Atmospheric thermodynamics - Quiz
A) Indirect adiabatic circulation B) Mechanically forced vortex circulation C) Frictional boundary circulation D) Thermally driven direct circulation
A) Warm and moist air B) Cool and sinking air C) Dense and stable air D) Cold and dry air
A) Colder air B) Moister air C) Saturated air D) Warmer air
A) Electrical energy B) Chemical energy C) Kinetic energy D) Potential energy
A) 10.0% B) 5.2% C) 1.3% D) 2.6%
A) 2.50 TW per yr B) 0.54 TW per yr C) 1.20 TW per yr D) 0.10 TW per yr
A) Global surface pressure drop B) Tropical sea surface temperatures C) Polar ice cap expansion D) Stratospheric ozone depletion
A) Brayton cycle B) Otto cycle C) Carnot cycle D) Rankine cycle
A) The tropopause B) The stratosphere C) The ozone layer D) The sea
A) 350K B) 300K C) 200K D) 273K
A) The ocean floor B) The tropopause C) The continental crust D) The sea surface
A) 300K B) 273K C) 150K D) 200K
A) Chemical energy into thermal energy B) Mechanical energy into latent heat C) Heat energy into mechanical energy of winds D) Potential energy into electrical energy
A) Carbon dioxide and ozone B) Ice crystals and nitrogen C) Heat and water vapor D) Dry air and dust
A) The air is compressed and heated B) Friction with upper winds C) The air expands and cools D) Radiation loss to space
A) Gravitational force B) Coriolis force C) Magnetic force D) Centrifugal force
A) Constant temperature B) Complete removal of thermal gradient C) Increasing temperature D) Decreasing temperature
A) Decreasing pressure gradients B) Increasing temperature C) Decreasing temperature D) Stabilizing moisture levels
A) About 1% B) About 8% C) About 25% D) About 15%
A) Saturation vapor pressure B) Latent heat and entropy C) Pressure or density D) Temperature and volume
A) Adiabatic lapse rate B) Potential temperature C) Equilibrium vapor pressure D) Specific heat capacity
A) Ideal gas law B) Stefan-Boltzmann law C) Coriolis formula D) August-Roche-Magnus formula
A) Degrees Celsius B) Rankine C) Kelvins D) Fahrenheit
A) atm B) Pa C) hPa D) bar
A) 243.04 B) 17.625 C) 6.1094 D) 273.15
A) 17.625 B) 243.04 C) 100.00 D) 6.1094
A) 17.625 B) 6.1094 C) 243.04 D) 1.0132
A) Increase exponentially B) Drop to zero C) Remain completely constant D) Decrease linearly
A) Radiation equations are fundamentally incorrect B) Convective processes might cause extensive drying due to increased areas of subsidence C) The Earth is flat and defies thermodynamics D) Sea levels do not affect vapor pressure
A) Subsurface seismic activity B) The tilt of the planetary axis C) The intensity of convection D) The rotation speed of the Earth
A) Surface friction B) Relative humidity C) Solar magnetic fields D) Ocean salinity
A) Emanuel, K. B) Lorenz, E. N. C) Magnus D) August-Roche
A) 1986 B) 2010 C) 1955 D) 1979
A) J. Atmos. Sci. B) Science C) Nature D) Tellus
A) Magnus B) Emanuel, K. C) Clausius D) Lorenz, E. N.
A) J. Atmos. Sci. B) Meteorological Monographs C) Journal of Climate D) Tellus
A) Jet engine B) Carnot engine C) Stirling engine D) Diesel engine
A) Geothermal energy B) Kinetic energy C) Heat energy D) Tidal energy
A) Magnetometers B) Seismographs C) Spectrophotometers D) Atmospheric thermodynamic diagrams
A) As a closed cryogenic system B) As a non-equilibrium system C) As an isolated system in equilibrium D) As a purely reversible system
A) Magnetic forces B) Centrifugal forces C) Frictional drag forces D) Buoyant forces
A) Combined liquid-solid law B) Ideal gas law C) Boyle-Mariotte constant law D) Van der Waals equation
A) A process with constant volume and pressure B) A process in which entropy is a constant C) A process with maximum heat transfer D) A process where temperature remains zero
A) As incompressible liquids B) As rigid solids C) As ideal gases D) As ionized plasmas
A) Absorption of ultraviolet light B) Effect on cloud condensation C) Prevention of all precipitation D) Generation of lightning bolts
A) Late 18th century B) Early 19th century C) Early 20th century D) Late 19th century
A) Clausius–Clapeyron equation B) Navier-Stokes equation C) First law of thermodynamics D) Ideal gas law
A) Willard Gibbs B) Alfred Wegener C) Émile Clapeyron D) Rudolf Clausius
A) 1860s B) 1910s C) 1840s D) 1880s
A) Frank W. Very B) Heinrich Hertz C) von Bezold D) Sadi Carnot
A) Tephigram B) Emagram C) Stuve diagram D) Skew-T log-P
A) Rudolf Clausius B) Willard Gibbs C) Alfred Wegener D) von Bezold
A) 1873 B) 1888 C) 1911 D) 1884
A) Heinrich Hertz B) Émile Clapeyron C) Sadi Carnot D) Alfred Wegener
A) Willard Gibbs B) von Bezold C) Rudolf Clausius D) Frank W. Very
A) Late 1980s B) Late 1960s C) Late 1940s D) Late 1970s
A) Oceanography B) Seismology C) Geological surveying D) Weather forecasting
A) Jacques Charles B) John Dalton C) Charles Le Roy D) Pierre Simon Laplace
A) 1751 B) 1801 C) 1782 D) 1784
A) Pierre Simon Laplace B) John Dalton C) James Pollard Espy D) Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
A) Pierre Simon Laplace B) William Ferrel C) John Dalton D) Sir Napier Shaw
A) Richard Asman B) Hermann von Helmholtz C) John William von Bezold D) William Ferrel
A) Tor Bergeron B) Richard Asman C) Irving Langmuir D) Sir Napier Shaw
A) Tor Bergeron B) Sir Napier Shaw C) Richard Asman D) James Pollard Espy |
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