Nt1330 Unit 3 Quiz
Test 1 question & answers:
Question 1
1 out of 1 points Heat is transferred from the Sun-warmed surface of the Earth to the cooler overlying troposphere via
Answer
Correct Answer: e. All of these are correct. Question 2 The Bowen ratio has a greater value over a ______ surface than over a ______ surface.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. moist...............dry Correct Answer: a. dry..............moist Question 3
1 out of 1 points Ultimately, the atmosphere circulates because of
Answer
Selected Answer: c. unequal rates of radiational heating and cooling.
Correct Answer: c. unequal rates of radiational heating and cooling. Question 4
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An urban heat island is best developed on nights when conditions are
Answer
Selected Answer: a. calm and clear.
Correct Answer: a. calm and clear. Question 5
1 out of 1 points The heat conductivity of a fresh snow cover is ______ the heat conductivity of an old snow cover.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. less than
Correct Answer: b. less than Question 6
1 out of 1 points Sensible heating includes transfer of heat via
Answer
Selected Answer: a. conduction and convection.
Correct Answer: a. conduction and convection. Question 7
1 out of 1 points Temperature is defined as
Answer
Selected Answer: b. a measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual atoms or molecules composing a substance.
Correct Answer: b. a measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual atoms or molecules composing a substance. Question 8
0 out of 1 points Which one of the following heat transfer processes can take place in a vacuum?
Answer
Selected Answer: a. conduction Correct Answer: d. radiation Question 9
1 out of 1 points Kansas City has a ______ climate.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. continental Correct Answer: b. continental Question 10
1 out of 1 points The boiling point of pure water at sea level is ______ °F or ______ °C.
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
212.....100
Correct Answer: c.
212.....100 Question 11
1 out of 1 points The ______features a relatively high concentration of electrically charged particles.
Answer
Selected Answer: d. ionosphere Correct Answer: d. ionosphere Question 12
1 out of 1 points During photosynthesis, green plants remove ______ from the atmosphere and release ______ to the atmosphere.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. carbon dioxide..............oxygen
Correct Answer: b. carbon dioxide..............oxygen Question 13
1 out of 1 points The source(s) of atmospheric aerosols is (are)
Answer
Selected Answer: e.
All of these are correct.
Correct Answer: e.
All of these are correct. Question 14
1 out of 1 points The solar wind
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the above are correct.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the above are correct. Question 15
1 out of 1 points Carbon dioxide was an abundant gas in the atmosphere in Earth's past. Its subsequent decline was caused primarily by
Answer
Selected Answer: b. cycling into the ocean, sediments, and bedrock.
Correct Answer: b. cycling into the ocean, sediments, and
bedrock. Question 16
1 out of 1 points The importance of a gas or aerosol is ______ to its relative abundance in the atmosphere.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. not necessarily related
Correct Answer: b. not necessarily related Question 17
1 out of 1 points The layer of the atmosphere closest to the surface of the Earth is called the
Answer
Selected Answer: a. troposphere. Correct Answer: a. troposphere. Question 18
0 out of 1 points The three most common gases in the "dry" atmosphere (excluding water vapor) are
Answer
Selected Answer: b. nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide.
Correct Answer: a. nitrogen, oxygen, argon. Question 19
1 out of 1 points Air pollutants are gases or aerosols that
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the above are correct.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the above are correct. Question 20
1 out of 1 points Properties of the atmosphere are monitored by
Answer
Selected Answer: e.
All of these are correct.
Correct Answer: e.
All of these are correct. Question 21
Needs Grading Distinguish between sensible heating and latent heating of the atmosphere. Which is more important on a global annual average basis?
Answer
Selected Answer: Sensible heating is a combination of conduction & convection that work together in transferring heat. Latent heating is the transfer of heat from one location to another as a consequence of changes in the phase of water. Latent is more important on a global annual average basis.
