GY 101 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers
2. The study of long term averages, variability, and locations of weather
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phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Climatology | | |
3. Gases whose distribution in the atmosphere is uneven in both time
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and space - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Variable gases
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4. In which directions does the atmosphere exert pressure? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-All directions |
5. Most abundant variable gas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-water vapor
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6. Sea level pressure in tuscaloosa - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1013
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millibars
7. What atmospheric gas is made up of one oxygen atom and two
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hydrogen atoms bonded together - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-E) None of
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these
, 8. Joule - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Standard unit of energy in the
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Metric/SI system
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9. Which of the following involves energy storage in the water molecule
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in the form of latent heat? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-melting,
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evaporation, sublimation |
10. The international agreement to reduce the amount of CFCs entering
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the atmosphere - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Montreal protocol
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11. All of the following involve the input of energy except - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Freezing
13. Thermal layer of the atmosphere with the greatest density -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Troposphere |
14. One of the main roles of plants in biogeochemical cycles - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere | | | | |
15. What percentage of incoming shortwave (sunlight) is absorbed by
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Earth's surface? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-50%
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16. Most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Carbon dioxide |
Answers
2. The study of long term averages, variability, and locations of weather
| | | | | | | | | | | |
phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Climatology | | |
3. Gases whose distribution in the atmosphere is uneven in both time
| | | | | | | | | | | |
and space - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Variable gases
| | | | |
4. In which directions does the atmosphere exert pressure? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-All directions |
5. Most abundant variable gas - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-water vapor
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6. Sea level pressure in tuscaloosa - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1013
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millibars
7. What atmospheric gas is made up of one oxygen atom and two
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
hydrogen atoms bonded together - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-E) None of
| | | | | | | | |
these
, 8. Joule - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Standard unit of energy in the
| | | | | | | | |
Metric/SI system
| |
9. Which of the following involves energy storage in the water molecule
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in the form of latent heat? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-melting,
| | | | | | | | |
evaporation, sublimation |
10. The international agreement to reduce the amount of CFCs entering
| | | | | | | | | | |
the atmosphere - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Montreal protocol
| | | | |
11. All of the following involve the input of energy except - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Freezing
13. Thermal layer of the atmosphere with the greatest density -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Troposphere |
14. One of the main roles of plants in biogeochemical cycles - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere | | | | |
15. What percentage of incoming shortwave (sunlight) is absorbed by
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Earth's surface? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-50%
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16. Most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Carbon dioxide |
