WHAT SPHERE IS IT?
WHAT IS THE COLDEST POINT IN THE ATMOSPHERE
MESOPAUSE
WHAT PORTION OF A LIGHTNING BOLT PRODUCES THUNDER
RETURN STROKE
WHAT IS A TROPICAL LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT HAVE ROTATING WINDS
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE
WHAT INSTRUMENT USES A FLEXIBLE, AIRTIGHT METAL BOX TO MEASURE CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
ANEROID BAROMETER
WHICH TYPE OF AIR MASS BRINGS HOT, DRY WEATHER
CONTINENTAL TROPICAL
WHAT IS A WIND THAT REVERSES ITS DIRECTION FROM SEASON TO SEASON
MONSOON
WHAT IS RADIATION FOG THAT EXTENDS NO MORE THAN 2 M (6FT) ABOVE THE GROUND
SHALLOW FOG
WHICH TYPE OF DROUGHT IS DEFINED BY ITS EFFECTS ON AN AREA'S GROUNDWATER
HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHT
WHAT IS HEAT TRANSFER BY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RADIATION
WHAT IS A ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR THAT STARTS ON THE GROUND AND IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A CLOUD
DUST DEVIL
WHAT EXTREMELY POWERFUL COMPUTERS DO METEOROLOGIST USE TO GENERATE WEATHER FORECASTS
SUPERCOMPUTERS
WHAT IS THE MOST ABUNDANT GAS IN THE HOMOSPHERE
NITROGEN
WHAT FORMS THE BRILLIANT FLASH OF A LIGHTNING BOLT
RETURN STROKE
A TROPICAL CYCLONE WITH WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 39 MI/H AND 74 MI/H IS
TROPICAL STROM
WHAT INSTRUMENT IS USED TO MEASURE HIGH-ALTITUDE WEATHER CONDITIONS
WEATHER BALLOON
WHAT INDICATES THAT A FRONTAL CYCLONE HAS REACHED ITS FULL STRENGTH
FORMATION OF AN OCCLUDED CLOUD
WHAT ARE SURFACE WINDS THAT BLOW TOWARD THE EQUATOR IN THE TROPICS
TRADE WINDS
WHICH TYPE OF CLOUD IS CHARACTERISTICALLY ALMOND SHAPED
LENTICULAR CLOUD
IN WHAT PROCESS DOES RAIN FORM THROUGH LARGE CLOUD DROPLETS HITTING EACH OTHER AND MERGING TO FORM LARGER DROPS
COLLISION-COALESCENCE PROCESS
WHAT IS THE FEATHERY DEPOSIT OF ICE CRYSTALS THAT FORMS WHEN WATER VAPOR CRYSTALLIZES ON THE GROUND
FROST
WHICH TYPE OF CLOUD USUALLY PRODUCES HEAVY RAIN, STRONG WIDS, AND SOMETIMES HAIL OR TORNADOES
CUMULONIMBUS
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WHAT TERM REFERS TO NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS ON A WEATHER MAP THAT INDICATES OBSERVATIONS AT A PARTICULAR WEATHER STATION
STATION MODEL
WHAT IS THE POINT WHERE THE SOLAR WINDS PUSHES ON EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD?
MAGNETOPAUSE
WHAT IS THE DOWNWARD STREAM OF ELECTRON THAT CAUSES A SINGLE LIGHTNING BOLT TO MAKE A SECOND STRIKE
DART LEADER
WHAT IS A SINGLE UPDRAFT SYSTEM OF A THUNDERSTORM
CELL
WHAT INSTRUMENT INDICATES THE DIRECTION OF WIND?
WEATHER VANE
WHEN THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS 100%, THE AIR IS SAID TO BE
SATURATED
WHAT ARE WARM, DRY WINDS THAT TRAVEL DOWN MOUNTAIN SLOPES
FOEHNS
WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY FORMED WHEN A COLD AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE TERRITORY OF A WARM AIR MASS
COLD FRONT
WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION IS MADE OF RAINDROPS THAT FREEZE INTO TINY BALLS OF ICE BEFORE THEY HIT THE GROUND
SLEET
HEAT FROM A FIREPLACE CAUSES AIR TO CIRCULATE THROUGHOUT A ROOM AS HOT AIR RISES AND COLD AIR SINKS. WHAT IS THIS TYPE OF AIR CIRCULATION CALLED
CONVECTION CURRENT
WHEN DOES A ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR BECOME A TORNADO
WHEN IT REACHES THE GROUND
WHAT IS AN ADVANTAGE OF DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR OVER OLDER RADAR SYSTEMS
ABILITY TO MEASURE WIND SPEED
WHAT PROCESS TRAPS HEAT IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
WHAT IS THE REFLECTED LIGHT FROM HIGH-ALTITUDE LIGHTNING STRIKES IN DISTANT THUNDERSTORM CALLED
HEAT LIGHTING
WHAT THUNDERSTORM STAGE IS MARKED BY THE ARRIVAL OF PRECIPITATION?
