Quiz Questions
1. What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
2. Which of the following terms best describes air?
3. Which form of oxygen contains three oxygen atoms in one molecule?
4. True or False?: In order for condensation to occur, the air must be saturated.
5. Almost all weather happens in the___________________,
6. Which of the following is an example of sublimation
7. What happens to radiation when it strikes the Earth's surface?
8.Which of the following is responsible for the color of our sky?
9.What happens to the level of energy as water moves from the solid state to the gas state?
10. The maximum amount of water vapor that air can hold at a specific temperature is
known as:
11. Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 1?
11a. Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 2?
11b.Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 3?
11c. Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 4?
11d.Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 5?
12. What controls the temperature of outdoor air?
13. Which factors contribute to temperature variations on Earth?
14. Explain how ozone is made in the stratosphere
15. What is the difference between heat and temperature?
16. Look at the graph to the right that displays annual temperatures for New York City and
Eureka, CA. Explain why New York city experiences greater temperature variations than
Eureka.
17. What is relative humidity? How does a sling psychrometer measure relative humidity?
18. Why does air pressure decrease as altitude increases?
19. Explain why the dry adiabatic is faster than the wet adiabatic rate:
20. Explain how temperature can change without heat being added?
21. Clouds have a high albedo and therefore:
22. True or False?: Unstable air remains in its original position, stable air tends to rise.
23. Which of the following processes are responsible for the vertical lifting of air?
( Local convective lifting b. Convergence c. Orographic lifting d. Frontal Wedging)
24. How many phase changes can water go through while interacting with the surface of the
ground and atmosphere?
25. Which of the following is needed in order for cloud formation to take place?
Extra Credit: On a sling psychrometer, if the dry bulb temperature is 22 degrees celsius and
the wet bulb temperature is 18 degrees Celsius relative humidity?
Quiz Questions
1. What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
2. Which of the following terms best describes air?
3. Which form of oxygen contains three oxygen atoms in one molecule?
4. True or False?: In order for condensation to occur, the air must be saturated.
5. Almost all weather happens in the___________________,
6. Which of the following is an example of sublimation
7. What happens to radiation when it strikes the Earth's surface?
8.Which of the following is responsible for the color of our sky?
9.What happens to the level of energy as water moves from the solid state to the gas state?
10. The maximum amount of water vapor that air can hold at a specific temperature is
known as:
11. Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 1?
11a. Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 2?
11b.Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 3?
11c. Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 4?
11d.Look at the diagram above that displays the process of ozone depletion. Which part of
the depletion process goes in blank number 5?
12. What controls the temperature of outdoor air?
13. Which factors contribute to temperature variations on Earth?
14. Explain how ozone is made in the stratosphere
15. What is the difference between heat and temperature?
16. Look at the graph to the right that displays annual temperatures for New York City and
Eureka, CA. Explain why New York city experiences greater temperature variations than
Eureka.
17. What is relative humidity? How does a sling psychrometer measure relative humidity?
18. Why does air pressure decrease as altitude increases?
19. Explain why the dry adiabatic is faster than the wet adiabatic rate:
20. Explain how temperature can change without heat being added?
21. Clouds have a high albedo and therefore:
22. True or False?: Unstable air remains in its original position, stable air tends to rise.
23. Which of the following processes are responsible for the vertical lifting of air?
24. How many phase changes can water go through while interacting with the surface of the
ground and atmosphere?
25. Which of the following is needed in order for cloud formation to take place?
Extra Credit: On a sling psychrometer, if the dry bulb temperature is 22 degrees celsius and
the wet bulb temperature is 18 degrees Celsius relative humidity?