weather final exam questions and
answers already pass 2025/2026
Use the table of saturation mixing ratio values at right to determine the mixing ratio, r, on a day when
the temperature is 80o F, the RH is 50%, and the dew point temperature is 60o F.
T(oF) rS(g/kg)
80 20
70 15
60 10
50 5
40 3 - correct answer ✔r = 10 g/kg
Match the descriptions below at left with one of the gases from the list at right.
Peak concentration of this gas is found near 25 km, it absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation _______
Combustion adds this gas to and photosynthesis removes this gas from the atmosphere _______
The most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere _______
Common greenhouse gas and the only gas to occur naturally in solid, liquid, and gas phases in the
atmosphere _______
a. ozone (O3)
, b. oxygen (O2)
c. water vapor (H2O)
d. carbon dioxide (CO2)
e. sulfur dioxide (SO2)
f. nitrogen (N2) - correct answer ✔ozone
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
water vapor
Skies are clear in the eye of a hurricane because the air in the eye SINKS RISES and COOLS WARMS. -
correct answer ✔SINKS
WARMS
A mesocyclone will produce which of the following thunderstorm features?
a. anvil cloud
b. mammatus clouds
c. wall cloud
d. gust front - correct answer ✔wall cloud
Clouds are good absorbers and emitters of infrared (IR) radiation. This explains why DAYTIME
NIGHTTIME temperatures on a cloudy day will usually be COOLER WARMER than on a clear day. -
correct answer ✔NIGHTTIME
WARMER
This instrument, invented in the 1600s by Torricelli, basically weighs the atmosphere. - correct answer
✔mercury barometer
answers already pass 2025/2026
Use the table of saturation mixing ratio values at right to determine the mixing ratio, r, on a day when
the temperature is 80o F, the RH is 50%, and the dew point temperature is 60o F.
T(oF) rS(g/kg)
80 20
70 15
60 10
50 5
40 3 - correct answer ✔r = 10 g/kg
Match the descriptions below at left with one of the gases from the list at right.
Peak concentration of this gas is found near 25 km, it absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation _______
Combustion adds this gas to and photosynthesis removes this gas from the atmosphere _______
The most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere _______
Common greenhouse gas and the only gas to occur naturally in solid, liquid, and gas phases in the
atmosphere _______
a. ozone (O3)
, b. oxygen (O2)
c. water vapor (H2O)
d. carbon dioxide (CO2)
e. sulfur dioxide (SO2)
f. nitrogen (N2) - correct answer ✔ozone
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
water vapor
Skies are clear in the eye of a hurricane because the air in the eye SINKS RISES and COOLS WARMS. -
correct answer ✔SINKS
WARMS
A mesocyclone will produce which of the following thunderstorm features?
a. anvil cloud
b. mammatus clouds
c. wall cloud
d. gust front - correct answer ✔wall cloud
Clouds are good absorbers and emitters of infrared (IR) radiation. This explains why DAYTIME
NIGHTTIME temperatures on a cloudy day will usually be COOLER WARMER than on a clear day. -
correct answer ✔NIGHTTIME
WARMER
This instrument, invented in the 1600s by Torricelli, basically weighs the atmosphere. - correct answer
✔mercury barometer
