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Ch15&16 Test Review
| 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 |
| This is the difference in an aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer | a mercury barometer has liquid |
| 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 solid surfaces | dew |
| These make up the Earth's major wind belts | prevailing westerlies, polar easterlies, trade winds |
| Instrument used to measure wind directions | weather vane |
| layer of the atmosphere with ozone | stratosphere |
| local wind in the daytime | seabreeze |
| These are the 3 major types of clouds | stratus, cirrus, cumulus |
| Cool global winds | trade winds |
| The Earth's atmosphere provides all of this needed so it is very important to living things | oxygen and other gases |
| 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 rises |
| Percent of Oxygen in Dry Air | 21% |
| Local wind at night | land breezes |
| Layer of the atmosphere where meteoriods burn | mesosphere |
| A column of mercury will do this as air pressure increases | rise/increase |
| Local Wind which moves from a body of water to land | Sea breeze |
| This is the thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth | Atmosphere |
| Since air has mass, the air in the atmosphere has this | density |
| Layer of the atmosphere containing satellites | exosphere |
| Instrument used to measure wind speed | anemometer |
| Global areas of calm | doldrums and horse latitudes |
| Condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place | weather |
| Getting out of breath when climbing a mountain is caused by this | lack of oxygen per breath |
| Layer of the atmosphere where aurora borealis occur | ionosphere |
| If the mass id 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 instruments are used to measure air pressure | barometer |
| This kind of winds blow over short distances | local winds |
| Layer of the atmosphere where weather balloons fly | stratosphere |
| winds just above the 30 degrees latitude | Horse Latitutes |
| 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 | Green house effect |
| Coldest layer of the atmosphere | exosphere |
| 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 |
| This acting on the roof of your house comes from air above and below the roof | |
| Local wind which moves from the land to a body of water | Land Breeze |
| Layer of the atmonsphere which gets warmer with altitude | |
| Ozone absorbs this type of electromagnetic 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 Earth's winds | sun |
| Happens to dry air when it is heated | becomes less dense and 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 |
| Water vapor is water in this state of matter | gas |
| The density of air will increase the altitude does this | decreases |
| Clouds formed by pollution | Smog |
| Follows a disturbance in the clouds | precipitation |
| 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 the Earth's surface | Precipitation |
| Winds above and below the equator | doldrums |
| O3 | Ozone |
| Pressure does this as the altitude increases | Rises |
| Winds that blow between the equator and the poles | |
| As an air mass rises up a mountainside the temperature does this | drops |
| Distance above sea level | elavation |
| A clothes dryer is an example of what method of heat transfer | radiation |
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