Originates in the south and blows north A towering cloud or cluster of clouds accompanied by thunder lightning and strong gusty winds is a CHAPTER 1 A south wind anticyclone troposphere Almost all of the earth s weather occurs in the Areas of high atmospheric pressure are also known as As a radiosonde balloon ascends through the atmosphere the balloon Measures temperature pressure and humidity At night when the weather is extremely cold and dry Atmospheric pressure decreases with increased altitude At the 500 mb level the amount of oxygen inhaled in a single breath is of that inhaled at sea level About one half Clouds often form in the troposphere Condensation is more likely to occur As air cools Generally weather in the middle latitudes tends to move from to West to east If you were to take a breath of pure oxygen from a tank you d be getting about the amount of oxygen you d get by taking a normal breath of our atmosphere much more five times atmosphere only is about 20 oxygen In a temperature inversion Temperature increases with increased height Nitrogen oxygen Water vapor In a volume of air near the earth s surface occupies 78 percent and nearly 21 percent In the atmosphere tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various composition are called In the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere surface winds tend to blow and around an area of surface low pressure Counterclockwise and inward In the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere surface winds tend to blow and around an area of surface high pressure Clockwise and outward Much of Tibet lies at altitudes over 18 000 feet where the pressure is about 500 mb At such altitudes the Tibetans are above roughly 50 of air molecules in the atmosphere still not very high compared to the whole atmosphere On a weather map sharp changes in temperature humidity and wind direction are marked by In the stratosphere the air temperature normally Is cooler than the troposphere Meteorology is the study of The atmosphere and its phenomena Most of the ionosphere is found in what atmospheric layer upper a front increased pressure Ozone in the stratosphere Protects the earth from harmful UV rays from the sun Since the turn of this century CO2 in the atmosphere has The amount of force exerted over an area of surface is called The atmospheric layer in which we live is called the The difference in altitude i e the thickness is greatest in the layer bounded by The earth s atmosphere is divided into layers based on the vertical profile of The electrified region of the upper atmosphere is called the The gas responsible for the greenhouse effect on Venus is troposphere 1mb to 10 mb Air temperature ionosphere CO2 Water vapor CO2 The gas that absorbs most of the harmful ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere is Oxygen ozone O3 The gas that shows the most variation from place to place and from time to time in the lower atmosphere is which of the following The greenhouse gas that has been increasing in concentration at least partly due to deforestation is The hottest atmospheric layer is the thermosphere The instrument that measures temperature pressure and humidity at various altitudes in the atmosphere is the radiosonde The ionosphere is an atmospheric layer that contains a high concentration of ions An ion is Ions are atoms and molecules that have lost or gained one or more electrons The most abundant gases in the earth s atmosphere by volume are Nitrogen and oxygen The most abundant greenhouse gas in the earth s atmosphere is The number or mass of air molecules in a given space or volume is called The only substance near the earth s surface that is found naturally in the atmosphere as a solid liquid and a gas is The primary source of oxygen for the earth s atmosphere during the past half billion years or so appears to be Water vapor density water photosynthesis The rate at which temperature decreases with increasing altitude is known as the Lapse rate The temperature of the tropopause Is much colder than the temperature at the earth s surface The wind direction is The direction FROM which the wend is blowing There is a lot of mixing and overturning of air in which of the following atmospheric layers Troposphere where the weather happens Typically water vapor occupies about what percentage of the air s volume near the earth s surface Warming in the stratosphere is mainly caused by The absorption of UV radiation from the sun ozone Where cold surface air replaces warm air the boundary separating the different bodies of air is 0 to 4 Cold front 30o to 50o Which latitude belt best describes the middle latitudes Which of the following are NOT units of pressure Pressure is measured with pounds per square inch millibar mb and hectopascal hPa Or inches of mercury Hg Which of the following equations is correct Which of the following is MOST likely associated with fair weather Which of the following is considered a variable gas in the earth s atmosphere Which of the following processes remove CO2 from the atmosphere Which of the following weather elements ALWAYS decreases as we climb upward in the atmosphere holds a planet s atmosphere close to its surface Warm front Water vapor photosynthesis pressure gravity CHAPTER 2 A good absorber of a given wavelength of radiation is also a good emitter of that wavelength This is a statement of Kirchhoff s Law decrease Solar flares Absorb reflect Visible light A change of one degree on the Celsius scale is a change of one degree on the Fahrenheit scale Larger than 1 degree Celsius 1 8 degree farenheit A red shirt Selectively scatters red wavelengths of visible light and absorbs the rest According to Wein s displacement law the wavelength at which maximum radiation occurs Is inversely related to the temperature An increase in albedo would be accompanied by in radiative equilibrium temperature Charged particles from the sun that travel through space at high speeds are called Clouds infrared radiation and visible radiation Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 0 4 and 0 7 micrometers is called Energy of motion is also known as Kinetic energy Evaporation is a process Cooling Heat is energy in the process of being transferred from Hot objects to cold objects How do red and blue light differ Red has higher wavelength and lower frequency blue has lower wavelength why the sky is blue How much radiant energy will an object emit if its temperature is at absolute zero None If the amount of energy lost by the
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