Meteorology 1050 Mizzou Exam 1
Questions and Answers Latest Update
Graded A+
What is the primary gas in Earth's atmosphere by volume?
✔✔ Nitrogen
Which gas in the atmosphere is most responsible for absorbing Earth's outgoing infrared
radiation?
✔✔ Water vapor
What layer of the atmosphere contains most of the weather phenomena we observe?
✔✔ Troposphere
What atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer that absorbs ultraviolet radiation?
✔✔ Stratosphere
Which instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
✔✔ Barometer
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,What causes wind to blow from high pressure to low pressure areas?
✔✔ Pressure gradient force
What effect causes moving air to curve due to Earth’s rotation?
✔✔ Coriolis effect
Which hemisphere has winds deflected to the right due to the Coriolis effect?
✔✔ Northern Hemisphere
What happens to air temperature as altitude increases in the troposphere?
✔✔ It decreases
Which scale is used to measure temperature in most meteorological reports in the U.S.?
✔✔ Fahrenheit
What is the boundary between two different air masses called?
✔✔ Front
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, What is the name for the process when water vapor changes directly into liquid?
✔✔ Condensation
What is the term for the amount of moisture in the air relative to the maximum it can hold?
✔✔ Relative humidity
What happens to relative humidity when temperature decreases but water vapor stays the same?
✔✔ It increases
What type of cloud is typically flat and layered and associated with overcast skies?
✔✔ Stratus
Which type of cloud appears puffy and resembles cotton balls?
✔✔ Cumulus
What kind of cloud is high-level and wispy, made of ice crystals?
✔✔ Cirrus
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Questions and Answers Latest Update
Graded A+
What is the primary gas in Earth's atmosphere by volume?
✔✔ Nitrogen
Which gas in the atmosphere is most responsible for absorbing Earth's outgoing infrared
radiation?
✔✔ Water vapor
What layer of the atmosphere contains most of the weather phenomena we observe?
✔✔ Troposphere
What atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer that absorbs ultraviolet radiation?
✔✔ Stratosphere
Which instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
✔✔ Barometer
1
,What causes wind to blow from high pressure to low pressure areas?
✔✔ Pressure gradient force
What effect causes moving air to curve due to Earth’s rotation?
✔✔ Coriolis effect
Which hemisphere has winds deflected to the right due to the Coriolis effect?
✔✔ Northern Hemisphere
What happens to air temperature as altitude increases in the troposphere?
✔✔ It decreases
Which scale is used to measure temperature in most meteorological reports in the U.S.?
✔✔ Fahrenheit
What is the boundary between two different air masses called?
✔✔ Front
2
, What is the name for the process when water vapor changes directly into liquid?
✔✔ Condensation
What is the term for the amount of moisture in the air relative to the maximum it can hold?
✔✔ Relative humidity
What happens to relative humidity when temperature decreases but water vapor stays the same?
✔✔ It increases
What type of cloud is typically flat and layered and associated with overcast skies?
✔✔ Stratus
Which type of cloud appears puffy and resembles cotton balls?
✔✔ Cumulus
What kind of cloud is high-level and wispy, made of ice crystals?
✔✔ Cirrus
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