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If the atmospheric pressure is 1000 mb at the ground, then the 500-mb level is:
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a. At the height below which half of the mass of the air column is found.
b. At the level that is equidistant from the ground and the tropopause.
c. Halfway up the total height of the troposphere (or about 5 km up).
d. At the height where the temperature is half the surface temperature.
e. At the height where the density of the air is half the surface density.
f. Halfway up the total height of the atmosphere (which varies with temperature and
geographic location).
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If a person climbs a mountain to a certain height on a hot summer day and returns to the same
spot on a cold winter day, which of the following statements is correct?
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a. The change in pressure is less during the winter hike.
b. The change in pressure is the same during both hikes.
c. The change in pressure is greater during the winter hike.
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Vertical temperature profiles are obtained with:
Seleccione una:
a. Anemometers.
b. Doppler radars.
c. Radiosondes.
d. Geostationary satellites.
e. Meteograms.
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If you dive 30 meters underwater, your body experiences the equivalent of:
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a. 30 atmospheres of pressure.
b. 3 atmospheres of pressure.
c. 40 atmospheres of pressure.
d. 20 atmospheres of pressure.
e. 2 atmospheres of pressure.
f. 4 atmospheres of pressure.
Pregunta 5
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Which instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
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a. The anemometer.
b. The bar.
c. The isobar.
d. The barometer.
e. The millibar.
Pregunta 6
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About 99% of the atmosphere lies within ________ of Earth's surface.
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a. 3000 km.
b. 3 km.
c. 30 km.
d. 300 km.
e. 30000 km.
Pregunta 7
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Absolute zero is:
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a. The theoretical temperature at which the Celsius scale and the Fahrenheit scale intersect.
b. The theoretical temperature at which all molecular motion is presumed to cease.
c. The point at which we are absolutely sure the temperature is zero.
d. The freezing point of water.
e. The freezing point of air.
Pregunta 8
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Consider a balloon filled with air. If pressure remains constant and temperature increases, the
volume of the balloon:
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a. Increases.
b. Cannot be determined from the above information.
c. Decreases.
d. Remains constant.
Pregunta 9
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Temperature is a measure of:
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a. The volume occupied by a substance.
b. The average speed of the molecules of a substance.
c. The density of a substance under pressure.
d. The visible radiation absorbed by a thermometer.
e. The infrared radiation reflected by a substance.
Pregunta 10
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When compared to mercury, why would water be a poor choice to design a barometer?
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a. The barometer would be more than 10 meters tall.
b. The water level changes would be too small to read.
c. Water has a large heat capacity.
d. Water does not expand when heated.
e. Water is too dense.
Pregunta 11
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When a midlatitude cyclone is approaching, the level of a mercury barometer:
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a. Drops.
b. Remains constant.
c. Rises.
Pregunta 12
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Knots are units of:
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a. Wind speed.
b. Wind direction.
c. Altitude.
d. Pressure.
e. Precipitation.
Pregunta 13
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Consider a radiosonde balloon filled with helium. As the balloon rises through the atmosphere,
pressure inside the balloon:
Seleccione una:
a. Decreases.
b. Remains constant.
c. Cannot be determined from the above information.
d. Increases.
Pregunta 14
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When a thermometer is directly exposed to the sun:
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a. It accurately measures the temperature of the air.
b. It indicates a lower temperature than that of the air.
c. It indicates a higher temperature than that of the air.
d. It measures the temperature of sunlight.
e. It measures the temperature of the sun rather than that of the air.
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If you climb up to 5.5 km above sea level, the pressure is about:
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a. 500 hPa
b. One atmosphere
c. 5.5 hPa
d. 2 bars
e. 5.5 atmospheres
f. 5.5 bars
Pregunta 16
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Pressure ________ is twice the value of pressure at sea level.
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a. At the bottom of the ocean.
b. At the tropopause.
c. At the top of Mount Everest.
d. 10 meters below the ocean surface.
e. 20 meters below the ocean surface.
f. Halfway up in the atmosphere.
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The Kelvin temperature scale is based on:
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a. Absolute zero and the boiling point of water, the difference being divided in 100 increments.
b. The freezing and boiling points of water, the difference being divided in 100 increments.
c. The lowest possible freezing point of salty water and the boiling point of water, the
difference being divided in 100 increments.
d. Absolute zero and the boiling point of water, the difference being divided in 273 increments.
e. The Celsius scale shifted to start at absolute zero.
f. The Celsius scale with more increments between the freezing and boiling points of water.
g. The Celsius scale where only the absolute value of temperature is considered, so as to have
only positive numbers.
