Environmental Science - Study Mode

[#196] World Ozone day is
Correct Answer

(C) September 16

Explanation

Solution: In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date of the signing, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

[#197] What are rodenticides?
Correct Answer

(C) That kill rats

Explanation

Solution: A poison used to kill rodents.

[#198] When the air is saturated, which of the following statements is not correct?
Correct Answer

(D) An increase in temperature will cause condensation to occur

Explanation

Solution: An increase in temperature will cause condensation to occur is not correct.

[#199] Meteorology is the study of:
Correct Answer

(C) The atmosphere

Explanation

Solution: Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology. Those events are bound by the variables that exist in Earth's atmosphere.

[#200] The earth's radiative equilibrium temperature is:
Correct Answer

(A) The temperature at which the earth is absorbing solar radiation and emitting infrared radiation at equal rates

Explanation

Solution: This is radiative equilibrium, energy balance. The temperature at which this occurs is about 0 F. That is called the temperature of radiative equilibrium. You might remember this is the figure for global annual average surface temperature on the earth without the greenhouse effect.