbons
Since the turn of this century, CO2 in the atmosphere has: correct answers been increasing in
concentration
In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies 78 percent
and ____ occupies nearly 21 percent. correct answers Nitrogen, Oxygen
Sinks of CO2 include correct answers photosynthesis
The only substance near the earth's surface that is found naturally in the atmosphere as a solid,
liquid, and a gas: correct answers water
A greenhouse gas correct answers absorbs outgoing terrestrial radiation
Air can hold more water vapor when it is correct answers warm
Ozone correct answers occurs at about 75,000 ft and absorbs UV rays
In the atmosphere, tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various composition are called:
correct answers aerosol
Meteorology is the study of _____. correct answers the atmosphere
50°F is equal to __°C correct answers 10.0000
,An inversion layer where the temperature increases with height has a __ lapse rate correct
answers negative
20°C is equal to __°F correct answers 68.0000
The altitude of the tropopause is generally highest in correct answers the tropics
In a temperature inversion: correct answers air temperature increases with increasing height
Almost all of the earths weather occurs in the correct answers troposphere
Average sea level pressure is about correct answers 14.7 lb per square inch, 29.92 in Hg, 1013
mg
In the ISA (Standard Atmosphere), the lapse rate in the troposphere is correct answers 2ºC per
1,000 ft
If I heat air in a closed container the pressure inside the container will correct answers rise
An isothermal layer is a layer in which ___ correct answers temperature is constant with height
If the absolute temperature of an object doubles, the amount of energy emitted goes up by a
factor of: correct answers 16
If the amount of energy lost by the earth to space each year were not approximately equal to that
received: correct answers the atmospheres average temperature would change
At midday on June 22, the solar elevation at 30ºN is correct answers 83.5º
, At which temperature would the earth be radiating energy at the greatest rate of intensity? correct
answers 105º F
For maximum winter warmth, in the Northern Hemisphere, large windows in a house should
face: correct answers south
Most of the radiation emitted by the earth is in the __ part of the electromagnetic spectrum
correct answers IR
According to Wein's displacement law, the wavelength at which maximum radiation occurs
correct answers is inversely proportional to to the temperature
During an equinox: correct answers -the days and nights are of equal length except at the poles
-at noon the sun is overheard at the equator
-there is 24 hours of sunrise of sunset at the poles
A heat transfer process in the atmosphere that depends upon the movement of air is: correct
answers convection
Blue light has ______ wavelength compared to that of red light. correct answers a shorter
Hottest afternoon summer temperatures are found ___. correct answers inland on a clear, calm
day
A radiation inversion is most commonly observed: correct answers just above the ground
An ideal shelter for housing a temperature-measurement instrument should be correct answers
both white and in the shade
Final Exam || Faultless Answers 100%.
Chemicals called __ break down ozone molecules correct answers chlorofluorocarbons
Since the turn of this century, CO2 in the atmosphere has: correct answers been increasing in
concentration
In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies 78 percent
and ____ occupies nearly 21 percent. correct answers Nitrogen, Oxygen
Sinks of CO2 include correct answers photosynthesis
The only substance near the earth's surface that is found naturally in the atmosphere as a solid,
liquid, and a gas: correct answers water
A greenhouse gas correct answers absorbs outgoing terrestrial radiation
Air can hold more water vapor when it is correct answers warm
Ozone correct answers occurs at about 75,000 ft and absorbs UV rays
In the atmosphere, tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various composition are called:
correct answers aerosol
Meteorology is the study of _____. correct answers the atmosphere
50°F is equal to __°C correct answers 10.0000
,An inversion layer where the temperature increases with height has a __ lapse rate correct
answers negative
20°C is equal to __°F correct answers 68.0000
The altitude of the tropopause is generally highest in correct answers the tropics
In a temperature inversion: correct answers air temperature increases with increasing height
Almost all of the earths weather occurs in the correct answers troposphere
Average sea level pressure is about correct answers 14.7 lb per square inch, 29.92 in Hg, 1013
mg
In the ISA (Standard Atmosphere), the lapse rate in the troposphere is correct answers 2ºC per
1,000 ft
If I heat air in a closed container the pressure inside the container will correct answers rise
An isothermal layer is a layer in which ___ correct answers temperature is constant with height
If the absolute temperature of an object doubles, the amount of energy emitted goes up by a
factor of: correct answers 16
If the amount of energy lost by the earth to space each year were not approximately equal to that
received: correct answers the atmospheres average temperature would change
At midday on June 22, the solar elevation at 30ºN is correct answers 83.5º
, At which temperature would the earth be radiating energy at the greatest rate of intensity? correct
answers 105º F
For maximum winter warmth, in the Northern Hemisphere, large windows in a house should
face: correct answers south
Most of the radiation emitted by the earth is in the __ part of the electromagnetic spectrum
correct answers IR
According to Wein's displacement law, the wavelength at which maximum radiation occurs
correct answers is inversely proportional to to the temperature
During an equinox: correct answers -the days and nights are of equal length except at the poles
-at noon the sun is overheard at the equator
-there is 24 hours of sunrise of sunset at the poles
A heat transfer process in the atmosphere that depends upon the movement of air is: correct
answers convection
Blue light has ______ wavelength compared to that of red light. correct answers a shorter
Hottest afternoon summer temperatures are found ___. correct answers inland on a clear, calm
day
A radiation inversion is most commonly observed: correct answers just above the ground
An ideal shelter for housing a temperature-measurement instrument should be correct answers
both white and in the shade
