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Meteorology Notes
Meteorology Notes- Earth Science8- Ms Borsett
Question | Answer |
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Temperature is the average____ (kinetic or potential) energy in an object. | Kinetic |
____ (freezing, melting, evaporation, or condensation) is the process when a gas changes into a liquid. This requires heat to be_____ (lost or gained) | Condensation/ Lost |
____ (freezing, melting, evaporation, or condensation) is the process when a liquid changes into a gas. This requires heat to be_____ (lost or gained) | Evaporation/ Gained |
Density= _______ | mass _____ volume |
As air is heated, the density of the air will ______ (increase or decrease) | Decrease |
As air is cooled, the density of the air will _______ (increase or decrease) | Increase |
Warm air ______ (rises or sinks) and cool air_____ (rises or sinks) | Warm air rises, and cool air sinks. |
As warm air rises, it _____(expands or contracts), and causing it to____ (warm or cool). | Warm air expands, causing it to cool and sink. |
As you increase in altitude in the troposphere, air pressure will _____ (increase or decrease) | Decrease |
As air rises there is_____ (more or less) air pressure and the air expands. | Less |
Since air expands when it rises, it______ (cools or heats) | Cools |
As air rises in the troposphere the temperature of the air will_____(increase or decrease) | Decrease |
Almost all of the water vapor is found in which layer of the atmosphere? | Troposphere |
Incoming solar radiation (insolation) is absorbed by | Earths surface |
Earth reradiates | Inferred/ heat |
Temperatures decrease at night until a little after sunrise due to a process called _____ ______ | Terrestrial radiation |
Heat is transferred through Earths atmosphere through the process of______ | Convection |
During the day, clouds can _____ sunlight from hitting the ground | Prevent. (This makes the day cooler as well) |
At night, clouds/ water vapor prevent ____ radiation from escaping into space, which keeps up warmer at night. | Inferred heat |
Because the air has mass it also has _______ and pressure | Density |
The weight of a column of air pushing down on a surface is called ____ ______ | Air pressure |
Differences in unequal heating of Earths surface cause differences of ___ ______ | Air pressure |
Air pressure is measured using a _____ | barometer |
A ______ _______ consists of a glass tube that is partially filled with mercury. The tube is attached to a dish. Air pressure on the dish will make the mercury _____ | Mercury barometer/ Rise or fall |
An ______ _______ has an air filled chamber that reacts to air pressure changes. | Aneroid barometer |
As air temperature increases air pressure______ | Decreases |
As air temperature decreases air pressure _________ | Increases |
_______ ________ is the amount of water vapor in the air compared to what the air can hold | Relative humidity |
As the difference between the dry bulb and the wet bulb increases the relative humidity _________ | Decreases |
Dry airs atomic mass | 60 |
Moist airs atomic mass | 18 |
Cool dry air (most dense) | High air pressure |
Warm moist air (least dense) | Low air pressure |
_____ is the horizontal movement of air along Earths surface | Wind |
Wind is caused by differences in _____ ______ | Air pressure |
Winds are always named by where they are ______ _____ | Coming from |
Wind is measured using a ____ _____ | Wind vane |
Wind velocity is measured using an ____________ | Anemometer |
The difference in _____ _____ over a certain distance will determine the wind speed (velocity) | Air pressure |
The higher the gradient the ______________________ | Faster the wind speed |
The lower the gradient the ______________________ | Slower the wind speed |
The closer together the isobars are the ___________ | Faster wind speeds |
The further apart the isobars are the __________ | Slower winds speeds |
Local winds are winds that blow over _______ distances | Short |
A sea breeze is wind that blows from the ____ to the ____ | Sea to the land |
______ heats up faster than _______ due to the specific heat | Land heats up faster than water |
A land breeze is wind that blows from the _____ to the ________ | Land to the water |
_______ cools faster than _______ due to the specific heat | Land cools faster than water |
________ _____ are winds that blow over long distances | Global winds |
____ _______ is the temperature at which water will condense. | Dew Point |
When the air is saturated and reaches the dew point temperature _____________ will occur | Condensation |
Condensation nuclei include- | Smoke,dust, dirt,pollen, anything in the air |
As the air rises its temperature ________ (clouds) | Decreases |
(clouds) when the relative humidity reaches 100%, the air _______ | condenses |
Winds blow from areas of ______ to _______ | High pressure to low pressure |
at latitudes where winds are ________- there is a wet belt where low pressure is rising | Converging |
at latitudes where winds are _________- there is a dry belt high pressure air is sinking | Diverging |