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Question 1:

Which term refers to a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance?
a) Pressure
b) Temperature
c) Density
d) Volume

Question 2:

Which of the following is NOT a discovery of the pioneers of the kinetic theory of gases?
a) If temperature is held constant, an increase in pressure will cause an increase in volume.
b) If temperature is held constant, an increase in volume will cause a decrease in pressure.
c) If pressure is held constant, an increase in temperature will cause an increase in volume.
d) If volume is held constant, an increase in temperature will cause an increase in pressure.

Question 3:

Boyle’s law and Charles’s law were combined in the formulation of what?
a) Kinetic theory of matter
b) Ideal gas law
c) Ideal matter law
d) Theory of state variables

Question 4:

Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a) Warm air is less dense than cold air.
b) Air is compressible.
c) Liquids expand more than gases when heated.
d) In an incompressible fluid, the change in pressure with depth follows a linear relationship.

Question 5:

The concept of hydrostatic equation tells us that the change in pressure with height or depth in a fluid is dependent on what?
a) Temperature
b) Volume
c) Energy
d) Density

Question 6:

Reduction to sea level pressure is necessary to eliminate the effect of what?
a) Greenhouse gases
b) Altitude
c) Thickness
d) Latitude

Question 7:

Which term characterizes thermal pressure systems?
a) Narrow
b) Steep
c) Deep
d) Shallow

Question 8:

Which term characterizes dynamic pressure systems?
a) Narrow
b) Steep
c) Deep
d) Shallow

Question 9:

Which term refers to an instrument package carried into the atmosphere by a balloon?
a) Synoptic system
b) Radar
c) Atmospheric sounding
d) Radiosonde

Question 10:

Which of the following is NOT a commonly plotted height on upper-air charts?
a) 250 hPa
b) 500 hPa
c) 650 hPa
d) 850 hPa

Question 11:

At a warm front, warm air is advancing and replacing cold air.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

Density in a gas depends only on temperature.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

The hydrostatic equation shows that the rate of change of pressure with height in a fluid depends on the density of the fluid.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

Pressure decreases more rapidly with height in warm air than it does in cold air.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

Isobars are used to map the variation in height of a pressure surface on upper-air charts.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Weather and Climate: Chapter 3