ATOC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
1.
Local scales of climatology cover which range of distance?
(a)
5-100km
(b)
10-40km
(c)
0.5-5km
(d)
0.05-0.5km - ANS C
.
If two locations have the same average conditions, then they have the same climate.
(a) True
(b) False - ANS B
3.
Which layer(s) of the atmosphere warm with height
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,on average?
(a)Troposphere and mesosphere
(b)Stratosphere and thermosphere
(c)Troposphere and thermosphere
(d)Stratosphere and mesosphere - ANS B
4.
Which
gas is
the most
spatially
variable in the troposphere?
(a)N2
(b)O2
(c)H2O
(d)CO2 - ANS C
5.
How do Greenhouse Gases primarily warm Earth's surface?
(a)
By absorbing incoming
shortwave radiation and re
-
emitting a percentage of it to
the surface
.
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,(b)
By absorbing outgoing longwave radiation and re
-
emitting a percentage of it to
the surface
.
(c)
By absorbing outgoing shortwave radiation and re
-
emitting a percentage of it to
the surface
.
(d)
By reflecting a percentage of outgoing longwave radiation towards the surface
. - ANS B
6.
Why is the Antarctic atmosphere more prone to ozone
thinning than other regions on
Earth?
(a)
Since it is cold enough there to form polar stratospheric clouds
.
(b)
Since the polar
vortex in the southern hemisphere is quite strong during
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, .
winter/
spring and prevents ozone mixing
in from
other regions
.
(c)
Both (a) and (b) are key components for Antarctic ozone thinning
. - ANS C
.
Because the speed of electromagnetic radiation is constant (speed of light =
c
), the
wave equation (in list at top of test)
says that _______.
(a)
Longwave radiation has low frequency
(b)
Shortwave radiation has low frequency
(c)
Longwave radiation has high frequency
(d)
Both (b) and (c) only are correct - ANS a
8.
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ANSWERS 100% PASS 2026/2027
1.
Local scales of climatology cover which range of distance?
(a)
5-100km
(b)
10-40km
(c)
0.5-5km
(d)
0.05-0.5km - ANS C
.
If two locations have the same average conditions, then they have the same climate.
(a) True
(b) False - ANS B
3.
Which layer(s) of the atmosphere warm with height
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,on average?
(a)Troposphere and mesosphere
(b)Stratosphere and thermosphere
(c)Troposphere and thermosphere
(d)Stratosphere and mesosphere - ANS B
4.
Which
gas is
the most
spatially
variable in the troposphere?
(a)N2
(b)O2
(c)H2O
(d)CO2 - ANS C
5.
How do Greenhouse Gases primarily warm Earth's surface?
(a)
By absorbing incoming
shortwave radiation and re
-
emitting a percentage of it to
the surface
.
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,(b)
By absorbing outgoing longwave radiation and re
-
emitting a percentage of it to
the surface
.
(c)
By absorbing outgoing shortwave radiation and re
-
emitting a percentage of it to
the surface
.
(d)
By reflecting a percentage of outgoing longwave radiation towards the surface
. - ANS B
6.
Why is the Antarctic atmosphere more prone to ozone
thinning than other regions on
Earth?
(a)
Since it is cold enough there to form polar stratospheric clouds
.
(b)
Since the polar
vortex in the southern hemisphere is quite strong during
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, .
winter/
spring and prevents ozone mixing
in from
other regions
.
(c)
Both (a) and (b) are key components for Antarctic ozone thinning
. - ANS C
.
Because the speed of electromagnetic radiation is constant (speed of light =
c
), the
wave equation (in list at top of test)
says that _______.
(a)
Longwave radiation has low frequency
(b)
Shortwave radiation has low frequency
(c)
Longwave radiation has high frequency
(d)
Both (b) and (c) only are correct - ANS a
8.
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