METEOROLOGY EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Which statement best describes the differences in the heating and cooling of water
and land? - Correct Answers -Land heats quickly and cools quickly. Water heats slowly
and cools slowly
2. Which statement best describes the differences in the Specific Heat of land and
water? - Correct Answers -Land has a low specific heat and water has a high specific
heat.
3. Which drawing in the diagram correctly illustrates the Greenhouse Effect? - Correct
Answers -B.??
4. If you drive with your arm hanging out the car window, you may notice that only your
left arm becomes tanned or burned. This is due mainly to the fact that: - Correct
Answers -The windshield allows visible light to pass through while absorbing UV light
5. 5. When you touch a wooden desk and a granite table in the same room, the granite
feels cooler. Why? - Correct Answers -The granite conducts heat more readily,
transferring more heat away from you
6. Which of the following reflects the greatest amount of incoming solar radiation? -
Correct Answers -New fallen snow
7. The Noon Sun is found over the Tropic of Cancer on June 21/22, marking the first
day of winter for the southern hemisphere. - Correct Answers -True
8. Why is surface air temperature measured at a standard height of 1.5 m (~5 feet)? -
Correct Answers -To ensure an accurate reading, insulated from surface effects
9. Which of the following processes requires the greatest input of energy to occur? -
Correct Answers -Converting one gram of stem to ice
10. How might an increase in the human population lead to an atmospheric carbon
dioxide concentration? - Correct Answers -All of the above
Increased, fossil fuel combustion for transportation and manufacture.
Increased biomass depletion (e.g. clear cutting of rainforests) for human interests
Increased animal population to support human food needs
, 11. The temperature at which all molecular motion ceases is 0 K. - Correct Answers -
True
12. Temperature is the average _ energy of atoms and molecules in a substance. -
Correct Answers -Kinetic
13. In late June following the Summer Solstice, at middle latitudes in the Northern
Hemisphere, the day is: - Correct Answers -More than 12 hours long and is getting
shorter with each passing day
14. When it is January and winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is: - Correct Answers -
January and summer in the Southern Hemisphere
15. The Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5°. If the amount of tilt were decreased to 5°, we
would expect to observe in the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere: - Correct
Answers -Cooler, summers and warmer winters, then at present
16. In the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere on December 21, the Sun may
be described as: - Correct Answers -Rising in the southeast and setting in the
southwest
17. Which photon in the list below carries the most energy? - Correct Answers -
Ultraviolet radiation
18. What color of the visible light spectrum has the longest wavelength - Correct
Answers -Red
19. The hottest planet in the solar system is Mars due to having a carbon dioxide rich
atmosphere - Correct Answers -False
20. Earth surface temperature is - Correct Answers -15 degrees Celsius
21. Killer of the unprepared - Correct Answers -Hypothermia
22. Weather_are issued when weather conditions impact our lives in ways that are not a
direct threat to life and property, but ignoring that may lead to hazardous conditions. -
Correct Answers -Advisories
23. What country overtook the US in 2006 as the world's biggest gas polluter - Correct
Answers -China
24. Suppose you drive to and from work on a street that runs east and West. On what
day would you most likely have the sun shining directly in your eyes while driving to and
from work - Correct Answers -On the day of the vernal/ autumna equinox
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Which statement best describes the differences in the heating and cooling of water
and land? - Correct Answers -Land heats quickly and cools quickly. Water heats slowly
and cools slowly
2. Which statement best describes the differences in the Specific Heat of land and
water? - Correct Answers -Land has a low specific heat and water has a high specific
heat.
3. Which drawing in the diagram correctly illustrates the Greenhouse Effect? - Correct
Answers -B.??
4. If you drive with your arm hanging out the car window, you may notice that only your
left arm becomes tanned or burned. This is due mainly to the fact that: - Correct
Answers -The windshield allows visible light to pass through while absorbing UV light
5. 5. When you touch a wooden desk and a granite table in the same room, the granite
feels cooler. Why? - Correct Answers -The granite conducts heat more readily,
transferring more heat away from you
6. Which of the following reflects the greatest amount of incoming solar radiation? -
Correct Answers -New fallen snow
7. The Noon Sun is found over the Tropic of Cancer on June 21/22, marking the first
day of winter for the southern hemisphere. - Correct Answers -True
8. Why is surface air temperature measured at a standard height of 1.5 m (~5 feet)? -
Correct Answers -To ensure an accurate reading, insulated from surface effects
9. Which of the following processes requires the greatest input of energy to occur? -
Correct Answers -Converting one gram of stem to ice
10. How might an increase in the human population lead to an atmospheric carbon
dioxide concentration? - Correct Answers -All of the above
Increased, fossil fuel combustion for transportation and manufacture.
Increased biomass depletion (e.g. clear cutting of rainforests) for human interests
Increased animal population to support human food needs
, 11. The temperature at which all molecular motion ceases is 0 K. - Correct Answers -
True
12. Temperature is the average _ energy of atoms and molecules in a substance. -
Correct Answers -Kinetic
13. In late June following the Summer Solstice, at middle latitudes in the Northern
Hemisphere, the day is: - Correct Answers -More than 12 hours long and is getting
shorter with each passing day
14. When it is January and winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is: - Correct Answers -
January and summer in the Southern Hemisphere
15. The Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5°. If the amount of tilt were decreased to 5°, we
would expect to observe in the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere: - Correct
Answers -Cooler, summers and warmer winters, then at present
16. In the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere on December 21, the Sun may
be described as: - Correct Answers -Rising in the southeast and setting in the
southwest
17. Which photon in the list below carries the most energy? - Correct Answers -
Ultraviolet radiation
18. What color of the visible light spectrum has the longest wavelength - Correct
Answers -Red
19. The hottest planet in the solar system is Mars due to having a carbon dioxide rich
atmosphere - Correct Answers -False
20. Earth surface temperature is - Correct Answers -15 degrees Celsius
21. Killer of the unprepared - Correct Answers -Hypothermia
22. Weather_are issued when weather conditions impact our lives in ways that are not a
direct threat to life and property, but ignoring that may lead to hazardous conditions. -
Correct Answers -Advisories
23. What country overtook the US in 2006 as the world's biggest gas polluter - Correct
Answers -China
24. Suppose you drive to and from work on a street that runs east and West. On what
day would you most likely have the sun shining directly in your eyes while driving to and
from work - Correct Answers -On the day of the vernal/ autumna equinox
