Exam 16: The Atmosphere: Composition,structure,and Temperature

Land heats and cools more than water because ________.

A place located along a windward coast will probably have ________.

Albedo is a constant 30 percent everywhere on Earth.

In the outer most layer of the atmosphere,gas molecules can have a temperature of 1000°C because ________.

The major risk to humans from the depletion of ozone is the increase in ________.

The North Pole has a higher noon Sun angle than New York City on this date.

List three mechanisms of heat transfer.

The fall equinox in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on this date.

The heat transfer mechanism that requires the movement of material is ________.

As you go up in elevation,the atmospheric pressure ________.

On the average,how much of the Sun's energy that is intercepted by Earth is reflected back to space?

Ozone is concentrated in the ________.

Isotherms,lines of equal temperature,are commonly used to ________.

The lowest layer of the atmosphere is the ________.

Which of the following is the poorest absorber of solar radiation?

The north end of Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees toward the Sun on ________.

Which mechanism for heat transfer can operate in a vacuum?

oxygen nitrogen hydrogen argon

The major absorber of terrestrial radiation is ________.

Air may best be described as ________.