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GEOG211: METEOROLOGY
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REVIEW QUESTIONS Review Questions for Quiz 1 1.
Dallas, Texas is in the continental interior while San Diego, California is
by the ocean. Which of the following is true? 2.
Which of the following is true? 3.
What process explains the slow rate of snowmelt on a sunny day when the air
temperature is above freezing? 4.
The minimum temperature of the day is 50ºF and the maximum temperature is
60ºF. The noon temperature is 58ºF. The temperature range of the day would
be: 5.
Radiation from the Earth is mostly absorbed in the lower troposphere and
__________ back towards Earth. 6.
The total albedo of the earth-atmosphere system has been determined to be: 7.
Heat transferred laterally in the atmosphere by horizontal wind movements is
a process called: D. advection E. transmission 8.
Air pressure: 9.
Which of the following statements about the atmosphere is true? 10.
Which of the following is not a natural characteristics of the troposphere? 11.
Together, oxygen and nitrogen account for what percentage of the atmosphere? 12. In
which of the following pairs of the thermal layers of the atmosphere would
temperature decrease with increasing altitude? 13.
Which of the following is an important source of particles in the
atmosphere? 14.
Which of the following substances is closely associated with the breakdown
of the ozone layer? 15.
Which of the following is not a weather element? 16.
The influence on climate of carbon dioxide is mainly due to its ability to
absorb: 17.
The segment of the atmosphere in which gases maintain an approximately
uniform composition is the: 18.
The climatic controls include all but which of the following? 19. The ___________ equinox of the southern hemisphere takes place when the vertical rays of the sun cross the equator on the journey southward.
A. winter B. vernal
C.
autumnal 20.
Using the analemma, one can readily figure out the: 21.
When the circle of illumination just touches the Arctic Circle and the North
Pole is dark, the date is closest to: 22. The sub-solar point on March 30 is somewhere:
A. at the equator on the southward movement of overhead sun 23.
During vernal equinox, the sub-solar point is located at: 24.
Atmospheric particles (such as dust and ash): 25.
The three most important gases in the atmosphere by percent volume of dry
air are: Review Questions for Quiz 2 GEOG211: Introduction to Meteorology Quiz #2: Answer All Questions 1.
Which of the following factors help to equalize latitudinal energy imbalance
in A. Wind system B. Ocean currents C. Latent
heat D. Valley and mountain breeze 2.
Which of the following keeps wintertime temperatures in Great Britain and
much
A. Warm North Atlantic Drift B. Cold
Labrador current E. Warm North Equatorial current 3. A
clear blue-sky day is often warmer than cloudy days because: proportion of sunlight that strike them B. many clouds absorb outgoing earth radiation and emit a portion of it toward the surface C. many clouds have a low albedo and therefore warms up the earth surface through diffused radiation D. Solar altitude is always higher at noon on a clear blue-sky day than cloudy day E. None of the above 4. On a Kelvin scale, the melting point is set at 273. If the noon temperature is 50ºC, what is the equivalent in Kelvin scale? A. 250 K B. 323 K C. 373 K D. 333 K E. 50 K 5. Which of the following will cause false
thermometer reading? B. placing a thermometer near a heat-radiating surface C. placing a thermometer in a white-painted louvered instrument shelter seating directly on the ground D. placing a thermometer in a black-painted louvered instrument shelter E. All of the above 6.
An instrument that uses thermal resistor principle to record air temperature
is: D. psychrometer E. hygrometer 7. Which of the following statements is FALSE? C. Precipitation is an unlikely
occurrence during temperature inversion 8. Which of the following statement is FALSE? B. Summer temperatures are generally higher over continents than over Oceans C. Winter cold is a manifestation of limited insolation and of the brevity of the daylight
period E. On long, cold winter nights with clear, calm skies, a radiational inversion of temperature will occur 9. Among cloud types, those that occur at the
highest altitudes are the: E. stratocumulus 10. Hail becomes larger because it collides with: A. ice crystals B. raindrops C. sleet D. supercooled water E. water vapor 11. Which measure of humidity is a ratio of the mass of water vapor to the volume of the air? A. absolute humidity B. mixing ratio C. dew point D. relative humidity E. specific humidity 12.
The amount of water vapor expressed as the mass of water vapor in a given
mass of air is: C. dew point D. absolute humidity E. pressure gradient 13. Water that stays in liquid form at
temperatures below freezing is termed: C. white frost D. latent heat of vaporization E. supercooled 14. White frost is a cold weather form of: D. dew E. advection fog 15. When air is heated enough so that it is
warmer than the surrounding air, it is: E. saturated 16.
The State of Nevada is dry because it is on: D. eastern side of the continent E. the convergence zone 17.
