Atmosphere Chp. 11, 12, 13
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| The tropopause is the boundary between | show 🗑
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| show | All of these
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| show | Radiation
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| show | A mixture
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| show | Nitrogen
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| show | All of these
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| show | carbon dioxide
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| show | drops about 6.5˚C
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| Fifty percent of the gases making up the atmosphere are found below __________. | show 🗑
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| The triatomic form of oxygen (O3) is known as __________. | show 🗑
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| Ozone filters out most of the __________ radiation in sunlight. | show 🗑
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| show | Stratosphere
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| show | Troposhere
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| Practically all clouds and storms occur in this layer of the atmosphere. | show 🗑
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| The normal lapse rate in the troposphere is about __________ per kilometer. | show 🗑
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| show | longer than those emitted by the Sun
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| show | radio
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| At noon on February 21, the Sun is overhead __________. | show 🗑
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| The storage of heat in the lower layer of the atmosphere produced by certain heat absorbing gases is called the _________. | show 🗑
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| Which one of the following latitudes best represents the location where the Sun is directly overhead at noon on June 21? | show 🗑
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| On the average, how much of the Sun's energy that is intercepted by Earth is reflected back to space? | show 🗑
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| show | days and nights are equal in length everywhere
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| show | December 21
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| The spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on __________. | show 🗑
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| The North Pole has a higher noon Sun angle than New York City on this date. | show 🗑
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| The 90˚ angle solar rays are striking the Tropic of Cancer on __________. | show 🗑
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| The 90˚ angle solar rays are striking the Tropic of Capricorn on __________. | show 🗑
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| New York City has its greatest length of daylight on __________. | show 🗑
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| The fall equinox in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on this date. | show 🗑
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| show | June 21
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| show | convection
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| Earth receives energy from the Sun in this way. | show 🗑
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| show | all of these
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| show | conduction
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| On the average, how much of the Sun's energy that is intercepted by Earth is absorbed by the atmosphere and clouds? | show 🗑
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| The two most important heat absorbing gases in the lower atmosphere are __________. | show 🗑
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| If the maximum temperature for a particular day is 26˚C and the minimum temperature is 14˚C, the daily mean would be __________. | show 🗑
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| show | 12˚C
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| The annual range of temperature may be described as the difference between __________. | show 🗑
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| A place located along a windward coast will probably have __________. | show 🗑
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| The tropopause is the boundary between | show 🗑
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| Earth's atmosphere ends abruptly at 40 kilometers. | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| A molecule of ozone contains two atoms of oxygen and one atom of nitrogen. | show 🗑
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