ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
201. Solar radiation reaches the earth's surface as?
201. Solar radiation reaches the earth's surface as?
A. Visible radiation only
B. Ultraviolet radiation only
C. Infrared radiation only
D. Ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation
202. Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths
between 0.4 and 0.7 micrometers is called?
A. Ultraviolet light
B. Visible light
C. Infrared light
D. Microwaves
203. The blueness of the sky is mainly due to?
A. The scattering of sunlight by air molecules
B. The presence of water vapor
C. Absorption of blue light by the air
D. Emission of blue light by the atmosphere
204. If the average temperature of the sun
increased, the wavelength of peak solar emission would?
A. Shift to a shorter wavelength
B. Shift to a longer wavelength
C. Remain the same
D. Impossible to tell from given information
205. The proper order from shortest to longest
wavelength is:
A. Visible, infrared, ultraviolet
B. Infrared, visible, ultraviolet
C. Ultraviolet, visible, infrared
D. Visible, ultraviolet, infrared
206. Warming in the stratosphere is mainly caused
by?
A. Absorption
of ultraviolet radiation by ozone
B. Release
of latent heat energy during condensation
C. Chemical
reactions between ozone and chlorofluorocarbons
D. Frictional
heating caused by meteorites
207. In a temperature inversion:
A. Air temperature increases with increasing height
B. Air temperature decreases with increasing height
C. Air temperature remains constant with increasing
height
D. It is warmer at night than during the day
208. The rate at which temperature decreases with
increasing altitude is known as the:
A. Temperature slope
B. Lapse rate
C. Sounding
D. Thermocline
209. The electrified region of the upper
atmosphere is called the:
A. Thermosphere
B. Mesosphere
C. Stratosphere
D. Ionosphere
210. The gas that absorbs most of the harmful
ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere?
A. Water vapor
B. Nitrous oxide
C. Carbon dioxide
D. Ozone
211. Which latitude belt best describes the
middle latitudes?
A. 20o to 80o
B. 10o to 35o
C. 20o to 35o
D. 40o to 70o
212. The wind direction is:
A. The direction from which the wind is blowing
B. The direction to which the wind is blowing
C. Always directly from high toward low pressure
D. Always directly from low toward high pressure
213. The horizontal transport of any atmospheric
property by the wind is called:
A. Advection
B. Radiation
C. Conduction
D. Latent heat
214. Which of the following determine the kind
(wavelength) and amount of radiation that an object emits?
A. Temperature
B. Thermal conductivity
C. Density
D. Latent heat
215. Most of the radiation emitted by a human
body is in the form of:
A. Ultraviolet radiation and is invisible
B. Visible radiation but is too weak to be visible
C. Infrared radiation and is invisible
D. Humans do not emit electromagnetic radiation
216. The sun emits its greatest intensity of
radiation in:
A. The visible portion of the spectrum
B. The infrared portion of the spectrum
C. The ultraviolet portion of the spectrum
D. The x-ray portion of the spectrum
217. The earth's radiation is often referred to
as ________radiation, while the sun's radiation is often referred to as
_________radiation.
A. shortwave, long wave
B. shortwave, shortwave
C. long wave, shortwave
D. long wave, long wave
218. The earth emits radiation with greatest
intensity at:
A. Infrared wavelengths
B. Radio wavelengths
C. Visible wavelengths
D. Ultraviolet wavelengths
219. Without the atmospheric greenhouse effect,
the average surface temperature would be:
A. Higher than at present
B. Lower than at present
C. The same as it is now
D. Much more variable than it is now
220. The earth's atmospheric window is in the:
A. Ultraviolet region
B. Visible region
C. Infrared region
D. Polar regions
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