AUXWEA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH || || || ||
ANSWERS
The electromagnetic energy that comes from
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the sun consists of... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Light, Ultraviolet, Infrared,
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The amount of energy per unit area that arrives at the top of the atmosphere
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from the ||
sun.... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decreases with increasing latitude
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The largest swings of hot and cold are - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔With the
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seasons.
The amount Solar energy that is absorbed by
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the Earth's surface is reduced due to: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Reflection
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from clouds and the nature of the surface
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The specific heat of a substance is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The rate of
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temperature increase ||
for a given energy input
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The air in the lower troposphere is heated
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mainly by: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Conduction and convection from
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,the Earth's surface.
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Temperature may be defined as: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A measure of the || || || || || || || || || || ||
kinetic energy of
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molecules.
The transfer of heat by the horizontal movement of air is - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Advection ||
The transfer of heat between bodies that are
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not in contact is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Radiation
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In meteorology, convection means - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The vertical
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transport of heat by || || ||
air.
Describe energy transfer through Radiation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In
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wave form, without the necessity of a medium.
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What changes temperature more between night and day? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Large land masses, as opposed to the || || || || || || ||
oceans:
The cause of most weather phenomena is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Uneven
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heating of the Earth's surface.
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, Where is the low pressure area wrt wind? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔120
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degrees clock-wise from facing the wind (Buys-Ballot)
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The winds near the equator are called - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Trade
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winds.
On a rotating, smooth Earth, the low pressure bands parallel to the equator
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are the
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__________and the _________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Doldrums, Sub- || || || || || || ||
polar Low. ||
The Doldrums is a belt of relatively: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Low
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
pressure.
Name the three primary wind belts. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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northeast trades. ||
The southeast trades.
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The prevailing westerlies.
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The Inter-tropical Convergence Zone
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(ITCZ) is located: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Either side of the equator,
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
depending on the season. || || ||
ANSWERS
The electromagnetic energy that comes from
|| || || || ||
the sun consists of... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Light, Ultraviolet, Infrared,
|| || || || || || || || ||
The amount of energy per unit area that arrives at the top of the atmosphere
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
from the ||
sun.... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decreases with increasing latitude
|| || || || || || ||
The largest swings of hot and cold are - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔With the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
seasons.
The amount Solar energy that is absorbed by
|| || || || || || ||
the Earth's surface is reduced due to: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Reflection
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
from clouds and the nature of the surface
|| || || || || || ||
The specific heat of a substance is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The rate of
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
temperature increase ||
for a given energy input
|| || || ||
The air in the lower troposphere is heated
|| || || || || || ||
mainly by: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Conduction and convection from
|| || || || || || || ||
,the Earth's surface.
|| ||
Temperature may be defined as: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A measure of the || || || || || || || || || || ||
kinetic energy of
|| || ||
molecules.
The transfer of heat by the horizontal movement of air is - CORRECT
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
ANSWERS ✔✔Advection ||
The transfer of heat between bodies that are
|| || || || || || ||
not in contact is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Radiation
|| || || || || || ||
In meteorology, convection means - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The vertical
|| || || || || || || || ||
transport of heat by || || ||
air.
Describe energy transfer through Radiation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In
|| || || || || || || || ||
wave form, without the necessity of a medium.
|| || || || || || ||
What changes temperature more between night and day? - CORRECT
|| || || || || || || || || ||
ANSWERS ✔✔Large land masses, as opposed to the || || || || || || ||
oceans:
The cause of most weather phenomena is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Uneven
|| || || || || || || || || ||
heating of the Earth's surface.
|| || || || ||
, Where is the low pressure area wrt wind? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔120
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
degrees clock-wise from facing the wind (Buys-Ballot)
|| || || || || ||
The winds near the equator are called - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Trade
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
winds.
On a rotating, smooth Earth, the low pressure bands parallel to the equator
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
are the
||
__________and the _________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Doldrums, Sub- || || || || || || ||
polar Low. ||
The Doldrums is a belt of relatively: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Low
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
pressure.
Name the three primary wind belts. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
|| || || || || || || || || ||
northeast trades. ||
The southeast trades.
|| ||
The prevailing westerlies.
|| ||
The Inter-tropical Convergence Zone
|| || ||
(ITCZ) is located: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Either side of the equator,
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
depending on the season. || || ||