MATURE STAGE
WHAT IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WIND SPEED
ANEMOMETER
A PREDICTION OF THE WEATHER IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS A WEATHER
FORECAST
WHAT IS THE CHANGE IN THE DIRECTION OF WINDS CAUSE BY EARTH'S ROTATION
CORIOLIS EFFECT
WHAT TYPE OF HIGH-LEVEL CLOUDS FORM WISPY STREAMERS THAT LOOK LIKE FEATHERS OR HAIR
CIRRUS
WHAT IS LIQUID PRECIPITATION THAT IS BETWEEN 0.2 MM ABD 0.5 MM IN DIAMETER
DRIZZLE
WHY DOES A WEATHER BALLOON EXPAND WHEN IT RISES
AIR PRESSURE DECREASES WITH ALTITUDE
A TORNADO THAT FORMS OVER WATER IS A
WATERSPOUT
A WEATHER INSTRUMENT THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY MEASURES AND TRANSMITS METEOROLOGICAL DATA FROM WEATHER BALLOONS TO WEATHER STATION IS
RADIOSONDE
THE OUTERMOST TEMPERATURE LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS
EXOSPHERE
WHICH TYPE OF LIGHTNING COMES FROM THE TOP OF A LARGE THUNDESTORM
POSITIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING
WHAT IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FORCE OF A HURRICANE
WIND
WHAT INSTRUMENT DO METEROLOGISTS USE TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE FROM THE GROUND TO THE BASE OF CLOUDS
CEILOMETER
IN METEOROLOGY, THE FARTHEST DISTANCE AT WHICH OBJECTS CAN BE DISTINGUISHED IS CALLED
VISIBILITY
WHAT COLORFUL DISPLAYS OCCUR WHEN SOLAR WIND PARTICLES REACT WITH MOLECULES IN THE ATMOSPHERE
AURORAS
THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION THAT FORMS WHEN FALLING BALLS OF ICE ARE SWEPT INTO THE UPPER LAYERS OF A THUNDERSTORM IS CALLED
HAIL
WHAT PROCESS OCCURS WHEN AIR EXPANDS WITH NO HEAT GAINED OR LOST
ADIABATIC COOLING
"LINES OF EQUAL HEAT" ON A WEATHER MAP ARE CALLED
ISOTHERMS
WHY DOES THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE RECEIVE MORE INSOLATION DURING THE SOUTHERN SUMMER THAN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE RECEIVES DURING THE NORTHERN SUMMER
EARTH IS CLOSER TO THE SUN
THE ELEVATED WATER LEVEL CAUSED BY A HURRICANE'S WINDS IS THE
STORM SURGE
WHAT SCALE IS USED TO RANK HURRICANE STRENGTH
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE
WHAT IS A MAP THAT SUMMARIZES THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AT A SINGLE POINT IN TIME
SURFACE WEATHER CHART
THE RATIO OF THE SOLAR RADIATION REFLECTED BY AN OBJECT TO THE SOLAR RADIATION THAT STRIKES IT IS
ALBEDO
WHAT TERM DESCRIBES ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS THAT LIMIT THE HEIGHT TO WHICH RISING AIR CAN TRAVEL
STABLE
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WHAT IS THE MOST INTENSE TYPE OF DOWNBURST
MICROBURST
WHAT SCALE IS USED TO CLASSIFY TORNDOES
ENHANCE FUJITA SCALE
THE CENTER OF A HURRICANE
EYE
THE PROCESS OF LIQUID WATER TURNING INTO WATER VAPOR
EVAPORATION
WHAT EXTREMELY POWERFUL RADIATION HEATS THE MOLECULES OF THE IONOSPHERE
COSMIC RAYS
WHAT IS A LARGE, ROTATING UPDRAFT IN A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM
MESOCYCLONE
WHAT DEVICE IS USED TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT A LOCATION RECEIVES
RAIN GAUGE
WHY DOES A HURRICANE USUALLY BEGIN TO WEAKEN WHEN IT MOVES ONTO A CONTINENT
THE HURRICANE NO LONGER HAS ACCESS TO WARM OCEAN WATER