WorksheetsClimatology
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The Earth's atmosphere is a mixture of which of the following?
Atmospheric gases
Water vapour
Aerosols
All of these
Which of the following gases is responsible for primarily heating up of the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide
Ozone
Nitrogen
None of these
The amount of water vapour in the atmosphere declines from
Poles to equator
Equator to poles
Low altitude to high altitude
Both b and c
Which of the following option correctly describes Normal or Environmental Laps rate?
6.5 F/km
6.5 K/km
6.5 degree C/km
All of these
Most of the atmospheric and weather phenomenons occur in which of the following atmospheric layer?
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Which of the following gases protects the biospheric communities from harmful radiations of the Sun?
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Ozone
Argon
Which of the following options correctly describes the altitude of stratosphere?
5-30 km
18-50 km
50-90 km
0-50 km
Which of the following substances deplete the ozonosphere?
Water vapour
CFCs
Propellants
Both b and c
Troposphere is the hottest part of the atmosphere because
It is closest to the Sun
Heat is generated in it
It is heated by the Earth's surface
There are charged particles in it
The transition zone between troposphere and stratosphere is called
Tropopause
Stratopause
Tropo-strato
Ther is no zone between tropo and stratosphere
Which of the following layers of atmosphere produces auroras in the sky?
Mesopause
Ionosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Which of the following is the highest layer of atmosphere?
Homosphere
Exosphere
Mesopause
Ionosphere
What are possible effects of increasing amount of smoke in the troposphere?
Reduced visibility
Air quality is poor
Acid rain formation
All of these
In which of the following layers, the temperature rapidly increases with altitude?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Homosphere
In which of the following layers, there are distinct layers of gases?
Homosphere
Heterosphere
Both a and b
None of these
The solar energy that reaches Earth is called
Radiant energy
Radiation
Insolation
Conduction
The outermost portion of the Sun's atmosphere is called
Photosphere
Corona
Chromosphere
Halo
Which of the following areas have largest annual range of temperature?
Continents
Oceans
Forests
Lakes
The albedo of the Earth as a whole is
25%
50%
35%
10%
On an average, the insolation received by poles is about what percentage of insolation received at the equator?
20%
39%
68%
2%
Which of the following is transmitted in long wave?
All radiations
Terrestrial radiations
Insolation
Solar radiation
The lower portion of the thermosphere is composed mainly of
Hydrogen and helium
Helium only
Oxygen and nitrogen in molecular form
Oxygen and nitrogen in atomic form
The fall of temperature in troposphere is known as
Adiabatic rate
Lapse rate
Temperature rate
Thermal loss
The emission in which of the following greenhouse gases, is entirely anthropogenic?
Chloroflurocarbons
Methane
Nitrous oxide
Hydrogen sulphide
Which of the following regions on Earth has the highest concentration of dust particles?
Equatorial region
Polar region
Tropical region
Tundra region
