TTU Biology 3309 Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The greenhouse effect occurs because of the absorption and re-
emission of _______ radiation by the atmosphere. -
correct answer ✅infrared
How much did the average temperature of the Earth change
between 1880 and2011? -
correct answer ✅1 C
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? -
correct answer ✅carbon monoxide
Which of the following human activities is NOT a significant source
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? -
correct answer ✅hunting
Excluding water vapor, greenhouse gases make up _____ percent of
the atmosphere. -
correct answer ✅less than 1
How much solar radiation is reflected by the Earth's atmosphere
and surface? -
correct answer ✅33 percent
,TTU Biology 3309 Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The energy of incident solar radiation reaching the surface of Earth
declines toward the poles from its maximum in equatorial regions.
Why is this? -
correct answer ✅A given amount of solar radiation is spread over
a larger area at higher latitudes.
Solar radiation travels a longer path through the earth's
atmosphere at higher latitudes.
Which of the following has the highest albedo? -
correct answer ✅snow
Where is the solar equator? -
correct answer ✅between 23.5º S and 23.5º N of the equator,
depending on the season
During summer equinox in the Northern Hemisphere the sun shines
most directly at -
correct answer ✅the Tropic of Cancer
Why do the tropics receive more precipitation than areas at higher
latitudes? -
,TTU Biology 3309 Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
correct answer ✅Water cycles more rapidly through the tropical
atmosphere
Decreased temperature in adiabatic cooling is a result of -
correct answer ✅a decrease in pressure
The maximum amount of water vapor air can hold is called the -
correct answer ✅saturation point
The intertropical convergence zone is -
correct answer ✅at the solar equator
Which is the correct order of the processes that occur in a Hadley
cell? -
correct answer ✅air rising, adiabatic cooling, latent heat release,
warm air displacing cool air, adiabatic heating
The Coriolis effect causes what in surface winds? -
correct answer ✅wind deflection to the right in the Northern
Hemisphere
, TTU Biology 3309 Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
In the area between convection cells the prevailing wind direction is
primarily -
correct answer ✅west to east
What kind of oceanic circulation would you predict for the western
coasts of continents? -
correct answer ✅cold currents moving from the poles toward the
equator
Which of the following phenomena triggers an El Niño-Southern
Oscillation event? -
correct answer ✅reversal of high- and low-pressure areas in the
equatorial central Pacific Ocean
Upwelling causes -
correct answer ✅nutrient-rich zones
Gyres in the Southern Hemisphere rotate _____ and in the
Northern Hemisphere rotate _______. -
correct answer ✅clockwise; counterclockwise
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The greenhouse effect occurs because of the absorption and re-
emission of _______ radiation by the atmosphere. -
correct answer ✅infrared
How much did the average temperature of the Earth change
between 1880 and2011? -
correct answer ✅1 C
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? -
correct answer ✅carbon monoxide
Which of the following human activities is NOT a significant source
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? -
correct answer ✅hunting
Excluding water vapor, greenhouse gases make up _____ percent of
the atmosphere. -
correct answer ✅less than 1
How much solar radiation is reflected by the Earth's atmosphere
and surface? -
correct answer ✅33 percent
,TTU Biology 3309 Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The energy of incident solar radiation reaching the surface of Earth
declines toward the poles from its maximum in equatorial regions.
Why is this? -
correct answer ✅A given amount of solar radiation is spread over
a larger area at higher latitudes.
Solar radiation travels a longer path through the earth's
atmosphere at higher latitudes.
Which of the following has the highest albedo? -
correct answer ✅snow
Where is the solar equator? -
correct answer ✅between 23.5º S and 23.5º N of the equator,
depending on the season
During summer equinox in the Northern Hemisphere the sun shines
most directly at -
correct answer ✅the Tropic of Cancer
Why do the tropics receive more precipitation than areas at higher
latitudes? -
,TTU Biology 3309 Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
correct answer ✅Water cycles more rapidly through the tropical
atmosphere
Decreased temperature in adiabatic cooling is a result of -
correct answer ✅a decrease in pressure
The maximum amount of water vapor air can hold is called the -
correct answer ✅saturation point
The intertropical convergence zone is -
correct answer ✅at the solar equator
Which is the correct order of the processes that occur in a Hadley
cell? -
correct answer ✅air rising, adiabatic cooling, latent heat release,
warm air displacing cool air, adiabatic heating
The Coriolis effect causes what in surface winds? -
correct answer ✅wind deflection to the right in the Northern
Hemisphere
, TTU Biology 3309 Final Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
In the area between convection cells the prevailing wind direction is
primarily -
correct answer ✅west to east
What kind of oceanic circulation would you predict for the western
coasts of continents? -
correct answer ✅cold currents moving from the poles toward the
equator
Which of the following phenomena triggers an El Niño-Southern
Oscillation event? -
correct answer ✅reversal of high- and low-pressure areas in the
equatorial central Pacific Ocean
Upwelling causes -
correct answer ✅nutrient-rich zones
Gyres in the Southern Hemisphere rotate _____ and in the
Northern Hemisphere rotate _______. -
correct answer ✅clockwise; counterclockwise
