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Chapter 16 review
metrology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The bottom layer of the atmosphere, where temperature decreases with an increase in altitude, is the ______ | Troposphere |
| ______ is a word used to denote the state of the atmosphere at a particular place for a short period of time. | Weather |
| _____ is the spinning of earth about its axis. | Rotation |
| The outermost layer of the atmosphere is the _____ | thermoshpere |
| _____ might be best described as an aggregate or composite of weather | Climate |
| the total kinetic energy of all the atoms that make up a substance is called a(n) _____ | heat |
| The _____ is located at 23 1/2 degrees north latitude | Tropic of Cancer |
| A quantity or property of weather and climate that is measured regularly is termed a(n) _____ | element (of weather and climate) |
| _____ is the transfer of heat by the movement of a mass or substance from one place to another, usually vertically. | Convection |
| The fact that earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of its orbit is referred to as the ______ | inclination of the axis |
| In the Northern Hemisphere, the time when the vertical rays of the sun strike the equator moving southward is known as the _____ | autumnal equinox |
| The temperature decrease with increasing altitude in the troposphere is called the ______ | environmental lapse rate |
| The ______ is located at 23 1/2 degrees south latitude | Tropic of Capricorn |
| The great circle that separates daylight from darkness is the ______ | circle of illumination |
| In the atmospheric layer known as the ______, temperatures decrease with height until approximately 80 Kilometers above the surface. | mesosphere |
| The transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves is known as _______ | radiation |
| The movement of Earth in its orbit around the sun is referred to as _______. | revolution |
| _______ is the transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity. | Conduction |
| The atmospheric layer immediately above the tropopause is the ______. | stratosphere |
| Although we cannot see it, we detect _____ radiation as heat. | infrared |
| In the southern Hemisphere, the time when the vertical rays of the sun are striking the Tropic of Cancer is known as the _______. | winter solstice |
| Tiny solid and liquid particles in the atmosphere are called ______. | aerosols |
| The percentage of the total radiation that is reflected by a surface is called its ______. | albedo |
| The _______ refers to the mechanism responsible for hearing the atmosphere. | greenhouse effect |
| In the Northern Hemisphere, the time when the vertical rays of the sun are striking the Tropic of Cancer is known as the _______. | summer solstice |
| ________ is the process whereby light bounces back from an object at the same angle at which it encounters a surface. | Reflection |
| An _______ is a line that connects points on a map that have the same temperature. | isotherm |
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