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AUXWEA QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025

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AUXWEA QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
TheBelectromagneticBenergyBthatBcomesBfrom

theBsunBconsistsBof...B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-Light,BUltraviolet,BInfrared,



TheBamountBofBenergyBperBunitBareaBthatBarrivesBatBtheBtopBofBtheBatmosphereBfromBthe

sun....B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-DecreasesBwithBincreasingBlatitude



TheBlargestBswingsBofBhotBandBcoldBareB-BCORRECTBANSWERB-WithBtheBseasons.



TheBamountBSolarBenergyBthatBisBabsorbedBby

theBEarth'sBsurfaceBisBreducedBdueBto:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-
ReflectionBfromBcloudsBandBtheBnatureBofBtheBsurface



TheBspecificBheatBofBaBsubstanceBisB-BCORRECTBANSWERB-TheBrateBofBtemperatureBincrease

forBaBgivenBenergyBinput



TheBairBinBtheBlowerBtroposphereBisBheated

mainlyBby:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-ConductionBandBconvectionBfrom

theBEarth'sBsurface.



TemperatureBmayBbeBdefinedBas:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-ABmeasureBofBtheBkineticBenergyBof

molecules.



TheBtransferBofBheatBbyBtheBhorizontalBmovementBofBairBisB-BCORRECTBANSWERB-Advection



TheBtransferBofBheatBbetweenBbodiesBthatBare

notBinBcontactBisB-BCORRECTBANSWERB-Radiation

,InBmeteorology,BconvectionBmeansB-BCORRECTBANSWERB-TheBverticalBtransportBofBheatBby

air.



DescribeBenergyBtransferBthroughBRadiationB-BCORRECTBANSWERB-
InBwaveBform,BwithoutBtheBnecessityBofBaBmedium.



WhatBchangesBtemperatureBmoreBbetweenBnightBandBday?B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-
LargeBlandBmasses,BasBopposedBtoBthe

oceans:



TheBcauseBofBmostBweatherBphenomenaBisB-BCORRECTBANSWERB-UnevenBheatingBofBtheBEarth'sBsurface.



WhereBisBtheBlowBpressureBareaBwrtBwind?B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-120BdegreesBclock-
wiseBfromBfacingBtheBwindB(Buys-Ballot)



TheBwindsBnearBtheBequatorBareBcalledB-BCORRECTBANSWERB-TradeBwinds.



OnBaBrotating,BsmoothBEarth,BtheBlowBpressureBbandsBparallelBtoBtheBequatorBareBthe

__________andBtheB_________.B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-Doldrums,BSub-polarBLow.



TheBDoldrumsBisBaBbeltBofBrelatively:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-LowBpressure.



NameBtheBthreeBprimaryBwindBbelts.B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-TheBnortheastBtrades.

TheBsoutheastBtrades.

TheBprevailingBwesterlies.



TheBInter-tropicalBConvergenceBZone

(ITCZ)BisBlocated:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-EitherBsideBofBtheBequator,BdependingBonBtheBseason.



TheBtradeBwinds:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-BlowBfromBtheBHorseBLatitudesBto

, theBDoldrums.



VerticalBmotionBofBairBnearBtheBequatorBis

causedBby:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-a)BConvergenceBofBtheBtradeBwinds.

b)BHeatingBofBtheBairBbyBtheBEarth'sBsurface.

c)BVariationBofBsolarBenergyBwithBlatitude.



HeatBisBtransportedBnorthwardBandBsouthwardBfromBtheBequatorBby:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-1.BWinds

2.BOceanBCurrents



InsolationBis:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-TheBamountBofBenergyBreachingBthe

Earth'sBsurface.



AnBexampleBofBaBsynopticBscaleBphenomenonBis:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-
AnBairBmassB(LargeB>250,B<2500Bmi)



AnBexampleBofBaBmesoscaleBphenomenonBis:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-ABthunderstormB(MediumB<250Bmi)



AnBexampleBofBaBglobalBscaleBphenomenonBis:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-Tradewinds



ABnorthBwindBisBone:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-ComingBfromBtheBnorth



WindBspeedsBareBgivenBin:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-Knots



StandardBsea-levelBpressureBis:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-14.7Bpsi



IfBtheBbarometricBpressureBisBmeasuredBinBAlbuquerque,BNM,BtheBmostBimportantBcorrectionBtoBmakeBbef
oreBreportingBitBis:B-BCORRECTBANSWERB-Altitude.

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