PHYS203 Exam-Questions 2025/2026 with 100%
Correct Solutions
what is an Insulator?
bad at conducting electricity
what is a Conductor?
good at conducting electricity
what is Thunder?
explosion in the air (caused by lighting)
How does thunder move?
Thunder moves at speed of sound (Roughly 1 mill times slower)
how does Lightning move?
at speed of light
what are the largest storms?
Hurricanes
what two storms are both low pressure systems (cyclones)?
Tornados and hurricanes
what is a Tornado?
low pressure cyclones that form from low pressure continental air masses
what is the weakest tornado on the fujita scale?
,F0
what is the strongest tornado on the fujita scale?
F5
where are tornados most Common?
in the Midwest
where are hurricanes called hurricanes?
in Atlantic ocean
where are hurricanes called typhoons?
pacific ocean
how do hurricanes form?
Forms from a tropical disturbance and forms into tropical depression, then becomes tropical
storm, then becomes hurricane
what scale is used to measure hurricanes?
Saffir simpson scale
on the saffir simpson scale, which category is the weakest?
Category 1
what is Storm surge?
destruction to the east of the eye
what is climatology?
, study of long term trends and interaction in the air
what is data?
collection of numbers
what mean/average/arithmetic ....?
Central tendency of data
what is dispersion?
how data is distributed around central tendency
what is the Range of data?
difference between largest and smallest # in the data
how many ice ages have their been in the history of the earth?
5
How long ago did the current ice age start?
30 mill years ago
one way to define an ice age?
if it has 1 ice cap
what is the milankovich theory?
glacial and interglacial are caused by variations in earth's tilt and orbit
what is eccentricity?
Correct Solutions
what is an Insulator?
bad at conducting electricity
what is a Conductor?
good at conducting electricity
what is Thunder?
explosion in the air (caused by lighting)
How does thunder move?
Thunder moves at speed of sound (Roughly 1 mill times slower)
how does Lightning move?
at speed of light
what are the largest storms?
Hurricanes
what two storms are both low pressure systems (cyclones)?
Tornados and hurricanes
what is a Tornado?
low pressure cyclones that form from low pressure continental air masses
what is the weakest tornado on the fujita scale?
,F0
what is the strongest tornado on the fujita scale?
F5
where are tornados most Common?
in the Midwest
where are hurricanes called hurricanes?
in Atlantic ocean
where are hurricanes called typhoons?
pacific ocean
how do hurricanes form?
Forms from a tropical disturbance and forms into tropical depression, then becomes tropical
storm, then becomes hurricane
what scale is used to measure hurricanes?
Saffir simpson scale
on the saffir simpson scale, which category is the weakest?
Category 1
what is Storm surge?
destruction to the east of the eye
what is climatology?
, study of long term trends and interaction in the air
what is data?
collection of numbers
what mean/average/arithmetic ....?
Central tendency of data
what is dispersion?
how data is distributed around central tendency
what is the Range of data?
difference between largest and smallest # in the data
how many ice ages have their been in the history of the earth?
5
How long ago did the current ice age start?
30 mill years ago
one way to define an ice age?
if it has 1 ice cap
what is the milankovich theory?
glacial and interglacial are caused by variations in earth's tilt and orbit
what is eccentricity?
