Unit 08 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

On the Kelvin temperature scale, what is absolute zero in degrees Celsius?
a) 273 degrees C
b) -273 degrees C
c) 0 degrees C
d) -32 degrees C
e) -373 degrees C

Question 2:

In what process is heat given off when water changes from a gas to a liquid?
a) evaporation
b) inversion
c) condensation
d) displacement
e) sublimation

Question 3:

When an air parcel cools with height at a constant rate, and is not saturated with water vapour, this phenomenon is:
a) temperature inversion
b) the saturated adiabatic lapse rate
c) the environmental lapse rate
d) the dry adiabatic lapse rate
e) unsaturated temperature inversion

Question 4:

A thermometer actually measures:
a) gravitational energy
b) potential energy
c) relative energy
d) displaced energy
e) kinetic energy

Question 5:

In July, toward which hemispehere do latitudinal temperature belts shift?
a) Northern Hemisphere
b) Southern Hemisphere
c) no shift occurs
d) water hemisphere
e) land hemisphere

Question 6:

A dust dome is the result of:
a) increased air pollution
b) a traveling dust cloud
c) a temperature inversion
d) a solar eclipse
e) acid rain

Question 7:

In a temperature inversion, tropospheric temperature decreases with height.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

A temperature gradient is the horizontal rate of temperature change over distance.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

Advection is the vertical movement of air through the atmosphere with wind.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

The oceans have a moderating effect on air temperature.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

The lapse rate determines stability of air.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

The air above an ocean is warmer in summer and cooler in winter than air over land at the same latitude.
a) True
b) False

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