UConn NRE 3146 Final Exam
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2025/2026
True or False: Evaporation is a cooling process? - ANS ✔✔True
The Prime Meridian runs through which city? - ANS ✔✔Greenwich, England
Which of the following are not associated with atmospheric pressure? - ANS ✔✔Isotherm
True or false: Leeward means downwind? - ANS ✔✔True
Which of the following forces does NOT apply to winds in the upper troposphere? - ANS
✔✔Friction
Which of the following substances has the highest specific heat? - ANS ✔✔Water
True or False: Summer temperatures near oceans are, on average, warmer than temperatures at
locations far inland? - ANS ✔✔False
This refers to a wind that changes direction towards the right with height - ANS ✔✔Veering
True or False: Bodies of water store energy in the summer and slowly release energy in the
winter? - ANS ✔✔True
True or false: Lines of longitude run west to east and parallel the earth? - ANS ✔✔False
, True or false: On the equinoxes, every latitude experiences twelve hours of daylight and twelve
hours of darkness - ANS ✔✔True
Ekman Spirals exist down to which the following depths - ANS ✔✔100 meters
Isobars are - ANS ✔✔Lines of equal pressure
The date June 21 signifies which of the following? - ANS ✔✔The winter solstice in the southern
hemisphere, the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere
Air begins to move due to which force? - ANS ✔✔Pressure gradient force (PGF)
Winds diverge out of an _______ and converge into a _________. - ANS ✔✔High, low
True or false: Two Navier-Stokes equations of motion form the ABCs of numerical weather
forecasting - ANS ✔✔False
True or False: The heat index would be higher in the desert of Arizona than in the Amazon rain
forest - ANS ✔✔False
According the Equation of State, pressure is related to which of the following? - ANS
✔✔Temperature and density
Which of the following is false concerning earth-sun relationships? - ANS ✔✔The sun sits at the
center of earth's orbit
questions & answers rated A+
2025/2026
True or False: Evaporation is a cooling process? - ANS ✔✔True
The Prime Meridian runs through which city? - ANS ✔✔Greenwich, England
Which of the following are not associated with atmospheric pressure? - ANS ✔✔Isotherm
True or false: Leeward means downwind? - ANS ✔✔True
Which of the following forces does NOT apply to winds in the upper troposphere? - ANS
✔✔Friction
Which of the following substances has the highest specific heat? - ANS ✔✔Water
True or False: Summer temperatures near oceans are, on average, warmer than temperatures at
locations far inland? - ANS ✔✔False
This refers to a wind that changes direction towards the right with height - ANS ✔✔Veering
True or False: Bodies of water store energy in the summer and slowly release energy in the
winter? - ANS ✔✔True
True or false: Lines of longitude run west to east and parallel the earth? - ANS ✔✔False
, True or false: On the equinoxes, every latitude experiences twelve hours of daylight and twelve
hours of darkness - ANS ✔✔True
Ekman Spirals exist down to which the following depths - ANS ✔✔100 meters
Isobars are - ANS ✔✔Lines of equal pressure
The date June 21 signifies which of the following? - ANS ✔✔The winter solstice in the southern
hemisphere, the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere
Air begins to move due to which force? - ANS ✔✔Pressure gradient force (PGF)
Winds diverge out of an _______ and converge into a _________. - ANS ✔✔High, low
True or false: Two Navier-Stokes equations of motion form the ABCs of numerical weather
forecasting - ANS ✔✔False
True or False: The heat index would be higher in the desert of Arizona than in the Amazon rain
forest - ANS ✔✔False
According the Equation of State, pressure is related to which of the following? - ANS
✔✔Temperature and density
Which of the following is false concerning earth-sun relationships? - ANS ✔✔The sun sits at the
center of earth's orbit
