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15-16 Test Review
Atmosphere and Winds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| winds just above the 30 degrees latitude | prevailing westerlies |
| National Weather Service measures air pressure in these units | millibars |
| ozone absorbs this type of electromagnetic radiation | ultraviolet radiation |
| energy source for winds on Earth | the sun |
| compact barometer with no liquid | aneroid barometer |
| winds are caused by differences in this | temperature |
| pressure does this as the altitude increases | decreases |
| percent of Nitrogen in dry air | 78% |
| the main layers of the atmosphere are classified according to their changes in this | temperature |
| fluffy white clouds | cumulus |
| happens to dry air when it is heated | rises |
| water vapor is water in this state of matter | gaseous |
| form when water vapor condenses on solid particles | clouds |
| winds that blow between the equator and the poles | global winds |
| instrument used to measure relative humidity | psychrometer |
| this acting on the roof of your house comes from air above and below the roof | pressure |
| type of electromagnetic radiation that is slower and can be felt as heat | infrared radiation |
| layered clouds which often bring rain | stratus |
| the density of air will increase, while the altitude does this | decreases |
| any form of water which falls to Earth's surface | precipitation |
| as an air mass rises up a mountainside the temperature does this | decreases |
| process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere | greenhouse effect |
| local winds which moves from the land to a body of water | land breeze |
| large fluffy cloud which often produces thunderstorms | cumulonimbus |
| clouds low to the surface on cool morinings | fog |
| clouds formed by pollution | smog |
| winds above and below the equator | trade winds |
| distance above sea level | altitude |
| coldest layer of the atmosphere | mesosphere |
| layer of the atmosphere which gets warmer with altitude | stratosphere |
| frozen precipitation which is light and fluffy | snow |
| frozen rain is also called this | sleet |
| follows a disturbance in the clouds | thunder/thunderstorm |
| O3 | ozone |
| a clothes dryer is an example of what method of heat transfer | convection |
| this is used to measure the condensed water vaor that falls to Earth | rain gauge |
| temperature in which water vapor condenses | dew point |
| local wind in the day time | sea breeze |
| cool air masses tend to be more or less dense | more dense |
| a column of mercury will do this as air pressure increases | rise |
| instrument used to measure wind speed | anemometer |
| if the mass is less in a volume of air then this is also less | density |
| thin, high, feathery clouds made of ice crystals | cirrus |
| condensation on solid surfaces | dew |
| these are the three major types of clouds | cumulus, stratus, cirrus |
| as your rise farther in the atmosphere, this is what happens to the air pressure | decreases |
| local wind which moves from a body of water to land | sea breeze |
| global areas of calm | doldrums and horse latitudes |
| this is a form of oxygen with three oxygen atoms in each molecule | ozone |
| this is the difference in an aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer | mercury has liquid and aneroid is more portable |
| these make up the Earth's major wind belts | global winds |
| cool global winds | polar easterlies |
| percent of oxygen in dry air | 21% |
| this is the thin layer of gases that surrounds Earth | atmosphere |
| condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place | weather |
| this instrument is used to measure air pressure | barometer |
| caused by differences in air pressure(density) | winds |
| instrument used to measure wind directions | weather vane/ wind vane |
| the Earth's atmosphere provides all of this needed so it is very important to living things | gases |
| local wind at night | land breeze |
| since air has mass, the air in the atmosphere has this | density |
| getting out of breath when climbing a mountain is caused by this | the air spreading out and getting thinner/ less oxygen per cubic meter |
| this kind of winds blow over short distances | local winds |
| layer of the atmosphere where we live | troposphere |
| layer of the atmosphere with ozone | stratosphere |
| layer of the atmosphere with weather | troposphere |
| layer of the atmosphere where meteoroids burn up | mesosphere |
| layer of the atmosphere containing satellites | exosphere |
| layer of the atmosphere where aurora borealis occurs | ionosphere/thermosphere |
| layer of the atmosphere where weather balloons fly | stratosphere |
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