The capacity of air to hold water B. decreases as evaporation increases C. decreases as evaporation decreases D. increases as temperature decreases E. is not related to temperature 18. Which of the following is NOT a measure of water vapor in the atmosphere? A. dew point B. absolute humidity C. mixing ratio D. potential evapotranspiration E. relative humidity 19. Which of the following cloud types has the greatest height (from top to bottom)? A. cirrus B. cumulus C. altostratus D. stratus E. cumulonimbus 20. In the “Ice Crystal formation” process, precipitation occurs because ice crystals A. melt as they fall B. form from raindrops C. grow at the expense of supercooled water droplets in the cloud D. hook together E. have a low specific heat 21. By
definition, which of the following freezes when it reaches the ground? 22. Which statement is TRUE concerning precipitation in the interior of continents? A. They tend to be wetter than the coastal areas B. They tend to have their wettest season in the summer C. They tend to have more balanced seasonal precipitation regimes than the coastal areas D. They tend to have anticyclonic conditions in the summer E. They tend to be without orographic uplift 23.
Which of the following is best for cloud seeding in cold clouds? D. sodium chloride E. A and B 24.
The fog caused by the warm North Atlantic Drift blowing over the fridge
water of the cold Labrador Current is C. Advection fog D. Upwelling fog E. Upslope fog 25. The sources of error in measuring
precipitation include: B. windy conditions C. human and instrument errors D. uncollectable rain water due to splash, adhesion to equipment E. all of the above Review Questions for Quiz 3 GEOG211: Introduction to Meteorology Quiz #3: Answer All Questions
2. At sea level, the atmospheric pressure is closest to _____ km/cm 2 A. 1 B. 10 C. 100 D. 1,000 E. 10,000 3.
The reason winds exist is: 4.
The major global wind and pressure systems
D. are found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere 5.
The city of Edwardsville is located at latitude (38º 49’) and within which
part of the global circulation? D. antitrade winds E. westerlies 6.
City A has an air pressure of 980 millibars. City B has an air pressure of
1020 millibars. The distance between the two cities is 10 kilometers. The
change of 40 millibars of pressure over a distance of 10 kilometers (or
4mb/km) is best described as: 7.
Surface winds tend to be slower than those at a higher level because of: 8.
Rossby waves are
C. Reversed Hadley cells D. Continental scale sea breezes 9.
Wind roses help to determine 10.
The contact zone of warm tropical and cold Polar air is known as the 11.
The region in which the intertropical convergence can be found is 12.
Wind velocity may be roughly indicated by
C. direction of isobar cardinal direction on a weather map 13.
Cold winds pouring downhill because of gravity are called 14. A
wet monsoon is associated with high rainfall totals and is caused by 15.
Flowing air responding to the difference between higher and lower pressure
is responding to the 16.
What is the principal cause of west-coast deserts like Atacama Desert and
Namib Desert? 17.
Each time an El Nino occurs, the barometric pressure drops over a large
portion of southeastern Pacific, whereas in the western Pacific, the
pressure rises. Thereafter, the pressure difference between these two
regions swings back the opposite direction. This seesaw pattern of
atmospheric pressure between the eastern and western Pacific is called 18. The ocean current in the Gulf of Mexico is called
A. cold Gulf Stream 19.
Some of the effects of ocean currents include 20.
Low pressure belt centered over North Atlantic in winter is: 21.
Winds blowing at a constant speed parallel to curved isobars around cells of
high or low pressure are: 22. As
a general rule, friction is greatest: 23. As
a general rule, Coriolis force causes wind to be deflect to the _____ in the
Northern Hemisphere 24.
The so-called “winds of commerce” are the _______ winds 25.
The intertropical convergence zone may be found as far as _____ north of the
equator in July. Review Questions for Quiz 4 1. In classifying air masses, the cold, dry, ones are termed _________ A. maritime tropical B. continental tropical C. continental polar D. equatorial E. maritime polar 2. Of the list below, the coldest air mass is
bound to be associated with: E. E 3.
When neither air mass displaces the adjacent one, their boundary is called: 4.
The Sahara Desert would be the obvious source area of : 5.
Which of the following is NOT an air mass that regularly affects North
America? 6.
Which of the following air masses does not affect the weather of the United
States much? 7. How would you know that a new air
mass had passed over your location in the last 8. The warmest air can be found in the:
A. cP air mass B. mP air mass
C. mT air mass 9.
Which air mass is the primary source of most of the precipitation received
in the eastern two-thirds of the United States? 10.
What type of front occurs when dry, continental tropical (cT) air
originating over the American Southwest meets moist, maritime tropical (mT)
air from the Gulf of Mexico?
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