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killer99
15-16 test review wind and atmosphere - Complete
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| winds just above the 30 degrees latitude | jet streams |
| national weather service measures air pressure in these units | barometers |
| ozone absorbs this type of electromegnetic radiation | ultraviolet raiation |
| energy source for winds on earth | sun |
| compact barometer with no liquid | mercury barometer |
| winds are caused by differences in this | air pressure |
| pressure does this as altitude increseas | decreases |
| percent of nitrogen in dry air | 78% |
| the main layers in the atmosphere are classified according to their changes in this | Altitude |
| fluffy white clouds | cumulus |
| happens to dry air when heated | it rains |
| water vapor is in what state of matter | evaporation |
| form of water vapor condenses on solid particles | precipitation |
| winds blow betwwen the equater and the poles | polar easterlies |
| instrunment used to measure relative humidity | psycrometer |
| this acting on the roof of your house comes from air below and above the roof | air pressure |
| type of electromagnetic radiatiation slower felt as heat | heat |
| layerd clouds that often bring rain | stratus |
| the density of air will increase the altitude does this | decrease |
| any form of water that falls to earths surface | precipitation |
| as an air mass rises up an montainside the temperature does this | decrease |
| process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere | greenhouse effect |
| local wind which moves from the land to a body of water | land breeze |
| large fluffy cloud which often produces thunderstorms | cumulonumbus |
| clouds low to the surface on cool mornings | fog |
| clouds formed by pollution | smog |
| winds above and below the equator | doldrums |
| distance above sea level | altitude |
| coldest layer of the atmosphere | exosphere |
| layer of the atmosphere that gets warmer with the altitude | mesosphere |
| frozen precipitation which is light and fluffy | snow |
| frozen rain is also called this | hail |
| flows a disturbance in the clouds | |
| O3 | Ozone |
| A clothes dryer is an example of what kind of method of head transfer | convection |
| this is used to measure the condensed water vapor that falls to the Earth | hygrometer or a psychrometer |
| Temperature at which water vapor condenses | dew point |
| Local wind in the daytime | land breeze |
| Cool air masses tend to be more or less dense | more |
| A column of mercury will do this as air pressure increases | decrease |
| Instrument used to measure wind speed | aneometer |
| If the mass is less in a volume of air then this is also less. | air pressure |
| Thin, high, feathery clouds made of ice crystals | cirrus |
| Condensation on solid surfaces | dew |
| These are the three major types of clouds | cummulus, stratus, cirrus |
| As you rise farther in the atmosphere, this is what happens to the air pressure | expands |
| Local wind which moves from a body of water to land | sea breeze |
| Global areas of calm | doldrum |
| This is a form of oxygen with three oxygen atoms in each molecule | ion |
| This is the difference in an aneroid barometer and a mercury barometer | aneroid barometer has liquid |
| Cool global winds | |
| Percent of Oxygen in Dry Air | 21% |
| This is the thick layer of gases that surrounds the Earth | atmosphere |
| Condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place | weather |
| These instruments are used to measure air pressure | barometer |
| Caused by differences in air pressure (density) | density |
| Instrument used to measure wind directions | wind vane |
| The Earth's atmosphere provides all of this needed so it is very important to living things | oxygen |
| Local wind at night | land breeze |
| Since air has mass, the air in the atmosphere has this | humidity |
| Getting out of breath when climbing a mountain is caused by this | spread out air molecules |
| This kind of winds blow over short distances | Global winds |
| Layer of the atmosphere where we live | troposphere |
| Layer of the atmosphere with ozone | stratusphere |
| Layer of the atmosphere with weather | troposphere |
| Layer of the atmosphere where meteoroids burn | mesosphere |
| Layer of the atmosphere containing satellites | exosphere |
| Layer of the atmosphere where aurora borealis occurs | ionosphere |
| Layer of the atmosphere where weather balloons fly | stratusphere |
| These make up the Earth's major wind belts. | Doldrums and Horse latitudes |
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