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chapter 16 weather patterns
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This used to measure the condensed water vapor that falls to the Earth. | Rain gauge |
| Thin, high, feathery clouds made of ice crystals | Cirrus |
| This is the difference between an aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer. | Mercury barometor has liquid, not portable, Aneroid barometer is small, portable, airtight, no liquid |
| Caused by differences in air pressure (density) | Wind |
| Layer of the atmoshpere where we live | Troposphere |
| Temperature at which water vapor condenses | Dew point |
| Condensation on solid surfaces | Dew |
| These make up the Earth's major wind belts. | Global winds: Trade winds, Prevailing westerlies, Polar easterlies |
| Instrument used to measure wind direction | Wind vane |
| Layer of the atmosphere with ozone | Ozone layer |
| Local wind in the daytime | Sea breeze |
| These are the three major types of clouds. | Cumulus, Stratus, and Cirrus |
| Cool global winds | Polar easterlies |
| The Earth's atmosphere provides all of this needed so it is very important to living things. | Gases neccesary for life |
| Layer of the atmosphere with weather | Troposphere |
| Cool air masses tend to be more or less dense. | More dense |
| As you rise farther in the atmosphere, this is what happens to the air pressure. | It decreases |
| Percent of oxygen in dry air | 21% |
| Local wind at night | Land breeze |
| Layer of the atmosphere where meteoroids burn | Mesosphere |
| A column of mercury will do this as air pressure increases. | Rise |
| Local wind which moves from a body of water to a body of land. | Sea breeze |
| This is the thin layer of gasses that surrounds the Earth. | The atmosphere |
| Since air has mass, the air in the atmosphere has this. | Density and weight |
| Layer of the atmosphere containing satellites. | Exosphere |
| Instrument used to measure wind speed | Anemometer |
| Global areas of calm | The doldrums and the horse latitudes |
| Condition of Earth's atmosphere at a pareticular time and place | Weather |
| Getting out of breath when climbing a mountain is caused by this. | Less air per cubic meter |
| Layer of the atmosphere where aurora borealis occurs | Ionosphere |
| If the mass is less in a volume of air then this is also less. | Density |
| This is a form of oxygen with three oxygen atoms in each molecule. | Ozone |
| These inwtruments are used to measure air pressure | Aneroid and mercury barometers |
| This kind of winds blow over short distances. | Local winds |
| Layer of the atmosphere where weather ballons fly | Troposphere and stratosphere |
| Winds just above the 30 degrees latitude | Prevailing westerlies |
| Percent of nitrogen in dry air | 78% |
| Instrument used to measure relative humidity (wet bulb/dry bulb) | Psychrometer |
| Process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere | Greenhouse effect |
| Coldest layer of the atmosphere | Mesosphere |
| National Weather Service measures air pressure in these units. | Millibars |
| The main layers of the atmosphere are classified according to changes in this. | Temperature |
| This acting on the roof of your house comes from air above and below the roof | Air pressure |
| Local wind which moves from the land to a body of water | Land breeze |
| Layer of the atmosphere which gets warmer with altitude | Stratosphere |
| Ozone absorbs this type of electromagnetic radiation. | Ultraviolet radiation |
| Fluffy white clouds | Cumulus |
| Type of electromagnetic radiation slower and felt as heat | Infrared radiation |
| Large fluffy cloud which often produces thunderstorms | Cumulonimbus |
| Frozen precipitation which is light and fluffy | Snow |
| Energy source for winds on Earth | Sun |
| Happens to dry air when it is heated | It rises |
| Layered clouds which often bring rain | Stratus |
| Clouds low to the surface on cool mornings | Fog |
| Frozen rain is also called this. | Sleet |
| Compact barometer with no liquid | Aneroid barometer |
| Water vapor is water in this state of matter | Gas |
| The density of air increase as the altitude does this. | Decreases |
| Clouds formed by pollution | Smog |
| Follows a disturbance in the clouds | Thunderstorms |
| Winds are caused by differences in this | Air pressure |
| Form when water vapor condenses on solid particles | Dew |
| Any form of water which falls to Earth's surface | Precipitation |
| Winds above and below the equator | Trade winds |
| O3 | Ozone |
| Pressure does this as the altitude increases | Decreases |
| Winds that blow between the equator and the poles | Global winds |
| As an air mass rises up a mountainside the temperature does this. | Decreases |
| Distance above sea level | altitude/elevation |
| A clothes dryer is an example of what method of heat transfer | Convection |
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