METRO FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is a variable gas in Earth's Atmosphere? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Water
Vapor
Dust that is floating around your room, would be considered - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an Aerosol
Which statement most accurately describes the stratosphere - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ozone in the
stratosphere absorbs incoming UC radiation and thus warms
Temperature is actually measuring the airs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Kinetic Energy
Given the four vertical temperatures profiles showing the troposphere and the stratosphere- which is
the most realistic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅D
If you wanted to see how cold the colds were outside, you would check the - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅IR Satellite
The weakest type of radiation depicted in the graphic above is: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A,
longwave energy
Which of the following has the highest heat capacity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A lake
Earth's albedo is a measure of: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Reflected incoming solar radiation
Which of the following is the dominant greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Water Vapor
Which locations depicts the southern hemisphere summer and which parallel is in the southern
hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B, Tropic of Capricorn
, Earth position 'A' most likely depicts what event? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅June Solstice
Given the sunlight/Earth graphic above, which of the following is true - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Direct sunlight is along the tropic of Cancer
The Earth is closet to the sun in _____, called the _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅January,
Perhelion
Which of the following Earth features has the lowest average albedo? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Ocean water
Which of the following contributes the most to the temperature of a location on Earth - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Latitude
On an average day, the low temperature occurs: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Just after the sun rises,
when the incoming and outgoing radiation are equal
Given the cities pictured above, which would have marine climate most of the year - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅A
The ____ has a larger seasonal shift in temperature because it has more ______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Northern Hemisphere, land
Cities generally stay warmer than their rural counterparts because: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅All
answers are correct
Which of the following can be best described as an adiabatic process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
can of compressed air getting colder when used
When the temperature cools and reaches the dewpoint, what MUST occur - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Condensation
Which of the following is a variable gas in Earth's Atmosphere? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Water
Vapor
Dust that is floating around your room, would be considered - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an Aerosol
Which statement most accurately describes the stratosphere - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ozone in the
stratosphere absorbs incoming UC radiation and thus warms
Temperature is actually measuring the airs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Kinetic Energy
Given the four vertical temperatures profiles showing the troposphere and the stratosphere- which is
the most realistic - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅D
If you wanted to see how cold the colds were outside, you would check the - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅IR Satellite
The weakest type of radiation depicted in the graphic above is: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A,
longwave energy
Which of the following has the highest heat capacity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A lake
Earth's albedo is a measure of: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Reflected incoming solar radiation
Which of the following is the dominant greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Water Vapor
Which locations depicts the southern hemisphere summer and which parallel is in the southern
hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅B, Tropic of Capricorn
, Earth position 'A' most likely depicts what event? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅June Solstice
Given the sunlight/Earth graphic above, which of the following is true - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Direct sunlight is along the tropic of Cancer
The Earth is closet to the sun in _____, called the _____ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅January,
Perhelion
Which of the following Earth features has the lowest average albedo? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Ocean water
Which of the following contributes the most to the temperature of a location on Earth - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Latitude
On an average day, the low temperature occurs: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Just after the sun rises,
when the incoming and outgoing radiation are equal
Given the cities pictured above, which would have marine climate most of the year - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅A
The ____ has a larger seasonal shift in temperature because it has more ______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Northern Hemisphere, land
Cities generally stay warmer than their rural counterparts because: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅All
answers are correct
Which of the following can be best described as an adiabatic process - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A
can of compressed air getting colder when used
When the temperature cools and reaches the dewpoint, what MUST occur - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Condensation
