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Weather
Study session over our weather unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The ________ ____ ________ of an air mass depends on where the air mass forms. | temperature and humidity |
| Fronts form when two air masses with ____________ characteristics collide. | different |
| True or False: Auto emissions are a major contributor of air pollution. | true |
| What type of radiation causes sunburns. | ultra violet (U.V.) |
| Would increasing the atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide most likely cause the atmosphere to become warmer or cooler. | warmer |
| Where is most of our ozone in the earth's atmosphere located? | Stratosphere |
| This is the common name for a large body of air having uniform temperature and moisture content. | air mass |
| What letters would be used to designate an air mass that forms over Antarctica? | cP (continental polar) |
| What type of air masses would the southern Pacific Ocean region be a source of? | mT (maritime tropical) |
| Which storm is the shortest-lived and has the highest wind-speed? | tornado |
| Ozone is a form of what type of element? | oxygen |
| What is the most abundant element in the earth's atmosphere? | nitrogen |
| If the Earth's ozone layer was to be destroyed, what would be the long-range effect on the Earth's surface? | We would have increased ultraviolet radiation |
| Which layer of the atmosphere does weather changes occur? | troposphere |
| Which layer of the atmosphere is the coldest? | mesosphere |
| What phenomena causes red sunsets? | scattering ; light is being refracted by particles that are in the atmosphere and the red spectrum is the one that is visible. |
| Three essential things to understand about energy is there are many types, energy is conserved, and what? | energy can only be transferred from one form to another |
| Which type of front cause longer than normal periods of rain? | stationary |
| This global windbelt is responsible for moving the weather across the U.S. | the westerlies |
| What is an indication that you have entered a different layer of the atmosphere? | change in temperature |
| As altitude increases, air molecules... | spread farther apart. |
| Air pressure is usually measured in what? | millibars |
| Which letters represent the air mass that forms over the southwestern U.S. (comes from Mexico). | cT |
| Which type of air mass causes heavy precipitation in Oregon and Washington from the Northwest? | maritime polar Pacific |
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