50 Solved MCQs on the Earth's Atmosphere - Examination 1 | ATS 350, Exams of Climatology

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AR AT350 EXAM #1 October 2, 2001 Name and ID: Enter your name and student ID number on the answer sheet and on this exam. Record your answers to the questions by using a No. 2 pencil to completely fill the appropriate circle on the answer sheet. The exam will be computer graded, so be sure to follow the marking instructions provided on the answer sheet. The exam is closed book, closed notes. No calculators are permitted. When you are finished, turn in both the exam and the answer sheet to the teachitlg assistants. Good luck! NOTE THE USEFUL INFORMATION FOUND ON THE LAST SHEET OF THE EXAM. 1. The most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere by volume is: a. carbon dioxide nitrogen water vapor methane cholorfluorocarbons (CFCs) Bom 2. Which of the following weather elements always decteases as we climb upward in the atmosphere? a, wind b. temperature @ density d. moisture e. all of the above 3. Warming in the stratosphere is mainly caused by: fa} absorption of ultraviolet radiation by ozone . Telease of latent heat energy during condensation ¢. chemical reactions between ozone and chlorofluorocarbons d. frictional heating caused by meteorites 4. Ina temperature inversion: g air temperature increases with increasing height . air temperature decreases with increasing height ¢. air temperature remains constant with increasing height d. it is warmer at night than during the day