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Science Chapter 2
Weather and Climate Book I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a form of energy that can move in a vacuum of spaces? | Electromagnetic Waves |
| What is the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves? | Radiation |
| What is a from of electromagnetic energy that has wavelengths energy of has wavelengths that are longer than red light. Infrared radiation is not visible, but can be felt as heat. | Infrared Radiation |
| What is an invisible form of energy with wavelengths that are shorter than violet light. This can cause sunburns, skin cancer and eye damage. | ultraviolet radiation |
| What is a thin glass tube with a bulb on one end that contains a liquid, usually mercury or colored alcohol. | Thermometer |
| What is a process of dust particles and gases in the atmosphere reflect light in all directions. | Scattering |
| What is the process by which gases hold heat in the air? | Greenhouse effect |
| What is the average amount of energy of motion of each particle of a substance. | Temperature |
| What is the total energy of motion in the particles of a substance called? | Thermal Energy |
| What is the transfer of thermal energy from a hotter object to a cooler one. | Heat |
| What is the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching called? | Conduction |
| What is the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid called? | Convection |
| What is the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air form called? | Convection Currents |
| What is the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure called? | Wind |
| What can wind speed can be measured with? | Anemometer |
| What is the increased cooling a wind can cause is called? | wind-chill factor. |
| What are winds that blow over short distances. | Local winds |
| What is a local wind that blows from an ocean or lake? | Sea Breeze |
| What is the flow of air from land to a body of water is called? | Land Breeze |
| What are winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances? | Global Winds |
| What is the way Earth's rotation makes winds curve is called the? | Corioiis effect |
| What is distance from the equator measured in degrees. called? | Latitude |
| What is 10 kilometers above Earth's surface bands of high speed winds called? | Jet streams |
| What is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air called? | Humidity |
| What is the percentage of water vapor that is actually in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a particular temperature. | Relative humidity |
| Clouds that form at or near the ground are called fog. | Fog |
| any form ofwater that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface. | Precipitation |
| The most common kind of precipitation | Rain |
| Ice particles smaller than 5 millimeters in diameter | Sleet |
| raindrops falling through cold air near the ground do not freeze in the air. Instead, they freeze when they touch a cold surface. | Freezing Rain |
| water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals | Snow |
| Round pellets of ice larger than 5 millimeters in diameter | Hailstones |
| Long periods of unusually low precipitation | Drought |
| One method used to modify precipitation | Cloud seeding |
| An open-ended can or tube that collects rainfall | Rain Gauge |
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