NJIT PHYS 203 Exam 4 Questions With Correct Answers
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Atmoshpere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Thin //layer //of //gas //held //to //the //planet //by //gravity
What /
/percent /
/of /
/the /
/Earth's /
/atmosphere /
/is //Nitrogen //and //Oxygen? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔80% //Nitrogen, //20% //Oxygen
How //old //is //Earth? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔4 //1/2 //billion //years //old
Primary /
/Atmosphere //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Hydrogen /
/and //Helium; //maintained //in //Sun, //Earth, //Saturn, //Neptune //and //Jupiter
Secondary /
/Atmosphere //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Outgassing; /
/rained //on //molten //planet //to //create //oceans; //life //produced //oxygen
Tertiary //Atmosphere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Current //atmosphere
Barometer //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔An //instrument //that //measures //atmospheric //pressure
,Where //is //atmospheric //pressure //highest? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sea //level
Law /
/of /
/Atmosphere /
/Equation //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔1 /
/standard /
/atmosphere /
/of /
/pressure /
/(atm) //= //101325 //newtons/meter^2 //aka //a //pascal; //1.01325 //bars; //760 //mm //Hg //(Mercury)
1 //bar //of //pressure //equals //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔100,000 //pascals
Why //do //scientists //use //mercury? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔It's //14-
15x //denser //than //water
Layers /
/of /
/Atmosphere //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔troposphere //(sea //level), //stratosphere, //mesosphere, //thermosphere
Tropopause //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔end //of //troposphere
Stratopause //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //end //of //the //stratosphere
Mesopause //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔End //of //mesosphere
, Cellular /
/respiration //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Life //gets //energy //from //glucose //which //reacts //with //oxygen:
C6H12O6 //+ //6O2 //=> //ENERGY //+ //6CO2 //+ //6H2O
Average /
/temperature /
/of //planet //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Room //temperature //- //50 //something //degrees
Greenhouse /
/Effect //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Water //vapor //and //carbon //dioxide //absorb //heat //to //keep //planet //warm
Anthropogenic /
/global //warming //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔idea //of //human //caused //global //warming; //false
Ionosphere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Heat //source //in //stratosphere
Ozonosphere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Heat //source //in //thermosphere
Atmosphere //shields //us //from //UV //rays //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Near //UV //causes //suntan,
//Far //UV //can //kill //us //if //it //wasn't //for //our //atmosphere
Hole //in //the //ozone //layer //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Naturally //opens //and //closes
Eccentricity //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Deviation //of //a //curve //or //orbit //from //circularity.
// // // // // // // //
Atmoshpere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Thin //layer //of //gas //held //to //the //planet //by //gravity
What /
/percent /
/of /
/the /
/Earth's /
/atmosphere /
/is //Nitrogen //and //Oxygen? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔80% //Nitrogen, //20% //Oxygen
How //old //is //Earth? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔4 //1/2 //billion //years //old
Primary /
/Atmosphere //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Hydrogen /
/and //Helium; //maintained //in //Sun, //Earth, //Saturn, //Neptune //and //Jupiter
Secondary /
/Atmosphere //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Outgassing; /
/rained //on //molten //planet //to //create //oceans; //life //produced //oxygen
Tertiary //Atmosphere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Current //atmosphere
Barometer //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔An //instrument //that //measures //atmospheric //pressure
,Where //is //atmospheric //pressure //highest? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sea //level
Law /
/of /
/Atmosphere /
/Equation //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔1 /
/standard /
/atmosphere /
/of /
/pressure /
/(atm) //= //101325 //newtons/meter^2 //aka //a //pascal; //1.01325 //bars; //760 //mm //Hg //(Mercury)
1 //bar //of //pressure //equals //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔100,000 //pascals
Why //do //scientists //use //mercury? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔It's //14-
15x //denser //than //water
Layers /
/of /
/Atmosphere //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔troposphere //(sea //level), //stratosphere, //mesosphere, //thermosphere
Tropopause //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔end //of //troposphere
Stratopause //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //end //of //the //stratosphere
Mesopause //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔End //of //mesosphere
, Cellular /
/respiration //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Life //gets //energy //from //glucose //which //reacts //with //oxygen:
C6H12O6 //+ //6O2 //=> //ENERGY //+ //6CO2 //+ //6H2O
Average /
/temperature /
/of //planet //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Room //temperature //- //50 //something //degrees
Greenhouse /
/Effect //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Water //vapor //and //carbon //dioxide //absorb //heat //to //keep //planet //warm
Anthropogenic /
/global //warming //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔idea //of //human //caused //global //warming; //false
Ionosphere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Heat //source //in //stratosphere
Ozonosphere //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Heat //source //in //thermosphere
Atmosphere //shields //us //from //UV //rays //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Near //UV //causes //suntan,
//Far //UV //can //kill //us //if //it //wasn't //for //our //atmosphere
Hole //in //the //ozone //layer //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Naturally //opens //and //closes
Eccentricity //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Deviation //of //a //curve //or //orbit //from //circularity.
