Metro Final UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT 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
Questions and CORRECT 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
