Meteorology Test

Question 1

Why do temps vary?

Answer 1

• Land heats and cools more rapidly than water
• Geographic location/position(latitude)
• Altitude

Question 2

Water freezes at..

Answer 2

0 degrees C and 32 degrees F

Question 3

Water boils at..

Answer 3

100 degrees C and 212 degrees F

Question 4

What causes the greenhouse effect to increase?

Answer 4

burning of fossil fuels- adds CO2 into air and contributes to Global warming

Question 5

All of Earth’ energy from the sun is mostly..

Answer 5

reflected back into space

Question 6

What happens when temperature drops below Dew point?

Answer 6

clouds form

Question 7

What is in Acid rain?

Answer 7

nitrate and sulfate particles that come from the burning of fossil fuels/volcanoes

Question 8

Acid rain is considered..

Answer 8

secondary pollution

Question 9

What is air made up of?

Answer 9

78% Nitrogen(N), 21% Oxygen(O), 1% other and water vapor(clouds and precipitation)

Question 10

What are the 2 thermometers?

Answer 10

Wet bulb and Dry bulb

Question 11

How to find the Relative humidity

Answer 11

Take the difference of the wet and dry and go over, then go down to the dry bulb #

Question 12

Energy trapped in the atmosphere due to..

Answer 12

Greenhouse Effect

Question 13

Greenhouse gases lead to..

Answer 13

Global warming-

Question 14

Global warming leads to..

Answer 14

climate change and rising sea levels

Question 15

Fossil fuels(name them)

Answer 15

CO2, nitrates, NO2

Question 16

Greenhouse gases

Answer 16

CO2, Methane, water vapor

Question 17

Example of Conduction

Answer 17

spoon and hot pot

Question 18

Example of Convection

Answer 18

lava lamp

Question 19

Example of Radiation

Answer 19

Energy

Question 20

T or F? Another term for Greenhouse Effect is Global Warming

Answer 20

FALSE

Question 21

T or F? All objects at any temperature emit radiant energy

Answer 21

TRUE

Question 22

T or F? The hotter a radiating body is the longer the wavelengths of maximum radiation it will produce

Answer 22

FALSE

Question 23

Objects that are good absorbers of radiation are also good ______ of radiation

Answer 23

emitters

Question 24

Hotter objects emit _____ total energy per unit area than objects do

Answer 24

more

Question 25

3 things that that can happen radiation strikes an object

Answer 25

• radiation may bounce off without being absorbed or transmitted
• water and air are transparent to certain wavelengths of radiation
• some energy is absorbed

Question 26

What percent of solar energy reaching the outer atmosphere is reflected or scattered back into space

Answer 26

29%