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(44) What is the approximate declination
a) 20
b10
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(45) At spring equinox, the noon sun is directly overhead at:

a) The equator
b) S)N

(46) At summer (June) solstice, the declination of the Earth's axis is:
a-23.5
b) 0
c) +23.5*

(47) The most abundant gas in the atmosphere by volume is

the Earth atmosphere by volume.
a. Oxygen ç.Carbon Dioxide
b. Argon d. Nitrogen

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(36) The height of the

(a) 5,00Oft.
Troposphere is said to be approximately.
(b) 2,000ft.
c) 20,00oft.

(37)The transition point between the Troposphere and the

(a) Stratopause. Stratosphere is called.....
(b) Mesopause.
(c) Tropospause.

(38)Particles of dust, smoke, argon and particulate matter

constitute what percentage of the
Atmosphere.
a1%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 100%.

(39)The height of the Tropopause varies with

a) False. latitude and season.
b) At times.
c)) True.

(40)Th longest daylight hours in the southern

(a March equinox. hemisphere occurs at.
b) June solotice
c) September Equinox

(41)What is the direction of the Earth's orbit

6a Cilockwise. around the sun.
b)) Counter clockwise
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b. Shifting of ocean currents
Che 23.5" tilt of the Earth from vertical
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(53)
vertical transport of air.
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b. Convection, advection
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following has the highest albedo and
(54) vWhich of the thus more reflected solar
radiation?
(/Fresh snow c. Water
6. Grass d. Blacktop

IsS) Which of the following is NOT a primary"control" of climate2

weather
a. Altitude c. Daily
currents
b. Latitude d. Qcean

heat capacity. This means a large amount of energy is needed to

(56). Water has a
raise the temperature of water relative to other substances.

aLow
b. High

(57). Aone degree temperature change on the Fahrenheit scale is equal : degree
change on the Celsius scale.
0.56 c. 1.8
b. 0.90 d. 3.6

(58). Unsaturated air rises at the dry adiabatic lapse rate which is C per kilometer.
This is also the same numerical value as the gravitational force constant in meters per second
squared.
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/b9.8 d. 5.5
(59). Which of the following processes ABSORBS the most latent heat?
a. Melting c. Evaporation
b.Preezing d. Condensation
(60). Which of the
following processes will result in a GREATER dewpoint depression at the surface?
dewpoint depression is the
a. Wet-bulb cooling8 difference between the temperature and the dewpoint. cond
b. Saturating
previously unsaturated air
c. Radiational cooling
d. Solar heating

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the North Pole of the Earth, the earth rotates

víewed from above hours. This causes low pressure to spin counterclockwise in the
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65) completeturnin 24
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aCounterclockwise
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a. 1-2
b.3-4

d.8

70) Probability of rain in this report is said to be

a. 20

c. 40
d. 50

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