LINKS       CHAPTER 2  ATMOSPHERE: ORIGIN, COMPOSITION, AND STRUCTURE

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Class Meetings
Course            1. From personal experience we know that weather
Description       is the same as climate.
Course Schedule   does not change.
Grading           varies only with time.
Learning          varies from place to place and with time.
Objectives
Photographs       2. A scientific model
Practice           includes all the variables that operate in a system.
Questions          is a precise representation of a real system.
Special Notice    contains only the essential variables that operate in a
Student           system.
Responsibilities   is seldom used to make predictions.

Access to Online  3. A scientific hypothesis
Daily Weather     is often an educated guess.
Summary and       may inspire new insights.
Learning          is tested as part of the scientific method.
Activities        All of the above are correct.

National Weather  4. Purdue University's Tornado Vortex Chamber is an
Service - Green   example of a ____ model.
Bay               numerical
                  physical
       Home       graphical
                  conceptual

                  5. Both ancient and modern volcanoes emit
                  water vapor.
                  carbon dioxide.
                  nitrogen.
                  All of the above are correct.

                  6. Most atmospheric aerosols
                  originate at Earth's surface.
                  are products of photosynthesis.
                  consist of meteorites.
                  occur in the stratosphere.

                  7. The source of atmospheric nitrogen is
                  decay of organic matter.
                  ocean spray.
                  photosynthesis.
                  volcanic eruptions.

                  8. All other factors being equal, higher concentrations
                  of atmospheric CO2 will likely ____ the temperature of
                  the lower troposphere.
                  raise
                  have no effect on
                  lower

                  9. Most water vapor occurs in the
                  troposphere.
                  stratosphere.
                  mesosphere.
                  thermosphere.

                  10. The atmospheres of Mars and Venus are composed of
                  mostly
                  water vapor.
                  ozone.
                  nitrogen.
                  carbon dioxide.

                  11. Normally within the troposphere, air temperature ____
                  with increasing altitude.
                  rises
                  does not change
                  falls

                  12. The altitude of the tropopause is greater at the ____
                  than at the ____.
                  equator...poles
                  poles... equator

                  13. The transition zone between the stratosphere and
                  mesosphere is known as the
                  thermopause.
                  stratopause.
                  mesopause.
                  tropopause.

                  14. Remote sensing of the atmosphere is by
                  satellite.
                  radar.
                  radiosonde.
                  All of the above are correct.

                  15. A ____ is used to obtain soundings over the ocean.
                  radiosonde
                  rawindsonde
                  dropwindsonde
                  seasonde

                  16. Most clouds are confined to the
                  troposphere.
                  stratosphere.
                  mesosphere.
                  thermosphere.

                  17. A radiosonde monitors changes in_______with
                  increasing altitude.
                  temperature.
                  air pressure.
                  humidity.
                  All of the above are correct.

                  18. The ionosphere is located primarily within the
                  troposphere.
                  stratosphere.
                  mesosphere
                  thermosphere.

                  19. When the sun is active, solar flares become more
                  intense and Earth's auroral ovals
                  shrink.
                  disappear.
                  do not change.
                  expand toward the equator.

                  20. The greatest concentration of ions occurs in that
                  portion of the atmosphere known as the
                  troposphere.
                  homosphere.
                  stratosphere.
                  ionosphere.



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