ECU Weather and Climate Final Exam Study Guide | Meteorology Review, Key Concepts &
Practice Questions
Which of the following is NOT a source of renewable energy? - ANS ✔✔clean coal
Which of the following provides a measure of the average speed of air molecules? - ANS
✔✔Temperature
Where is the US wind corridor? - ANS ✔✔Great Plains
_________ is what you feel when you touch a warm object and it ________ measurable with a
thermometer - ANS ✔✔Sensible heat; is
Although the polar regions radiate away more heat energy than they receive by insolation in the
course of a year, they are prevented from becoming progressively colder each year by the - ANS
✔✔poleward heat transfer by the atmosphere and oceans
The transfer of heat by contact is - ANS ✔✔conduction
This property of electromagnetic radiation is inversely proportional to temperature; if
temperature increases_______will decrease. - ANS ✔✔wavelength of peak emission
Which of the following causes the seasons? - ANS ✔✔the tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves
around the Sun.
In the midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the shortest number of daylight
hours occurs around - ANS ✔✔December 22nd
,The atmospheric greenhouse effect is due primarily to the fact that - ANS ✔✔carbon dioxide
and water vapor absorb infrared radiation
The heat energy released when water vapor changes to a liquid is called - ANS ✔✔latent heat of
condensation
It is July. You are arriving in Paris, France and the pilot says it is 30 degrees outside. What
temperature scale is he using? - ANS ✔✔Celcius
Without the atmospheric greenhouse effect, the average surface temperature would be - ANS
✔✔lower than at present
_________ forms when ice crystals melt as they fall through a warm layer of air with
temperatures above 32°F well above the surface and then refreeze on their way down to the
ground. - ANS ✔✔sleet
The rate at which radiant energy is emitted by a body - ANS ✔✔increases with increasing
temperature
Which of the following determines the kind (wavelength) and amount of radiation that an
object emits? - ANS ✔✔temperature
_______________ is the proportion of solar radiation reflected upward from a surface. - ANS
✔✔albedo
An atmospheric heat transfer process that depends upon the movement of air is - ANS
✔✔convection
The primary source of energy for the earth's atmosphere is - ANS ✔✔solar radiation
, The summer solstice - ANS ✔✔All of the above
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 0.4 and 0.7 micrometers is called - ANS
✔✔visible light
When we see the moon at night, we are seeing - ANS ✔✔visible light reflected by the moon
_______ occurs when an ice crystal falls through a layer of air that has temperatures below 32°F
(or 0°C). - ANS ✔✔snow
Most of the energy emitted by the Earth is in the _____________ part of the spectrum. - ANS
✔✔infrared
Most weather phenomena occur in the ______________ - ANS ✔✔troposphere
The most practical location for building a wind turbine would be - ANS ✔✔in a region of
moderate, steady winds.
The________is an apparent force created by the earth's rotation. - ANS ✔✔Coriolis force
The upper-level wind direction is 270 degrees. From what compass direction is the wind
blowing? - ANS ✔✔from the west
The rate of the earth's rotation determines the strength of the - ANS ✔✔Coriolis force.
Cyclonic flow means________in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. - ANS
✔✔circulation around a low pressure center
Practice Questions
Which of the following is NOT a source of renewable energy? - ANS ✔✔clean coal
Which of the following provides a measure of the average speed of air molecules? - ANS
✔✔Temperature
Where is the US wind corridor? - ANS ✔✔Great Plains
_________ is what you feel when you touch a warm object and it ________ measurable with a
thermometer - ANS ✔✔Sensible heat; is
Although the polar regions radiate away more heat energy than they receive by insolation in the
course of a year, they are prevented from becoming progressively colder each year by the - ANS
✔✔poleward heat transfer by the atmosphere and oceans
The transfer of heat by contact is - ANS ✔✔conduction
This property of electromagnetic radiation is inversely proportional to temperature; if
temperature increases_______will decrease. - ANS ✔✔wavelength of peak emission
Which of the following causes the seasons? - ANS ✔✔the tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves
around the Sun.
In the midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the shortest number of daylight
hours occurs around - ANS ✔✔December 22nd
,The atmospheric greenhouse effect is due primarily to the fact that - ANS ✔✔carbon dioxide
and water vapor absorb infrared radiation
The heat energy released when water vapor changes to a liquid is called - ANS ✔✔latent heat of
condensation
It is July. You are arriving in Paris, France and the pilot says it is 30 degrees outside. What
temperature scale is he using? - ANS ✔✔Celcius
Without the atmospheric greenhouse effect, the average surface temperature would be - ANS
✔✔lower than at present
_________ forms when ice crystals melt as they fall through a warm layer of air with
temperatures above 32°F well above the surface and then refreeze on their way down to the
ground. - ANS ✔✔sleet
The rate at which radiant energy is emitted by a body - ANS ✔✔increases with increasing
temperature
Which of the following determines the kind (wavelength) and amount of radiation that an
object emits? - ANS ✔✔temperature
_______________ is the proportion of solar radiation reflected upward from a surface. - ANS
✔✔albedo
An atmospheric heat transfer process that depends upon the movement of air is - ANS
✔✔convection
The primary source of energy for the earth's atmosphere is - ANS ✔✔solar radiation
, The summer solstice - ANS ✔✔All of the above
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 0.4 and 0.7 micrometers is called - ANS
✔✔visible light
When we see the moon at night, we are seeing - ANS ✔✔visible light reflected by the moon
_______ occurs when an ice crystal falls through a layer of air that has temperatures below 32°F
(or 0°C). - ANS ✔✔snow
Most of the energy emitted by the Earth is in the _____________ part of the spectrum. - ANS
✔✔infrared
Most weather phenomena occur in the ______________ - ANS ✔✔troposphere
The most practical location for building a wind turbine would be - ANS ✔✔in a region of
moderate, steady winds.
The________is an apparent force created by the earth's rotation. - ANS ✔✔Coriolis force
The upper-level wind direction is 270 degrees. From what compass direction is the wind
blowing? - ANS ✔✔from the west
The rate of the earth's rotation determines the strength of the - ANS ✔✔Coriolis force.
Cyclonic flow means________in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. - ANS
✔✔circulation around a low pressure center
