Bonus Test 1 – Fall 2009

1. What is the most important reason for global temperatures to vary?

a. length of the daylight period

b. type of ocean current located nearby
c. elevation of the region
d. angle of the sun

2. As seasons change, the observer would notice changes in ________________________.

a. temperature
b. sun angle
c. length of the daylight period
d. all of these above
e. none of these above

3. These two gases dominate the composition of earth’s atmosphere

a. carbon dioxide and ozone
b. ozone and water vapor
c. nitrogen and carbon dioxide
d. nitrogen and oxygen

4. What is the best time to be outdoors if you want to experience the daily maximum temperature?
a. near sunset
b. near sunrise
c. at noon
d. mid-afternoon

5. In the Southern Hemisphere, the coolest month of the year is typically __________________.
a. January
b. July
c. March
d. September

6. What causes seasons?

a. the variable distance between Earth and Sun
b. the Earth’s tilted axis
c. changes in the energy output of the Sun
d. none of these

7. Which of these days is most likely to have the longest period of daylight?
a. first day of autumn
b. first day of spring
c. first day of summer
d. first day of winter

8. This variable gas is found concentrated at the surface and in the upper atmosphere.
a. carbon dioxide
b. nitrogen
c. oxygen
d. ozone
9. Clouds are very ____________ of sunlight.
a. absorbent
b. reflective
c. neither of these

10. Almost all weather processes take place in the _________________.

a. mesosphere
b. stratosphere
c. thermosphere
d. troposphere

11. As you walk up a mountainside, temperatures typically will _______________.

a. decrease
b. increase
c. remain constant

12. The energy transfer process by which the Earth gains energy from the Sun is ________________.
a. advection
b. conduction
c. convection
d. radiation

13. Energy radiated from the surface to the atmosphere is the most important source of atmospheric
heating.
a. correct
b. incorrect

14. In general, as latitude increases, temperatures ______________.

a. decrease
b. increase
c. remain constant

15. Which location is most likely to have the highest summer temperatures? (Note: each location is at
the same latitude and elevation)
a. Location A on the coastline of an ocean
b. Location B, 100 kilometers from the ocean
c. Location C, 500 kilometers from the ocean
d. All of these locations should have the equal summer temperatures

16. Which gas filters UV radiation from incoming sunlight?

a. carbon dioxide
b. surface ozone
c. upper level ozone
d. water vapor

17. What is causing depletion of the upper level ozone?

a. lightning
b. thunder
c. CFCs or chloroflurocarbons
d. sunlight
18.Most of the sunlight that reaches the Earth’s surface is in the form of infrared and visible
radiation.
a. correct
b. incorrect

19. Is the following formula a correct procedure for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius: C = 1.8 (F –
273).
a. correct
b. incorrect

20.Normally, if the weather reporter on TV indicated that the wind chill was 15 degrees Fahrenheit
then our temperature sensor would also indicated 15 degrees F.
a. correct
b. incorrect

21.Which of the following provides a measure of spacing of air molecules in the Earth’s
atmosphere?
a. pressure
b. temperature
c. density
d. composition

3. If the radio announces that the temperature is 32 degrees and it is a cool/cold, winter day, they are
probably using the ________ temperature scale.
a. Celsius
b. Fahrenheit
c. Kelvin\

4. Our foremost concern about air pollution is the harm it does to human health
a. correct
b. incorrect

5. Transportation accounts for 90 percent or more of the primary air pollutants across the United
States.
a. correct
b. incorrect

6. Carbon monoxide has a strong pungent odor that warns of its presence before concentration can
build to dangerous levels.
a. correct
b. incorrect

7. A wind might bring air pollutants into your region from another, and increase the concentrations
of air pollutants.
a. correct
b. incorrect
8. Officially, an air quality index value of _________ gets a location noted for poor air quality
a. at least 200
b. at least 101
c. at least 50
d. at least 400

9. A secondary air pollutant often forms by chemically changing primary air pollutant(s).
a. correct
b. incorrect

10.You would expect lower levels of surface ozone of a ________ day

a. cloudy
b. sunny

11. There are current concerns about surface ozone ___________.

a. decreasing
b. increasing

12. Indoor air pollution can sometimes exceed outdoor air pollution
a. correct
b. incorrect

13. Given that both facilities are operating as designed, which would not be a major source of air
pollutants?
a. a coal fired power plant
b. a nuclear power plant

14. If you are an urban planner and your city has winds predominantly from the west, where would
you prefer to locate a new industrial park?
a. on the western side of the city
b. on the eastern side of the city