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7.1 HW: Skinner
Question | Answer |
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is the atmospheric conditions along with short-term changes of a certain place at a certain time | weather |
the pressure that a column of air exerts on the air or surface below | air pressure |
the amount of water vapor present in the air | relative humidity |
the temperature at which air is fully saturated because of decreasing temperature while holding the amount of moist constant | dew point |
is water in liquid or solid form that falls from the atmosphere | precipitation |
is the series of natural process in which water continually moves along oceans land and the atmosphere | water cycle |
air pressure is measured with an instrument known as | barometer |
another word for air pressure | barometric pressure |
hot air goes | up |
cool air goes | down |
wind mostly blows | east |
meteorologists measure wind speed using a | anemometer |
what is dew | dew is a sticky substances |
how much can relative humidity hold | 50 percent |
what is the freezing point in Celsius | 0 degrees |
what is the freezing point in Fahrenheit | 32 degrees |
what is the boiling point in Fahrenheit | 100 degrees |
what is air pressure typically measured in | millibars |
sleet is made from | of cloud droplets that feeze |
what is hali made of | cloud droplets and ice crystals that freeze |
what is rain from | from cloud droplets that come from the sky |
when does a land breeze come in | during the night |
when does a sea breeze come in | during the day |
what is a westerlies | a steady wind that flows from west to east between latitudes 30N and 60N. |
what is a jet stream | near the top of the troposphere is a narrow band of high winds |
what are trade winds | are steady winds that flow from east to west |