ERAU WX-201 Test 1 QUESTIONS WITH
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ANSWERS
Lapse rate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The rate at which
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temperature decreases with an increase in altitude. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Wind direction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the direction
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from which the wind is blowing
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a variable gas in the Earth's atmosphere is - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔water vapor |\ |\
Troposhere - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The atmosphere
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layer closest to Earths surface in which we live
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Air molecules are held near the earth's surface by ____. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Gravity |\ |\
The Temperature of the tropopause is much _____ than
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the temperature at Earth's surface - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔colder
, At night, when the weather is extremely cold and dry, -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔atmospheric pressure decreases |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
with increasing altitude |\ |\
The only substance near Earth's surface that is found
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naturally in the current atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and
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a gas is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Water
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Typically, water vapor occupies about what percentage of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the air's volume near the earth's surface? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Less than 4% |\ |\ |\
In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies
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78 percent and ____ nearly 21 percent. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Nitrogen; Oxygen |\ |\
The gas that absorbs most of the harmful ultraviolet
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radiation in the stratosphere is: - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔ozone
Almost all of the earth's weather occurs in the: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Troposphere |\ |\
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ANSWERS
Lapse rate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The rate at which
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temperature decreases with an increase in altitude. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Wind direction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the direction
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from which the wind is blowing
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a variable gas in the Earth's atmosphere is - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔water vapor |\ |\
Troposhere - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The atmosphere
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layer closest to Earths surface in which we live
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Air molecules are held near the earth's surface by ____. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Gravity |\ |\
The Temperature of the tropopause is much _____ than
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the temperature at Earth's surface - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔colder
, At night, when the weather is extremely cold and dry, -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔atmospheric pressure decreases |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
with increasing altitude |\ |\
The only substance near Earth's surface that is found
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naturally in the current atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a gas is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Water
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Typically, water vapor occupies about what percentage of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the air's volume near the earth's surface? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Less than 4% |\ |\ |\
In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies
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78 percent and ____ nearly 21 percent. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Nitrogen; Oxygen |\ |\
The gas that absorbs most of the harmful ultraviolet
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radiation in the stratosphere is: - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔ozone
Almost all of the earth's weather occurs in the: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Troposphere |\ |\
