Correct Answer is: have clockwise winds in the Northern Hemisphere.

Correct Answer is: are associated with low-pressure systems.

Atmosphere MCQ Multiple Choice Questions Answers - Page 4 | Quiz for Practice

Q: 47. Volcanic outgassing:

Correct Answer is: emits large amounts of water vapor.

Q: 48. The radiation emitted by Earth:

Correct Answer is: is primarily absorbed by the atmosphere.

Q: 49. A geostrophic wind:

Correct Answer is: flows perpendicular to the pressure gradient force.

Q: 51. At what latitude and during what season is the daily-averaged insolation at the top of the atmosphere the greatest?

Correct Answer is: South pole on Dec. 21

Q: 53. Earth rotation makes global winds curve. This is called the ................

Correct Answer is: Coriolis effect

Q: 54. Earth atmosphere is important to living things because it ................

Correct Answer is: provides all the gases that living things need to survive

Q: 59. The atmosphere is a(n):

Correct Answer is: selective absorber.

Q: 60. Earth atmosphere traps energy from the sun, which ................

Correct Answer is: allows water to exist as liquid

Atmosphere MCQ Questions for Practice

46. Anticy clones:

are associated with subgeostrophic winds.
have clockwise winds in the Northern Hemisphere.
have air spiraling into them near the surface.

47. Volcanic outgassing:

emits very little carbon dioxide.
emits large amounts of water vapor.
has had little effect on the earths atmosphere.
created the earths first atmosphere.

48. The radiation emitted by Earth:

has little effect on the earths energy budget.
is in the form of radio waves.
had its origin in radioactive elements in the earths interior.
is primarily absorbed by the atmosphere.

49. A geostrophic wind:

follows the pressure gradient force.
flows perpendicular to the pressure gradient force.
is usually not affected by the Coriolis force.

50. Cyclones:

are typically regions of fair weather.
are associated with low-pressure systems.
experience Coriolis effects that deflect air to the right in the Southern Hemisphere.
are associated with supergeostrophic winds.

51. At what latitude and during what season is the daily-averaged insolation at the top of the atmosphere the greatest?

South pole on Dec. 21
North pole on June 21
Equator at Equinox
Equator on Jan. 5

52. A missile lunched due south in the Northern Hemisphere will be deflected toward:

east.
west.

53. Earth rotation makes global winds curve. This is called the ................

Coriolis effect
rotational effect
convection effect
global effect

54. Earth atmosphere is important to living things because it ................

provides all the gases that living things need to survive
maintains a constant relative humidity
contains dust and other particles
is very thin compared to the size of Earth

55. Heat transfer between two substances that are in contact is called ................

convection
radiation
conduction
thermal energy

56. Heat from the sun reaches you by ................

convection
radiation
conduction
light emission

57. The two most important greenhouse gases are:

CO2 and H2O
CO2 and SO2
CO2 and CFCs
CO2 and CH4

58. Which of the following gases is not a greenhouse gas:

water vapor.
oxygen.
carbon dioxide.
nitrous oxide.

59. The atmosphere is a(n):

absorber of all radiation equally.
selective absorber.
blackbody absorber.
inferior absorber of x-rays.

60. Earth atmosphere traps energy from the sun, which ................

allows ozone to form easily
causes meteors to burn up
allows water to exist as liquid
allows solar radiation to penetrate to the surface