11. Near the Earth\'s surface, when outgoing infrared energy exceeds incoming so

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11. Near the Earth's surface, when outgoing infrared energy exceeds incoming solar energy, the air temperature increases b) decreases c) does not change 12. Which is the best indicator of the actual amount of water vapour in the air? a) air temperature c) relative humidity e) saturation vapour pressure b) dew point d) wet-bulb temperature 13. Polar air is considered "dry" because the dew point temperatures are often quite low. However, the relative humidity of this cold, polar air is usually high because a) a low dew point indicates that the relative humidity must be high b) low air temperatures indicate that the relative humidity must be high c) the air temperature and the dew point are fairly close together 14. Which condition below would best describe supersaturated air? a) relative humidity is 0% c) relative humidity is 100% b) relative humidity is 50% d) relative humidity is 1 10% 15. Hail forms inside which cloud? a) altocumulus c) cumulus humilis b) cumulonimbus d) lenticular 16. RADAR gathers information about precipitation in clouds by measuring the a) energy emitted by the precipitation particles b) absorption characteristics of falling precipitation c) amount of energy reflected back to a transmitter d) amount of sunlight scattered off the precipitation 17. When the environmental lapse rate decreases more rapidly with height than the dry adiabatic rate, the atmosphere is a) absolutely stable c) convectively unstable b) absolutely unstable d) conditionally unstable True or False: 1. Generally, weather in the middle latitudes moves from east to west. 2. In the Southern Hemisphere, surface winds tend to blow counterclockwise and outward around an area of high pressure 3. About half of al1 molecules in our atmosphere are below an altitude of about 17 5.5 km. 4. An object with a high albedo appears dimmer than an object with a low albedo

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11) Option B is correct.

Decreases

Near the earths surface when outgoing infrared energy exceeds incoming solar energy the air temperature is Decreases.

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