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Chapter 15 and 16 Re
Earth Science Book chapter 15 and 16 the atmosphere and Weather factors
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This is used to measure the condensed water vapor that falls to the Earth | rain gauge |
| thin, high, feathery clouds made of ice crystals | cirrus clouds |
| this is the difference in an aneroid barometer and mercury barometer | mercury barometers have liquids |
| caused by differences in air pressure | wind |
| layer of the atmosphere where we live | troposphere |
| temperature at which water vapor condenses | dew point |
| condensation on a solid surface | dew |
| these make up the major wind belts | global wind |
| instrument used to measure wind direction | wind vane |
| layer of the atmosphere with the good ozone layer | stratosphere |
| local wind in the daytime | sea breeze |
| these are the three major types of clouds | cumulus, stratus, cirrus |
| cool(cold) global winds | polar westerlies |
| the Earth's atmosphere provides all of this needed so it is very important to living things | gases |
| layer of the atmosphere with weather | troposphere |
| cool air masses tend to be more or less dense | less dense |
| as you rise farther in the atmosphere, this is what happens to the air pressure | decreases |
| percent of oxygen in dry air | 21% |
| local wind at night | land breeze |
| layer of the atmmosphere where meteoroids burn up | mesosphere |
| a colunm of mercury will do this as air pressure increases | increase |
| local wind which moves from a body of water to land | sea breeze |
| thin layer of gases that surround Earth | atmosphere |
| since air has mass,the air in the atmosphere has this | weight and density |
| layer of atmosphere where sattelites are located | exosphere |
| instrument used to measure wind sped | anemometer |
| Global areas that aare calm with no wind | doldrums and horse latitudes |
| condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and space | weather |
| getting out of breat while climbing a mountain is caused by this | less oxygen per a cubic meter(less density) |
| layer of atmophere with aurora borealis | ionosphere |
| if a mass is less in a volume air, then this is also less | density |
| this is a form of oxygen with three oxygen molucules | ozone |
| these instruments are used to measure air pressure | mercury and aneriod barometer |
| this type of wind blows over short distances | local winds |
| layer of the atmosphere where weather balloons fly | stratosphere |
| winds just above 30 degrees latitude | prevailing westerlies |
| percent of nitrogen in dry air | 78% |
| instrument used to measure relative humidity(wet and 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 their changes in this | temperature |
| the acting on the roof of your house comes from air above and below the roof | air pressure |
| local wind that moves from land to a body of water | land breeze |
| layer of the atmosphere that gets waarmer as altitude increases | stratosphere |
| ozone absorbs this type of electromagnetic radiation | ultraviolet rdiation |
| fluffy, white clouds | cumulus |
| type of slow electromagnet radiation felt as heat | infrared radiation |
| large fluffy clouds that often produce thunderstorms | cumulonimbus |
| frozen precipitation which is light and fluffy | snow |
| energy source for winds on Earth | sun |
| happens to dry air when heated | rises |
| layered clouds which bring rain | stratus |
| cloud low to the surface on cool mornings | fog |
| frozen rain is also called this | sleet |
| compact barometer with no liquid | aneroid barometer |
| water is water in this state of matter | gas |
| when the density of air increases, altitude... | decreases |
| clouds formed by pollution | photochemical smog |
| follows a disturbance in clouds | thunderstorms |
| winds are caused by differences in this | air pressure |
| forms when water vapor condenses on solid particles | dew |
| any form of water which falls back to Earth's surface | precipitation |
| winds above and below the equator | trade winds |
| 03 | ozone |
| pressure does this as altitude increases | decreases |
| winds that blow between the equator and poles | global winds |
| as an air mass rises up a mountainside the temperature does this | decreases |
| distance above sea level | altitude |
| a clothes dryer is an example of what method of heat transfer | convection |
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