ATMO 201: Exam #1 || Questions and Answers.
What type of weather event happened on April 27th, 2011? correct answers Tornado outbreak
What economic sector is most absolutely impacted by weather? correct answers Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
What two weather categories have decreased fatalities over the last 30 years as a result of
increased education? correct answers Lightning and heat
What state ranks in the top 3 for both lightning and tornado fatalities between 2005 and 2019?
correct answers Alabama
Which state had the most billion-dollar weather and climate disasters between 1980 and 2019?
correct answers Texas
What is the rate of removal (in Pg/yr) for a given substance if:
Total amount= 60 Pg
Residence Time= 90 days
(Round to the nearest whole number) correct answers 243
In what month is the ozone hole the largest? correct answers October
In which layer of the atmosphere does oxygen absorb shortwave radiation? correct answers
Thermosphere
Which of the following is a correct unit of density? correct answers - kg/m3
- g/cm3
, Pressure ______________ with height in the atmosphere correct answers Decreases
Why is the lower atmosphere more dense? correct answers Gravity
Which location has the lowest pressure?
A. College Station
B. Mt. Everest
C. New Orleans, LA
D. Denver, CO correct answers B. Mt. Everest
What is the most common unit of pressure used in meteorology? correct answers mb (millibars)
How many parcels are in 1 psi? correct answers 6,895
What is the pressure in bars for 15 in Hg? (provide a decimal answer) correct answers 0.507
Convert 40 F to K correct answers 277.4 K
What is the temperature in C given P= 40 hPa and p= 0.1 kg/m3? correct answers -133.6 C
Energy and wavelength are directly related to... correct answers Temperature
Compared to the Earth, the sun's wavelength is.... correct answers Shorter
Which selective absorber is responsible for most of the absorption in the near IR for the
atmosphere? correct answers H2O
What type of weather event happened on April 27th, 2011? correct answers Tornado outbreak
What economic sector is most absolutely impacted by weather? correct answers Finance,
Insurance, Real Estate
What two weather categories have decreased fatalities over the last 30 years as a result of
increased education? correct answers Lightning and heat
What state ranks in the top 3 for both lightning and tornado fatalities between 2005 and 2019?
correct answers Alabama
Which state had the most billion-dollar weather and climate disasters between 1980 and 2019?
correct answers Texas
What is the rate of removal (in Pg/yr) for a given substance if:
Total amount= 60 Pg
Residence Time= 90 days
(Round to the nearest whole number) correct answers 243
In what month is the ozone hole the largest? correct answers October
In which layer of the atmosphere does oxygen absorb shortwave radiation? correct answers
Thermosphere
Which of the following is a correct unit of density? correct answers - kg/m3
- g/cm3
, Pressure ______________ with height in the atmosphere correct answers Decreases
Why is the lower atmosphere more dense? correct answers Gravity
Which location has the lowest pressure?
A. College Station
B. Mt. Everest
C. New Orleans, LA
D. Denver, CO correct answers B. Mt. Everest
What is the most common unit of pressure used in meteorology? correct answers mb (millibars)
How many parcels are in 1 psi? correct answers 6,895
What is the pressure in bars for 15 in Hg? (provide a decimal answer) correct answers 0.507
Convert 40 F to K correct answers 277.4 K
What is the temperature in C given P= 40 hPa and p= 0.1 kg/m3? correct answers -133.6 C
Energy and wavelength are directly related to... correct answers Temperature
Compared to the Earth, the sun's wavelength is.... correct answers Shorter
Which selective absorber is responsible for most of the absorption in the near IR for the
atmosphere? correct answers H2O
