Exam 1 Questions Flashcards
As the frequency of electromagnetic radiation increases, the energy of its photons will …
increase
As the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation decreases, its propogation speed …
remain the same
As the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation increases, its frequency …
decrease
As a parcel of air rises in the atmosphere the ratio of the pressure of the parcel to the pressure of the surrounding air will…
remain the same
In a system with a feedback factor = 0.75 as the forcing increases, the state of the system (after the feedback) will be to …
increase
As the temperature of the atmosphere increases the average pressure at the Earth’s surface will…
remain the same
As the temperature of a star decreases, its brightness (radiative flux at Earth) …
decrease
In the northern hemisphere on the vernal (spring) equinox, as latitude increases, solar radiative flux will…
decrease
A population with a fertility factor of 2.0 will…
decrease
As a population initially urbanizes, the birth rate…
remain the same
As human population increases, agricultural production per acre tends to…
increase
As a population initially urbanizes, the death rate…
decrease
Malthus theorized that as a population increased, the ratio of population growth to agricultural productivity would…
increase
In Daisyworld, as discussed in lecture, if the temperature is above T(optimum); as T increases Daily coverage will…
decrease
In Daisyworld, as discussed in lecture, if the Temperature is below T(optimum); as Daisy coverage increases Temperature ….
decrease
