Environmental Science Questions

The four thermal layers of the atmosphere in order beginning from the surface are:

While ascending through the atmosphere, you record temperature with a standard thermometer and find that the temperature has risen from -48°C (-54°F) to -18°C (-0.4°F) over the last 10 km (6.2 miles). Which of the following regions of the atmosphere are you most likely in?

A scientific hypothesis may be regarded as a tentative explanation of observed, facts, or events

The absorption of longwave radiation by certain gases in the lower atmosphere is responsible for

On the average, for every 1 km increase in altitude in the troposphere the air temperature...

True or false: deserts, with their very dry air, experience, cool nighttime temperatures, because of a weaker greenhouse effect

The " spring equinox " in the northern hemisphere occurs on approximately

Over the course of this year, the tilt of earths polar axis will...

Which of the following does not happen to solar radiation as it passes through the atmosphere?

Studies have shown that the average ozone depletion is greatest over what area

True or False: hurricanes only form over tropical/sub tropical oceans

which two gases make up a combined total of 99% of clean dry air in the homosphere?

The eye of the hurricane has no clouds due to...

Water vapor represents what fraction of the air near the earth's surface?

Weather influences people, but people don't influence weather.

A macro scale cyclonic system that forms in the northern hemisphere of the western pacific ocean is called a...

Weather and climate are synonymous terms.

True or False: the United States has experience to landfall of several (four) category 5 hurricanes since 1935.

A macro scale cyclonic system that forms in the Atlantic ocean is called a...

The mesoscale cyclonic system that has sustained winds between 39 and 74 mph is