Ch 1&2: Atmosphere; Temperature and Heating

Question 1

List the gasses and their proportions that make up the atmosphere.

Answer 1

78% Nitrogen
21 Oxygen
0.9% Argon
0.03% Carbon Dioxide
1% Water Vapour

Question 2

What altitude is the tropopause?

Answer 2

11km/36090ft at mid latitude

Question 3

Where is the lapse rate 1.98C/1000ft?

Answer 3

Troposphere

Question 4

The Ozone Layer is at what altitude?

Answer 4

25km

Question 5

What is the function of the Ozone Layer?

Answer 5

Filter harmful UV rays from the sun

Question 6

Where and when is the tropopause highest?

Answer 6

Equator during summer (18km/-75C)

Question 7

What word describes a layer in the atmosphere where temperature remains the same?

Answer 7

Isotherm

Question 8

What is the definition of the tropopause?

Answer 8

A boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere.

Question 9

What altitude and temperature is the stratopause?

Answer 9

50km, 0C

Question 10

What altitude and temperature is the mesopause?

Answer 10

80/90km, -90C

Question 11

Give the units of the ISA pressures of 29.92, 1013.25, and 760.

Answer 11

29.92 inHg, 1013.25 hPa, 760 mmHg

Question 12

ISA Deviation = ?

Answer 12

15-((Altitude/1000)*2)

Question 13

A Stevenson Screen measures what?

Answer 13

Temperature and humidity at 4 feet

Question 14

What is the name for energy transfer through direct contact of particles?

Answer 14

Conduction

Question 15

What is convection?

Answer 15

Energy transfer through the vertical movement of air

Question 16

Name the sources of long wave radiation and short wave radiation

Answer 16

Short wave radiation = Sun

Long wave radiation = Earth

Question 17

What is advection?

Answer 17

Energy transfer through horizontal movement of air

Question 18

What happens to temperature when ice changes into a liquid or gas?

Answer 18

Temperature decreases

Question 19

What is the name for the the concentration of sun in an area?

Answer 19

Insolation

Question 20

Perihelion occurs at what distance from the sun and what season?

Answer 20

Winter, 91 million miles

Question 21

Aphelion occurs at what distance from the sun and what season?

Answer 21

95 million miles, Summer

Question 22

What are the dates of the equinoxes and solstices?

Answer 22

Equinoxes: 21 March and 23 September
Solstices: 21 June and 21 December

Question 23

Temperature is?

Answer 23

The measure of heat associated with the movement of particles

Question 24

Heat is?

Answer 24

Energy required to drive an activity

Question 25

What height is the boundary layer?

Answer 25

2000/3000 feet