Correct Answer:
Latent heating refers to the transport of heat energy through phase changes of water. Heat is absorbed from the environment when ice melts, liquid water evaporates, or snow sublimates (vaporizes). Heat is released to the environment when water freezes, water vapor condenses, or water vapor deposits as ice. Sensible heating includes both conduction and convection. On a global average annual basis, latent heating is more important than sensible heating. Response Feedback: [None Given] Question 22
1 out of 1 points The type of barometer that is used to measure altitude:
Answer
Selected Answer: b. aneroid Correct Answer: b. aneroid Question 23
1 out of 1 points At the same temperature and pressure, humid air is ______ dry air.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. less dense than
Correct Answer: b. less dense than Question 24
1 out of 1 points The magnitude of pressure exerted by the gas molecules composing air depends on
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the above are correct.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the above are correct. Question 25
1 out of 1 points The temperature of rising parcels of unsaturated air __________ because of __________.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. drops. . . . . .expansional cooling
Correct Answer: b. drops. . . . . .expansional cooling Question 26
0 out of 1 points As a mass of warmer and more humid air invades our locality, air temperature _____ and air density _____.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. rises...............increases Correct Answer: d. rises...............decreases Question 27
1 out of 1 points An air-pressure altimeter is actually a(n) ______ barometer.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. aneroid Correct Answer: b. aneroid Question 28
0 out of 1 points So that barometer readings are accurate and representative,
Answer
Selected Answer: b. the instrument must always be mounted outdoors but not in a special instrument shelter.
Correct Answer: d. the instrument may be mounted indoors. Question 29
1 out of 1 points A variable of state in the atmosphere:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of these are correct.
Correct Answer: d.
All of these are correct. Question 30
0 out of 1 points Usually, the air pressure inside a building is _____ the air pressure outside the building.
Answer
Selected Answer: c. less than
Correct Answer: b. about the same as Question 31
1 out of 1 points Between the tropopause and stratopause, the air pressure ______ with increasing altitude.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. decreases Correct Answer: b. decreases Question 32
Needs Grading Among weather satellites, distinguish between GOES and POES.
Answer
Selected Answer: The GEOS revolves around earth at the same rate & in the same direction as the planet so it is always positioned over the same spot on the earth's surface. The POES travels in a relatively low altitude nearly north-south orbit passing close to the poles. They both provide a valuable perspective on the state of the atmosphere to remotely measure temperature and humidity and to ocate & track weather systems.
Correct Answer:
GOES orbits the Earth at a very high altitude but at the same rate as the planet rotates on its axis, so that the satellite is always positioned above the same spot on Earth's surface (the subsatellite point) and its sensors always observe the same portion of the planet. POES is much closer to the surface but orbits the Earth in a north-south direction passing near the poles. The satellite's orbit traces out a plane in space while the planet rotates underneath. A sun-synchronous polar-orbiting satellite scans the same area twice a day. Response Feedback: [None Given] Question 33
Needs Grading Describe the interactions of incoming solar radiation with the components of the atmosphere.
Answer
Selected Answer: Solar radiation interaction with gases and aerosols as it travels through the atmosphere consists of scattering, reflection, absorption and transmitted to the surface. All must equal.
Correct Answer:
These interactions consist of scattering, reflection, and absorption. In the process of scattering, a particle disperses solar radiation in all directions-up, down, and sideways. Reflection is a special case of scattering where some of the solar radiation striking an interface between two different media is backscattered. During absorption some of the radiation striking the surface of an object is converted to heat energy. Response Feedback: [None Given] Question 34
1 out of 1 points Solar radiation that reaches Earth's surface consists of
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the above.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the above. Question 35
1 out of 1 points The surface of Earth is absorbing solar radiation. If more solar radiation is absorbed than emitted, then the temperature of Earth's surface will
Answer
Selected Answer: a. rise Correct Answer: a. rise Question 36
0 out of 1 points Earth's rotational axis is oriented perpendicular to the Sun's rays on the first day of
Answer
Selected Answer: c. winter. Correct Answer: a. spring. Question 37
1 out of 1 points Clouds, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane strongly ______ infrared radiation.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. absorb Correct Answer: b. absorb Question 38
1 out of 1 points A greenhouse gas:
Answer
Selected Answer: e.
All of the above are correct.
Correct Answer: e.
All of the above are correct. Question 39
1 out of 1 points Earth's surface and atmosphere emit primarily what type of electromagnetic radiation?
Answer
Selected Answer: d. infrared Correct Answer: d. infrared Question 40
1 out of 1 points ______ is the distance between successive troughs and crests.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
Wavelength
Correct Answer: b.
Wavelength
Question 41
0 out of 1 points At the equinoxes, the noon Sun has an altitude of 90 degrees at the
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
Arctic Circle.
Correct Answer: b. equator. Question 42
0 out of 1 points On the first day of summer in the Southern Hemisphere, the noon Sun has an altitude of 90 degrees where?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
Tropic of Cancer
Correct Answer: c.
