University Of Arizona

ATMO 005

Quiz #2

1)When the electromagnetic radiation reaches the charge shown at the right the charge will ____________.

2. Kinetic energy has units of ___________.

3. Wien’s Law says that is an object warm its ___________ will decrease.

4. 0o   F below is the coldest temperature from the list.  is the hottest temperature.

300o K  200o F                         100o C                   100o F                   0o C       0o F

5. The driest air would probably be found at Point A in the figure belwo. The front is moving toward_________. At _________ you would find winds blowing from the NW. The warmest air would be found at ____________.

A                                                    B

6. White light is a mixture of all the colors of visible light (violet orange green yellow blue and red). What is the difference between “warm” white and “cool” white?

7. Ocean currents that carry energy from hot tropical to cold polar regions illustrate ____________.

8. If everything else is the same, an object with high specific heat will warm__________when energy is added than an object with low specific heat.

9. To determine the amount of electromagnetic radiation emitted by an object you would need to know the object’s______________.

10. Visible light is a__________ wavelength, ___________frequency, and __________ energy form of radiation that infrared light.

11. A temperature change of 1o   F is __________ than a change of 1o   C.

12. Because of ___________ global average surface temperature on the earth is about 60o   F instead of about 0o   F.

13. Boiling water and bubbling liquid nitrogen both illustrate which one of the following phase changes?

14. A thin layer of air in contact with hot ground will warm by

__________. Once the air becomes warm it will start to rise and

transport energy upward by__________________.

15. The sun actually emits more (49%) ______________ light than it does visible light (44%).

16. Dry ice changes directly from solid to gas without melting. This is called _______________. This phase changes________________ energy from the air.

17. Summer and winter temperatures at two cities are shown. One city is located on a sea coast the other is further inland. ____________ is located on the sea coast.

City A                          City B Summer 75                                                                     85

Winter 50                                    40

18. Greenhouse gases _____________ and _______________.

19. Rising air motions are produced by _________________.

20. A thermometer left outdoors on a day without any wind reads 40o

F. If the wind starts to blow the thermometer will measure a temperature that is _______________than 40o   F.

21. The wavelength of peak emission for an ordinary tungsten bulb is 1 μm.  This is ________________ light.

22. Water vapor carries _______________energy that is released when a cloud forms.

23. Based on the overall shape of the volume of cold air in the figure at right you can say the air is probably moving toward the______________.