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WX 201 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS What does NOT contribute to making Salt Lake City colder than Seattle during winter? - Answer-Seattle has more cloud cover than Salt lake City, which traps outgoing infrared radiation and keeps temperatures from getting as cold. What is the solar elevation angle over Sao Paulo, Brazil (lat. 24 s) at noon on Dec. 22? - Answer-89.5 Earth has seasons - Answer-Because of Earth's tilt angle Daily high temperatures usually occur - Ans...

WX 201 Exam 3 HW #1 & 2 Questions and Answers Upper-level winds in the middle latitudes of both hemispheres generally blow from ____. The west The pressure gradient force is directed from higher pressure toward lower pressure at all places on Earth. The Coriolis force acts at a ____ degree angle to the wind. 90 On a 500 millibar chart, ____ are drawn to represent horizontal changes in altitude which correspond to horizontal changes in pressure. Contour Lines The surface ...

WX 201 Exam 3 Study Guide with complete solutions What is a cloud? a volume of atmosphere containing numerous water droplets and/or ice particles What ingredients are necessary for cloud development? -Abundant water vapor -Condensation nuclei particles -A cooling mechanism What is supercooled water? At what temperature does it exist, and how does it freeze? Cloud drops that remain liquid down to -40 degrees Celcius. May freeze when the temperature decreases, encounters an ice nuc...

WX 201 Exam 3 w- HW 16 and 17 Questions and Answers Due to Hadley cell formation and the Coriolis force in both hemispheres, winds aloft flow a. easterly b. southerly c. westerly d. randomly e. northerly C Which air mass woudl show the most dramatic change in both temperature and moisture content as it moves over a large body of very warm water? a. mA in winter b. mP in winter c. cP in winter d. cT in summer e. mT in summer C If you are standing directly south of a smo...

WX 201 Final Exam with correct Answers Which of the following air masses is not typically seen in the U.S. in winter? Maritime polar Continental tropical Maritime tropical Continental polar Continental tropical The continental arctic (cA) air mass is usually produced at high latitudes by persistent: Radiational cooling It's January and you're in Portland, Oregon. The wind is blowing from the west at 10 knots and it's drizzling. What type of air mass are you likely experienci...

WX 201 Final Exam Chemicals called __ break down ozone molecules - Answer- chlorofluorocarbons Since the turn of this century, CO2 in the atmosphere has: - Answer- been increasing in concentration In a volume of air near the earth's surface, ____ occupies 78 percent and ____ occupies nearly 21 percent. - Answer- Nitrogen, Oxygen Sinks of CO2 include - Answer- photosynthesis The only substance near the earth's surface that is found naturally in the atmosphere as...

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