Ch 17 weather factors review
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| What causes wind? | show 🗑
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| What is the major way that heat is transferred in the troposphere? | show 🗑
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| Name the 3 main forms of energy received from the sun. | show 🗑
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| show | Latitude
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| Name the two major areas of global calm. | show 🗑
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| Energy from the sun will be ___, ____, or ____ by the atmosphere and surface of the Earth. | show 🗑
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| show | Temperature
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| What instrument is used to measure air temperature? | show 🗑
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| Name 3 ways heat can be transferred. | show 🗑
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| show | one
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| The upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air is called ____. | show 🗑
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| show | Ultraviolet radiation
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| The increased cooling caused by a wind is called _____. | show 🗑
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| Two types of local winds are called: | show 🗑
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| show | Wind Speed
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| show | Local Winds
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| show | Global Winds
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| show | Cumulonimbus Clouds
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| show | Earth's Rotation
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| The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance is _____. | show 🗑
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| show | Along the equator
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| Most of Earth's incoming ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by ____ in the ____. | show 🗑
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| The color of visible light with the longest wavelength: ___ | show 🗑
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| Type of cloud that indicates fair weather: ____ | show 🗑
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| The process of gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane trapping heat in the atmosphere is called _____. | show 🗑
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| show | Freezing: 0 degrees
Boiling: 100 degrees
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| Bands of high speed winds about 10 km above the Earth's surface are called _____. | show 🗑
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| Where are the Horse Latitudes? | show 🗑
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| Name the 3 major global wind belts: | show 🗑
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| When the temperature equals the dew point, the relative humidity is _____. | show 🗑
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| show | Freezing: 32 degrees
Boiling: 212 degrees
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| How does energy from the Sun travel to Earth? | show 🗑
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| Name the 3 main cloud types based on their shapes. | show 🗑
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| Name the 5 common types of precipitation. | show 🗑
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| show | a) the cooling of air to dew point
b) particles present in the air
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| show | a) salt crystals
b) dust
c) smoke
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| Clouds are classified by what two main characteristics? | show 🗑
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| show | From west to east
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