Exam 11: Heating the Atmosphere

Human beings have no effect on climate.

By adding the daily maximum and minimum temperatures and then dividing by two, the daily range is calculated.

Which of the following locations would have the lowest average air pressure?

Because stratospheric ozone occurs at 10 to 50 kilometers elevation (6 to 31 miles above Earth's surface), it is not vulnerable to human influence.

Which one of the following is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

A field covered with several inches of freshly-fallen snow has a high albedo.

As you increase in latitude, for example going from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer, you would expect annual temperature range to increase.

________ is the agent of atmospheric temperature change.

Located adjacent to red on the electromagnetic spectrum, and having a longer wavelength, is ________ radiation, which we cannot see but which we can detect as heat. This is an important wavelength for the greenhouse effect, because its wavelength is blocked by greenhouse gases.

Dust in the atmosphere is responsible for which of the following?

Water vapor levels in Earth's atmosphere ________.

Closely spaced isotherms indicate a high ________.

Examine the figure. What exact day of the year is depicted? Explain.

In total, Earth receives about 7% more energy from the Sun during ________ relative to ________.

If it were not for the inclination of Earth's axis, there would be no well-defined seasons.

A day of the year when the length of the night is equal to the length of the day is known as a(n)________.

The lowest layer of the atmosphere is the ________.

The storage of heat in the lower layer of the atmosphere due to certain gases absorbing heat is called ________.

Weather is ultimately driven by ________.

Climate scientists predict that an effect of human-caused climate change is ________.