WX 201 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
⩥ Wind direction. Answer: the direction from which the wind is blowing
⩥ a variable gas in the Earth's atmosphere is. Answer: water vapor
⩥ Troposhere. Answer: The atmosphere layer closest to Earths surface in
which we live
⩥ Air molecules are held near the earth's surface by ____.. Answer:
Gravity
⩥ The Temperature of the tropopause is much _____ than the
temperature at Earth's surface. Answer: colder
⩥ At night, when the weather is extremely cold and dry,. Answer:
atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing altitude
⩥ The only substance near Earth's surface that is found naturally in the
current atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and a gas is. Answer: Water
, ⩥ Typically, water vapor occupies about what percentage of the air's
volume near the earth's surface?. Answer: Less than 4%
⩥ In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies 78 percent
and ____ nearly 21 percent.. Answer: Nitrogen; Oxygen
⩥ The gas that absorbs most of the harmful ultraviolet radiation in the
stratosphere is:. Answer: ozone
⩥ Almost all of the earth's weather occurs in the:. Answer: Troposphere
⩥ The weather element that ALWAYS decreases as we climb upward
into the atmosphere is:. Answer: Pressure
⩥ There are more air molecules near Earth's surface making the air near
the surface more:. Answer: Dense in comparison to higher up
⩥ Earth's atmosphere is divided into named layer based on:. Answer: the
vertical profile of air temperature
⩥ The average temperature on the Earth's surface is:. Answer: 59
degrees F
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
⩥ Wind direction. Answer: the direction from which the wind is blowing
⩥ a variable gas in the Earth's atmosphere is. Answer: water vapor
⩥ Troposhere. Answer: The atmosphere layer closest to Earths surface in
which we live
⩥ Air molecules are held near the earth's surface by ____.. Answer:
Gravity
⩥ The Temperature of the tropopause is much _____ than the
temperature at Earth's surface. Answer: colder
⩥ At night, when the weather is extremely cold and dry,. Answer:
atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing altitude
⩥ The only substance near Earth's surface that is found naturally in the
current atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and a gas is. Answer: Water
, ⩥ Typically, water vapor occupies about what percentage of the air's
volume near the earth's surface?. Answer: Less than 4%
⩥ In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies 78 percent
and ____ nearly 21 percent.. Answer: Nitrogen; Oxygen
⩥ The gas that absorbs most of the harmful ultraviolet radiation in the
stratosphere is:. Answer: ozone
⩥ Almost all of the earth's weather occurs in the:. Answer: Troposphere
⩥ The weather element that ALWAYS decreases as we climb upward
into the atmosphere is:. Answer: Pressure
⩥ There are more air molecules near Earth's surface making the air near
the surface more:. Answer: Dense in comparison to higher up
⩥ Earth's atmosphere is divided into named layer based on:. Answer: the
vertical profile of air temperature
⩥ The average temperature on the Earth's surface is:. Answer: 59
degrees F
