WX 201 - Chapter 1 Sandbox
with 100% correct answers
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The two most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere
are carbon dioxide and water vapor. - answer True
In ____ near Earth's surface today, nitrogen occupies 78 percent and
oxygen nearly 21 percent. - answer the volume of the air
The most abundant gas in the stratosphere is ____. - answer
Nitrogen (N2)
The word "weather" is defined as ____. - answer the condition of the
atmosphere at a particular time and place.
Meteorology is the study of ____. - answer the atmosphere
Which process, over millions of years, provided a rich supply of
water vapor into the atmosphere that formed into clouds? - answer
outgassing
The unit of pressure most commonly found on a surface weather
map is ____. - answer millibars or hectopascals
Precipitation is ____. - answer any form of water that falls from
clouds and reaches the ground.
, The region where atoms and molecules shoot off into space is
sometimes referred to as the exosphere, which represents the
upper limit of our atmosphere. - answer True
The most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's current atmosphere is
____. - answer water vapor (H2O)
Which weather element always decreases as we climb upward in the
atmosphere? - answer pressure
Almost all of Earth's weather occurs in the ____. - answer
troposphere
Which process acts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
- answer photosynthesis
The temperature of the tropopause ____. - answer is much colder
than the temperature at Earth's surface.
Someone who says that "the wind direction today is south" likely
means that the wind is blowing from the south. - answer True
The ozone hole is an actual hole in the atmosphere, a region of
complete vacuum. - answer False
Weather describes the conditions averaged over a region or over a
period, whereas climate describes the condition of the atmosphere
at a particular time and place. - answer False
In which atmospheric layer is most of the ionosphere found? -
answer thermosphere
with 100% correct answers
(LATEST UPDATED VERSION)
The two most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere
are carbon dioxide and water vapor. - answer True
In ____ near Earth's surface today, nitrogen occupies 78 percent and
oxygen nearly 21 percent. - answer the volume of the air
The most abundant gas in the stratosphere is ____. - answer
Nitrogen (N2)
The word "weather" is defined as ____. - answer the condition of the
atmosphere at a particular time and place.
Meteorology is the study of ____. - answer the atmosphere
Which process, over millions of years, provided a rich supply of
water vapor into the atmosphere that formed into clouds? - answer
outgassing
The unit of pressure most commonly found on a surface weather
map is ____. - answer millibars or hectopascals
Precipitation is ____. - answer any form of water that falls from
clouds and reaches the ground.
, The region where atoms and molecules shoot off into space is
sometimes referred to as the exosphere, which represents the
upper limit of our atmosphere. - answer True
The most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's current atmosphere is
____. - answer water vapor (H2O)
Which weather element always decreases as we climb upward in the
atmosphere? - answer pressure
Almost all of Earth's weather occurs in the ____. - answer
troposphere
Which process acts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
- answer photosynthesis
The temperature of the tropopause ____. - answer is much colder
than the temperature at Earth's surface.
Someone who says that "the wind direction today is south" likely
means that the wind is blowing from the south. - answer True
The ozone hole is an actual hole in the atmosphere, a region of
complete vacuum. - answer False
Weather describes the conditions averaged over a region or over a
period, whereas climate describes the condition of the atmosphere
at a particular time and place. - answer False
In which atmospheric layer is most of the ionosphere found? -
answer thermosphere
