WX 201 EXAMS SET TESTED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Since the turn of this century, CO2 in the atmosphere has:
Answer: been increasing in concentration
●● In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies 78 percent
and ____ occupies nearly 21 percent.
Answer: Nitrogen, Oxygen
●● Sinks of CO2 include
Answer: photosynthesis
●● The only substance near the earth's surface that is found naturally in
the atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and a gas:
Answer: water
●● A greenhouse gas
Answer: absorbs outgoing terrestrial radiation
●● Air can hold more water vapor when it is
Answer: warm
,●● Ozone
Answer: occurs at about 75,000 ft and absorbs UV rays
●● In the atmosphere, tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various
composition are called:
Answer: aerosol
●● Meteorology is the study of _____.
Answer: the atmosphere
●● 50°F is equal to __°C
Answer: 10.0000
●● An inversion layer where the temperature increases with height has a
__ lapse rate
Answer: negative
●● 20°C is equal to __°F
Answer: 68.0000
●● The altitude of the tropopause is generally highest in
Answer: the tropics
,●● In a temperature inversion:
Answer: air temperature increases with increasing height
●● Almost all of the earths weather occurs in the
Answer: troposphere
●● Average sea level pressure is about
Answer: 14.7 lb per square inch, 29.92 in Hg, 1013 mg
●● In the ISA (Standard Atmosphere), the lapse rate in the troposphere
is
Answer: 2ºC per 1,000 ft
●● If I heat air in a closed container the pressure inside the container
will
Answer: rise
●● An isothermal layer is a layer in which ___
Answer: temperature is constant with height
●● If the absolute temperature of an object doubles, the amount of
energy emitted goes up by a factor of:
, Answer: 16
●● If the amount of energy lost by the earth to space each year were not
approximately equal to that received:
Answer: the atmospheres average temperature would change
●● At midday on June 22, the solar elevation at 30ºN is
Answer: 83.5º
●● At which temperature would the earth be radiating energy at the
greatest rate of intensity?
Answer: 105º F
●● For maximum winter warmth, in the Northern Hemisphere, large
windows in a house should face:
Answer: south
●● Most of the radiation emitted by the earth is in the __ part of the
electromagnetic spectrum
Answer: IR
●● According to Wein's displacement law, the wavelength at which
maximum radiation occurs
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Since the turn of this century, CO2 in the atmosphere has:
Answer: been increasing in concentration
●● In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies 78 percent
and ____ occupies nearly 21 percent.
Answer: Nitrogen, Oxygen
●● Sinks of CO2 include
Answer: photosynthesis
●● The only substance near the earth's surface that is found naturally in
the atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and a gas:
Answer: water
●● A greenhouse gas
Answer: absorbs outgoing terrestrial radiation
●● Air can hold more water vapor when it is
Answer: warm
,●● Ozone
Answer: occurs at about 75,000 ft and absorbs UV rays
●● In the atmosphere, tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various
composition are called:
Answer: aerosol
●● Meteorology is the study of _____.
Answer: the atmosphere
●● 50°F is equal to __°C
Answer: 10.0000
●● An inversion layer where the temperature increases with height has a
__ lapse rate
Answer: negative
●● 20°C is equal to __°F
Answer: 68.0000
●● The altitude of the tropopause is generally highest in
Answer: the tropics
,●● In a temperature inversion:
Answer: air temperature increases with increasing height
●● Almost all of the earths weather occurs in the
Answer: troposphere
●● Average sea level pressure is about
Answer: 14.7 lb per square inch, 29.92 in Hg, 1013 mg
●● In the ISA (Standard Atmosphere), the lapse rate in the troposphere
is
Answer: 2ºC per 1,000 ft
●● If I heat air in a closed container the pressure inside the container
will
Answer: rise
●● An isothermal layer is a layer in which ___
Answer: temperature is constant with height
●● If the absolute temperature of an object doubles, the amount of
energy emitted goes up by a factor of:
, Answer: 16
●● If the amount of energy lost by the earth to space each year were not
approximately equal to that received:
Answer: the atmospheres average temperature would change
●● At midday on June 22, the solar elevation at 30ºN is
Answer: 83.5º
●● At which temperature would the earth be radiating energy at the
greatest rate of intensity?
Answer: 105º F
●● For maximum winter warmth, in the Northern Hemisphere, large
windows in a house should face:
Answer: south
●● Most of the radiation emitted by the earth is in the __ part of the
electromagnetic spectrum
Answer: IR
●● According to Wein's displacement law, the wavelength at which
maximum radiation occurs