Tropic of Capricorn Question 43
0 out of 1 points The principal absorber(s) of the solar radiation that is intercepted by the Earth-atmosphere system is (are)
Answer
Selected Answer: b. land. Correct Answer: c. ocean water. Question 44
1 out of 1 points Cumuliform clouds _________ form along or ahead of a cold front.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. typically Correct Answer: b. typically Question 45
0 out of 1 points ___________ usually indicate fair weather.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
Stratiform clouds
Correct Answer: a.
Scattered cumulus clouds Question 46
1 out of 1 points From your experience, weather systems usually cross the United States in
Answer
Selected Answer: b. several days.
Correct Answer: b. several days. Question 47
1 out of 1 points Clouds that form horizontal layers are described as
Answer
Selected Answer: c. stratiform. Correct Answer: c. stratiform. Question 48
0 out of 1 points A thunderstorm cloud:
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: c. cumulonimbus Question 49
0 out of 1 points ____________ is (are) typically found near the center of a high pressure system.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: b.
Light winds or calm air Question 50
0 out of 1 points __________ weather is usually associated with cumulonimbus clouds.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: b.
Stormy
Question 51
0 out of 1 points The National Weather Service issues a weather __________ when hazardous weather is imminent or actually taking place.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: b. warning Question 52
0 out of 1 points Climate is defined as weather conditions at some locality averaged over a standard period of _____ years.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: c.
30
Question 53
0 out of 1 points An infrared satellite image is especially useful
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: b. at night. Question 54
Needs Grading Why is the dry adiabatic lapse rate greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate?
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer:
Because of the release of latent heat accompanying phase changes of water vapor, a saturated air parcel cools more slowly than an unsaturated air parcel. This causes the moist adiabatic lapse rate to be lower. Response Feedback: [None Given] Question 55
Needs Grading The significance of an atmospheric gas or aerosol is not necessarily related to its concentration. Explain this statement and provide a few examples.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer:
The most concentrated gasses in the homosphere are nitrogen and oxygen, however other gasses and aerosols are more significant. Water vapor, carbon dioxide, and ozone are minor components of the atmosphere. Water vapor is essential for cloud formation and clouds are required for precipitation; carbon dioxide is necessary for photosynthesis; and ozone formation in the stratosphere shields living organisms on Earth's surface from exposure to potentially lethal levels of solar ultraviolet radiation.
Question 1
1 out of 1 points Heat is transferred from the Sun-warmed surface of the Earth to the cooler overlying troposphere via
Answer
Correct Answer: e. All of these are correct. Question 2 The Bowen ratio has a greater value over a ______ surface than over a ______ surface.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. moist...............dry Correct Answer: a. dry..............moist Question 3
1 out of 1 points Ultimately, the atmosphere circulates because of
Answer
Selected Answer: c. unequal rates of radiational heating and cooling.
Correct Answer: c. unequal rates of radiational heating and cooling. Question 4
1 out of 1 points …show more content…
An urban heat island is best developed on nights when conditions are
Answer
Selected Answer: a. calm and clear.
Correct Answer: a. calm and clear. Question 5
1 out of 1 points The heat conductivity of a fresh snow cover is ______ the heat conductivity of an old snow cover.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. less than
Correct Answer: b. less than Question 6
1 out of 1 points Sensible heating includes transfer of heat via
Answer
Selected Answer: a. conduction and convection.
Correct Answer: a. conduction and convection. Question 7
1 out of 1 points Temperature is defined as
Answer
Selected Answer: b. a measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual atoms or molecules composing a substance.
Correct Answer: b. a measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual atoms or molecules composing a substance. Question 8
0 out of 1 points Which one of the following heat transfer processes can take place in a vacuum?
Answer
Selected Answer: a. conduction Correct Answer: d. radiation Question 9
1 out of 1 points Kansas City has a ______ climate.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. continental Correct Answer: b. continental Question 10
1 out of 1 points The boiling point of pure water at sea level is ______ °F or ______ °C.
Answer
Selected Answer: c.
212.....100
Correct Answer: c.
212.....100 Question 11
1 out of 1 points The ______features a relatively high concentration of electrically charged particles.
Answer
Selected Answer: d. ionosphere Correct Answer: d. ionosphere Question 12
1 out of 1 points During photosynthesis, green plants remove ______ from the atmosphere and release ______ to the atmosphere.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. carbon dioxide..............oxygen
Correct Answer: b. carbon dioxide..............oxygen Question 13
1 out of 1 points The source(s) of atmospheric aerosols is (are)
Answer
Selected Answer: e.
All of these are correct.
Correct Answer: e.
