TEST SERIES - 7 (I)

The standard instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure is

• Mercury barometer

• Anemometer

• Galvanometer

• Ammeter

The portion of the atmosphere which extends from the earth’s surface up to 6-8 miles and experiences decrease in temperature at constant rate is

• Stratosphere

• Tropopause

• Troposphere

• Ionosphere

The long-term state of the atmosphere is a function of a variety of interacting elements. They are

• Solar radiation

• Pressure systems (and cyclone belts)

• Topography

• All of the above

Generally over most parts of the earth, rainfall occurs commonly during

• Summer

• Spring

• Autumn

• Winter

The layer of the Earth’s atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere is called

• Mesopause

• Stratopause

• Isothermal layer

• Mesosphere

Cold polar areas and subtropical continental deserts are locations where the volume of water vapour can approach

• zero percent

• 10 percent

• 15 percent

• 20 percent

Most of the phenomena related to weather take place in

• stratosphere

• ionosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

Which of the following is a possible consequence of a greenhouse warming?

• Alteration of the world’s water resources

• New weather patterns

• A rise in sea level

• All of the above

Atmosphere is one of the following:

• It is the result of climate

• It is the wind above the earth’s surface

• It is liquid

• It is the mixture of gases

Greenhouse gases are gases (water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and others) that can absorb the thermal energy emitted by the earth, creating the greenhouse effect, which

• warms the earth

• warms the universe

• changes water circulation

• changes thermodynamic process