WX 201 Exam 1 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

WX 201 Exam 1 QUESTIONS WITH
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ANSWERS

What color would the sky be if air molecules selectively
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scattered only the longest wavelengths of visible light?
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- violet
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- blue
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- red
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- white
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- black - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔red
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When it is January and winter in the Northern
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Hemisphere, it is ____ and ____ in the Southern |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



Hemisphere.


- March; spring
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- January; summer
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- July; winter
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- July; summer
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- January; winter - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔January;
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summer

,The most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth's current
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atmosphere is |\




- methane (CH4).
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- water vapor (H2O).
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- nitrous oxide (N2O).
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- chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
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- carbon dioxide (CO2). - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔water
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vapor (H2O) |\




The main process responsible for warming in the lower
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atmosphere is |\




- the absorption of infrared radiation.
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- related to Earth's albedo.
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- the release of latent heat during condensation.
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- the conduction of heat upward from the surface.
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- the direct absorption of sunlight by the atmosphere. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the absorption of infrared
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radiation

, At sunset in the middle latitudes, look for a rainbow
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toward the ____. |\ |\




- east
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- northwest
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- south
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- west
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- southwest - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔east
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Energy of motion is also known as
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- static energy.
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- kinetic energy.
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- dynamic energy.
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- latent heat energy.
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- sensible heat energy. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔kinetic
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energy.


The greatest variation in daily temperature usually occurs
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- at the top of a high-rise apartment complex.
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- about 5 feet above the ground.
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