All of these are correct. Question 14
1 out of 1 points The solar wind
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the above are correct.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the above are correct. Question 15
1 out of 1 points Carbon dioxide was an abundant gas in the atmosphere in Earth's past. Its subsequent decline was caused primarily by
Answer
Selected Answer: b. cycling into the ocean, sediments, and bedrock.
Correct Answer: b. cycling into the ocean, sediments, and
bedrock. Question 16
1 out of 1 points The importance of a gas or aerosol is ______ to its relative abundance in the atmosphere.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. not necessarily related
Correct Answer: b. not necessarily related Question 17
1 out of 1 points The layer of the atmosphere closest to the surface of the Earth is called the
Answer
Selected Answer: a. troposphere. Correct Answer: a. troposphere. Question 18
0 out of 1 points The three most common gases in the "dry" atmosphere (excluding water vapor) are
Answer
Selected Answer: b. nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide.
Correct Answer: a. nitrogen, oxygen, argon. Question 19
1 out of 1 points Air pollutants are gases or aerosols that
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the above are correct.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the above are correct. Question 20
1 out of 1 points Properties of the atmosphere are monitored by
Answer
Selected Answer: e.
All of these are correct.
Correct Answer: e.
All of these are correct. Question 21
Needs Grading Distinguish between sensible heating and latent heating of the atmosphere. Which is more important on a global annual average basis?
Answer
Selected Answer: Sensible heating is a combination of conduction & convection that work together in transferring heat. Latent heating is the transfer of heat from one location to another as a consequence of changes in the phase of water. Latent is more important on a global annual average basis.
Correct Answer:
Latent heating refers to the transport of heat energy through phase changes of water. Heat is absorbed from the environment when ice melts, liquid water evaporates, or snow sublimates (vaporizes). Heat is released to the environment when water freezes, water vapor condenses, or water vapor deposits as ice. Sensible heating includes both conduction and convection. On a global average annual basis, latent heating is more important than sensible heating. Response Feedback: [None Given] Question 22
1 out of 1 points The type of barometer that is used to measure altitude:
Answer
Selected Answer: b. aneroid Correct Answer: b. aneroid Question 23
1 out of 1 points At the same temperature and pressure, humid air is ______ dry air.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. less dense than
Correct Answer: b. less dense than Question 24
1 out of 1 points The magnitude of pressure exerted by the gas molecules composing air depends on
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the above are correct.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the above are correct. Question 25
1 out of 1 points The temperature of rising parcels of unsaturated air __________ because of __________.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. drops. . . . . .expansional cooling
Correct Answer: b. drops. . . . . .expansional cooling Question 26
0 out of 1 points As a mass of warmer and more humid air invades our locality, air temperature _____ and air density _____.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. rises...............increases Correct Answer: d. rises...............decreases Question 27
1 out of 1 points An air-pressure altimeter is actually a(n) ______ barometer.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. aneroid Correct Answer: b. aneroid Question 28
0 out of 1 points So that barometer readings are accurate and representative,
Answer
Selected Answer: b. the instrument must always be mounted outdoors but not in a special instrument shelter.
Correct Answer: d. the instrument may be mounted indoors. Question 29
1 out of 1 points A variable of state in the atmosphere:
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of these are correct.
Correct Answer: d.
All of these are correct. Question 30
0 out of 1 points Usually, the air pressure inside a building is _____ the air pressure outside the building.
Answer
Selected Answer: c. less than
Correct Answer: b. about the same as Question 31
1 out of 1 points Between the tropopause and stratopause, the air pressure ______ with increasing altitude.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. decreases Correct Answer: b. decreases Question 32
Needs Grading Among weather satellites, distinguish between GOES and POES.
Answer
Selected Answer: The GEOS revolves around earth at the same rate & in the same direction as the planet so it is always positioned over the same spot on the earth's surface. The POES travels in a relatively low altitude nearly north-south orbit passing close to the poles. They both provide a valuable perspective on the state of the atmosphere to remotely measure temperature and humidity and to ocate & track weather systems.
Correct Answer:
GOES orbits the Earth at a very high altitude but at the same rate as the planet rotates on its axis, so that the satellite is always positioned above the same spot on Earth's surface (the subsatellite point) and its sensors always observe the same portion of the planet. POES is much closer to the surface but orbits the Earth in a north-south direction passing near the poles. The satellite's orbit traces out a plane in space while the planet rotates underneath. A sun-synchronous polar-orbiting satellite scans the same area twice a day. Response Feedback: [None Given] Question 33
Needs Grading Describe the interactions of incoming solar radiation with the components of the atmosphere.
