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Ch 15&16 Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This is the difference in a aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer | rain gauge |
| thin, high feathery clouds made of ice crystals | cirrus clouds |
| This is the difference in a aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer | mercury has liquid in it |
| caused by differences in air pressure [density] | wind |
| layer of the atmosphere where we live | troposhere |
| temperature at which water vapor condenses | dew point |
| condensation on solid surfaces | dew |
| these make up the Earth's major wind belts | polar easterlies, trade winds and prevailing westerlies |
| instrument used to measure wind direction | wind vane |
| layer of the atomosphere with ozone | stratosphere |
| local wind in the daytime | sea breeze |
| these are the 3 major types of clouds | status and cirrus and cummulus |
| cool global winds | polar easterlies |
| 3 O | Ozone |
| The earth's atmoshere provides all of this needed so it is very important to living things | gases |
| 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 | decreases |
| percent of oxygen in dry air | 21 percent |
| local wind at night | land breeze |
| layer where meteroids burn up | mesosphere |
| a column of mercury will do this as air pressure increases | rise |
| local wind which moves from a body of water to the land | sea breeze |
| this thin layer of gases surrounds the earth | atmosphere |
| since air has mass, the air in the atmosphere has this | density |
| layer containing satellites | exosphere |
| instrument used to measure wind speed | anemometer |
| global areas of calm | doldrums and horse latitudes |
| condition of earths atmosphere at a certain time and place | weather |
| getting out of breath when climbing a mountain is caused by this | less oxygen per cubic square |
| layer where the aurora borealis occurs | ionosphere |
| if mass is less in avolume then this is also less | density |
| form of oxygen with three oxygen atoms in each molecule | ozone |
| intruments that are used to measure air pressure | barometer |
| kinds of winds that blow over short distances | local winds |
| layer where weather ballons fly | stratosphere |
| winds just above the 30 degrees latitude | horse latitudes |
| percent of nitrogen in dry air | 78 percent |
| instrument used to measure relative humidity | psycrometer |
| process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere | green house effect |
| coldest layer | mesosphere |
| national weather service measures air pressure in these units | milli-bars |
| main layers are classified according to this | temperature |
| this acting on the roof of your house comes from air above and below the roof | pressure |
| local winds which moves from land to sea | land breeze |
| layer which gets warmer with altitude | stratosphere |
| ozone absorbs this kind of electromagnetic radiation | ultra violet radiation |
| fluffy white clouds | cummulus |
| type of electromagnetic radiation slower and felt as heat | infrared radiation |
| large flufffy clouf which often produce thunderstorms | cummulimbus |
| frozen precipitation which is light and fluffy | snow |
| energy soure for wind on the earth | sun |
| happens to dry air when heated | less dense rises |
| layered clouds which often bring rain | stratus |
| clouds low to the surface | fog |
| frozen rain | sleet |
| compact barometer with no liquid | aneroid |
| water vapor in which state of matter | gas |
| density of will increase the altitude does this | decrease |
| clouds formed from pollution | smog |
| follows a disterbence in the clouds | thunderstorms |
| winds are caused by | differences in air pressure |
| forms when water vapor condenses on solid particles | clouds |
| any form of water which fall to earths surface | precipitation |
| winds above and below the equator | trade winds |
| pressure does this as 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 | decrease |
| distance above sea level | altitude |
| a clothes dryer is an example of what methof of heat transfer | convection currents |
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