Pregunta 18
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Approximate 23°C in degrees Fahrenheit:
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a. 52°F
b. 78°F
c. 46°F
d. 72°F
e. 68°F
f. 62°F
g. 88°F
h. 45°F
i. 94°F
Pregunta 19
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The "easterlies" are:
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a. Winds that blow to the east.
b. Winds that blow from the east.
c. Winds that blow from the East Coast.
d. Winds that blow only on Easter.
e. Winds that blow toward the East Coast.
Pregunta 20
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The weight of one atmosphere is approximately equal to the weight of:
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a. One meter of water.
b. A hundred meters of mercury.
c. Ten meters of mercury.
d. A hundred meters of water.
e. Ten meters of water.
f. The ocean if it were replaced by air.
Pregunta 21
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Absolute zero expressed in degrees Kelvin is:
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a. 0°F
b. 32 K
c. 0 K
d. -273°F
e. 273°C
f. -273°C
g. 0°C
h. 273 K
i. -32 K
j. 273°F
Pregunta 22
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Approximately 50% of the atmosphere lies below the ________ pressure surface.
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a. 700 hPa.
b. 850 hPa.
c. 50 hPa.
d. 500 hPa.
e. 250 hPa.
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A radiosonde:
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a. Measures radio waves in the ionosphere.
b. Uses radio waves to measure precipitation.
c. Is carried aloft by a balloon and measures weather conditions above the surface.
d. Is used to monitor surface weather conditions from aloft.
e. Measures radiowaves from a geostationary satellite.
Pregunta 24
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In the midlatitudes, atmospheric pressure at sea level is approximately ________, whereas
pressure at a height of 5.5 km is approximately ________.
Seleccione una:
a. 1000 hPa, 250 hPa.
b. 1000 hPa, 500 hPa.
c. 250 hPa, 1000 hPa.
d. 250 hPa, 500 hPa.
e. 500 hPa, 1000 hPa.
f. 500 hPa, 250 hPa.
Pregunta 25
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Consider a radiosonde balloon filled with helium. As the balloon rises through the atmosphere,
the volume of the balloon:
Seleccione una:
a. Cannot be determined from the above information.
b. Increases.
c. Remains constant.
d. Decreases.
Pregunta 26
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How does one accurately measure temperature?
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a. With a barometer.
b. As a quantity that has both magnitude and direction.
c. With a thermometer exposed to the sun.
d. Both 'In the shade' and 'As a quantity that has both magnitude and direction'.
e. In the shade.
Pregunta 27
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Copy of 21. In the midlatitudes, atmospheric pressure at sea level is approximately ________,
whereas pressure at a height of 5.5 km is approximately ________.
Seleccione una:
a. 1000 hPa, 500 hPa.
b. 500 hPa, 250 hPa.
c. 500 hPa, 1000 hPa.
d. 1000 hPa, 250 hPa.
e. 250 hPa, 1000 hPa.
f. 250 hPa, 500 hPa.
Pregunta 28
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A temperature of 0°C is equal to:
Seleccione una:
a. 32 K
b. 212°F
c. -32°F
d. 0 K
e. 32°F
f. 0°F
g. -32 K
Pregunta 29
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In a mercury barometer:
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a. The weight of the mercury is balanced by atmospheric pressure.
b. The mercury is weightless due to the vacuum.
c. The mercury occupies the entire tube by thermal expansion.
d. The mercury contracts under the atmospheric pressure exerted on the tube.
e. The mercury is held up in the tube by the suction of the vacuum.
Pregunta 30
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Atmospheric pressure is caused by:
Seleccione una:
a. The lapse rate in the air column.
b. The weight of the overlying air.
c. The amount of water leaving the air column as precipitation.
d. The solar radiation penetrating through the air column.
e. The temperature of the overlying air.
Pregunta 31
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A northerly wind blows:
Seleccione una:
a. From the west to the east.
b. From the north to the south.
c. From the east to the west.
d. Perpendicular to the isobars.
e. From the south to the north.

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Vertical temperature profiles are obtained with:

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