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UCLA A&O3 Midterm Exam Questions
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The atmosphere is a mixture of - ✔✔✔ - gas molecules, small particulates, and moisture
Technological advances in computer hardware and software - ✔✔✔ - have had a huge impact
on our ability to understand and predict the weather
Radiosondes - ✔✔✔ - allow us to measure weather conditions in the upper atmosphere
A network of surface and upper-air observations is crucial to meteorological understanding
because - ✔✔✔ - organized weather systems often cover large areas
The invention of the telegraph in the mid-1800s improved weather forecasting because - ✔✔✔
- the location and movement of weather conditions could be tracked
According to the scientific method, a hypothesis - ✔✔✔ - must lead to predictions
What is the caveat of the Scientific Process? - ✔✔✔ - It is not a rigid process
Atmospheric motions are mostly horizontal because - ✔✔✔ - its shallowness doesn't allow
large vertical motions
Which layer of the atmosphere is thicker in summer - ✔✔✔ - the troposphere
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Which of the following are used to identify places of equal atmospheric pressure? - ✔✔✔ -
isobars
Wind direction is properly referred to as - ✔✔✔ - the direction the wind is blowing from
Radiation, as an energy transfer mechanism, is especially important because - ✔✔✔ -
everything Radiates. radiation provides us with visible light. radiation energy can travel without
an intervening medium.
Your hand feels cold when you hold a cold can of soda. Energy is being transferred from your
hand to the can by - ✔✔✔ - conduction
Warm air rises. This is an example of energy transfer by - ✔✔✔ - convection
What is Weather - ✔✔✔ - the state of the atmosphere as it was measured by a single
observation
What is Climate - ✔✔✔ - an aggregation of many observations to describe the weather over
time
Where is wind in relation to isobars - ✔✔✔ - between isobars
The relationship between air pressure and elevation is nonlinear because - ✔✔✔ - air is
compressible
Horizontal pressure changes are - ✔✔✔ - less than vertical pressure changes
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UCLA A&O3 Midterm Exam Questions
and Answers A+ Grade.
The atmosphere is a mixture of - ✔✔✔ - gas molecules, small particulates, and moisture
Technological advances in computer hardware and software - ✔✔✔ - have had a huge impact
on our ability to understand and predict the weather
Radiosondes - ✔✔✔ - allow us to measure weather conditions in the upper atmosphere
A network of surface and upper-air observations is crucial to meteorological understanding
because - ✔✔✔ - organized weather systems often cover large areas
The invention of the telegraph in the mid-1800s improved weather forecasting because - ✔✔✔
- the location and movement of weather conditions could be tracked
According to the scientific method, a hypothesis - ✔✔✔ - must lead to predictions
What is the caveat of the Scientific Process? - ✔✔✔ - It is not a rigid process
Atmospheric motions are mostly horizontal because - ✔✔✔ - its shallowness doesn't allow
large vertical motions
Which layer of the atmosphere is thicker in summer - ✔✔✔ - the troposphere
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Which of the following are used to identify places of equal atmospheric pressure? - ✔✔✔ -
isobars
Wind direction is properly referred to as - ✔✔✔ - the direction the wind is blowing from
Radiation, as an energy transfer mechanism, is especially important because - ✔✔✔ -
everything Radiates. radiation provides us with visible light. radiation energy can travel without
an intervening medium.
Your hand feels cold when you hold a cold can of soda. Energy is being transferred from your
hand to the can by - ✔✔✔ - conduction
Warm air rises. This is an example of energy transfer by - ✔✔✔ - convection
What is Weather - ✔✔✔ - the state of the atmosphere as it was measured by a single
observation
What is Climate - ✔✔✔ - an aggregation of many observations to describe the weather over
time
Where is wind in relation to isobars - ✔✔✔ - between isobars
The relationship between air pressure and elevation is nonlinear because - ✔✔✔ - air is
compressible
Horizontal pressure changes are - ✔✔✔ - less than vertical pressure changes
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