More Questions on Atmosphere
- Q. An important gas in the atmosphere that absorbs sun’s ultraviolet rays is
A)Ozone
B)Oxygen
C)Nitrogen
D)Hydrogen
Answer: Ozone
- Q. The plane of contact of the troposphere and stratosphere is known as ________
A)Stratopause
B)Mesosphere
C)Ionosphere
D)Tropopause
Answer: Tropopause
- Q. Venus has atmosphere made up of
A)Helium
B)Ammonia
C)Carbon dioxide
D)Hydrogen
Answer: Carbon dioxide
- Q. Which one of the following statements is correct? Hurricanes ________
A)Develop over warm ocean areas
B)Form at the equator
C)Are not as large as tornadoes
D)Tend to intensify when they move over land surfaces
Answer: Develop over warm ocean areas
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The variation in an average annual range of temperature at 15° latitude of Southern Hemisphere is much less than that at 15° latitude of Northern Hemisphere. 2. At latitudes poleward of 35° the incoming radiation exceeds the outgoing radiation in. Northern Hemisphere, whereas in Southern Hemisphere the outgoing radiation exceeds the incoming radiation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. What causes snowfall?
A)When condensation takes place in form of fog and precipitation occurs as flakes
B)When condensation takes place below 0° C and precipitation occurs in the form of flakes
C)When rain freezes into snow-flakes while passing through the atmosphere
D)When the air temperature is much lower than surface temperature
Answer: When condensation takes place below 0° C and precipitation occurs in the form of flakes
- Q. Evening sun is not a shot as the mid-day sun. What is the reason?
A)Ozone in atmosphere absorbs more light in the evening
B)In the evening, radiations travel slowly
C)In the evening, the temperature of the sun decreases
D)In the evening, radiations travel larger distance through atmosphere
Answer: In the evening, radiations travel larger distance through atmosphere
- Q. Lapse rate is related to the decrease of ________
A)Temperature at 1°F for an ascent of 330 feet
B)Wind velocity with an ascent of 300 feet
C)Humidity with an ascent of 450 feet
D)Pressure with an ascent of 500 feet
Answer: Temperature at 1°F for an ascent of 330 feet
- Q. Which of the following statements about Stratosphere is incorrect?
A)It is not free from the violent weather changes occurring on the earth
B)It is the region in the atmosphere above tropopause
C)It contains ozone layer which prevents ultraviolet radiations of sun from reaching to the earth
D)It provides ideal flying conditions
Answer: It is not free from the violent weather changes occurring on the earth
- Q. Logically, what does a continually rising air pressure indicate?
A)Fine and settled weather
B)Advent of unsettled and cloudy weather
C)Advent of a cyclone
D)Fine and unsettled weather
Answer: Advent of unsettled and cloudy weather
- Q. Freely moving bodies are ________
A)Deflected upwards at the equator
B)Deflected to their right in the northern hemisphere
C)Deflected to the right in the southern hemisphere
D)Unaffected by the earth's movements
Answer: Deflected to their right in the northern hemisphere
- Q. The core of the Earth is also known as
A)Barysphere
B)Lithosphere
C)Mesosphere
D)Centrosphere
Answer: Barysphere
- Q. Temperate cyclones bring along with them ________
A)Thunderstorms and torrential rainfall
B)Pleasant weather
C)Snowfall and hail
D)Mild rainfall
Answer: Mild rainfall
- Q. When a descending air contracts and its volume decreases, what happens to its temperature?
A)Its temperature remains constant
B)Its temperature decreases
C)Its temperature increases
D)Its temperature first increases, then decreases
Answer: Its temperature increases
- Q. The cauliflower shape is associated with which of the following cloud formations?
A)Nimbus
B)Stratus
C)Cumulus
D)Cirrus
Answer: Cumulus
- Q. Troposphere is the hottest part of the atmosphere because
A)It is heated by the Earth's surface
B)It is closest to the Sun
C)There are charged particles in it
D)Heat is generated in it
Answer: It is heated by the Earth's surface
- Q. Relative humidity
A)Decreases with decreased temperature
B)Increases with increased temperature
C)Decreases with increased temperature
D)Has no relation with increase or decrease of temperature
Answer: Decreases with increased temperature
- Q. The monsoon has well-developed cycle in ________
A)East United States
B)South and South East Asia
C)North Australia
D)Africa
Answer: South and South East Asia
- Q. Mist is a result of which one of the following?
A)Sublimation
B)Condensation
C)Evaporation
D)Saturation
Answer: Condensation
- Q. Because of which one of the following factors, clouds do not precipitate in deserts?
A)High wind velocity
B)Low pressure
C)Low humidity
D)High temperature
Answer: Low humidity
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