Answer
Selected Answer: Solar radiation interaction with gases and aerosols as it travels through the atmosphere consists of scattering, reflection, absorption and transmitted to the surface. All must equal.
Correct Answer:
These interactions consist of scattering, reflection, and absorption. In the process of scattering, a particle disperses solar radiation in all directions-up, down, and sideways. Reflection is a special case of scattering where some of the solar radiation striking an interface between two different media is backscattered. During absorption some of the radiation striking the surface of an object is converted to heat energy. Response Feedback: [None Given] Question 34
1 out of 1 points Solar radiation that reaches Earth's surface consists of
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
All of the above.
Correct Answer: d.
All of the above. Question 35
1 out of 1 points The surface of Earth is absorbing solar radiation. If more solar radiation is absorbed than emitted, then the temperature of Earth's surface will
Answer
Selected Answer: a. rise Correct Answer: a. rise Question 36
0 out of 1 points Earth's rotational axis is oriented perpendicular to the Sun's rays on the first day of
Answer
Selected Answer: c. winter. Correct Answer: a. spring. Question 37
1 out of 1 points Clouds, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane strongly ______ infrared radiation.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. absorb Correct Answer: b. absorb Question 38
1 out of 1 points A greenhouse gas:
Answer
Selected Answer: e.
All of the above are correct.
Correct Answer: e.
All of the above are correct. Question 39
1 out of 1 points Earth's surface and atmosphere emit primarily what type of electromagnetic radiation?
Answer
Selected Answer: d. infrared Correct Answer: d. infrared Question 40
1 out of 1 points ______ is the distance between successive troughs and crests.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
Wavelength
Correct Answer: b.
Wavelength
Question 41
0 out of 1 points At the equinoxes, the noon Sun has an altitude of 90 degrees at the
Answer
Selected Answer: d.
Arctic Circle.
Correct Answer: b. equator. Question 42
0 out of 1 points On the first day of summer in the Southern Hemisphere, the noon Sun has an altitude of 90 degrees where?
Answer
Selected Answer: a.
Tropic of Cancer
Correct Answer: c.
Tropic of Capricorn Question 43
0 out of 1 points The principal absorber(s) of the solar radiation that is intercepted by the Earth-atmosphere system is (are)
Answer
Selected Answer: b. land. Correct Answer: c. ocean water. Question 44
1 out of 1 points Cumuliform clouds _________ form along or ahead of a cold front.
Answer
Selected Answer: b. typically Correct Answer: b. typically Question 45
0 out of 1 points ___________ usually indicate fair weather.
Answer
Selected Answer: b.
Stratiform clouds
Correct Answer: a.
Scattered cumulus clouds Question 46
1 out of 1 points From your experience, weather systems usually cross the United States in
Answer
Selected Answer: b. several days.
Correct Answer: b. several days. Question 47
1 out of 1 points Clouds that form horizontal layers are described as
Answer
Selected Answer: c. stratiform. Correct Answer: c. stratiform. Question 48
0 out of 1 points A thunderstorm cloud:
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: c. cumulonimbus Question 49
0 out of 1 points ____________ is (are) typically found near the center of a high pressure system.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: b.
Light winds or calm air Question 50
0 out of 1 points __________ weather is usually associated with cumulonimbus clouds.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: b.
Stormy
Question 51
0 out of 1 points The National Weather Service issues a weather __________ when hazardous weather is imminent or actually taking place.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: b. warning Question 52
0 out of 1 points Climate is defined as weather conditions at some locality averaged over a standard period of _____ years.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: c.
30
Question 53
0 out of 1 points An infrared satellite image is especially useful
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer: b. at night. Question 54
Needs Grading Why is the dry adiabatic lapse rate greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate?
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer:
Because of the release of latent heat accompanying phase changes of water vapor, a saturated air parcel cools more slowly than an unsaturated air parcel. This causes the moist adiabatic lapse rate to be lower. Response Feedback: [None Given] Question 55
Needs Grading The significance of an atmospheric gas or aerosol is not necessarily related to its concentration. Explain this statement and provide a few examples.
Answer
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer:
The most concentrated gasses in the homosphere are nitrogen and oxygen, however other gasses and aerosols are more significant. Water vapor, carbon dioxide, and ozone are minor components of the atmosphere. Water vapor is essential for cloud formation and clouds are required for precipitation; carbon dioxide is necessary for photosynthesis; and ozone formation in the stratosphere shields living organisms on Earth's surface from exposure to potentially lethal levels of solar ultraviolet radiation.