Energy in the Atmosphere
Behavior of Air
Atmosphere Layers
Weather Phenomena I
Weather Phenomena II
100
The majority of the energy on Earth comes from the ....
sun
100
Warm air travels in this direction.
What is up?
100
This is the layer where weather occurs.
What is the Troposphere?
100
The Coriolis Effect exists because of these three factors.
What is Conservation of Momentum, rotation of the Earth, and unequal heating of the Earth (and revolution of the Earth, and tilt)
100
This is the direction the weather comes from in Florida (between the Equator and 30 degrees North).
What is the East?
200
Weather is mostly due to...
unequal heating of the Earth
200
Cold air travels in this direction.
What is down?
200
The majority of the heat of the Earth is reflected back to Earth in these layers.
What is Trophosphere and Stratosphere?
200
This is a dry place along 30 degrees latitude.
What is desert SW, Sahara desert, western Australia, South Africa, etc?
200
When moist, warm air rises, this is the main result in weather.
What is precipitation?
300
Cold water flowing over your hand and making you cold is an example of heat transfer by...
convection
300
Temperature is a measure of this.
What is the kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance.
300
This layer of the atmosphere has the Ozone Layer.
What is the Stratosphere?
300
It is driest at these latitudes.
What is 30 and 90 degrees?
300
These latitudes get the most precipitation.
What is 0 and 60 degrees?
400
When something feels hot, that means the energy is moving from...
the object to your hand
400
Adding heat or energy to a parcel of air does THIS to its density.
What is lowers or decreases?
400
This is what happens to the atmospheric pressure with increasing altitude.
What is decreases?
400
This causes deserts at 30 degrees North and South.
What is Hadley cells?
400
Seasons are caused by... (3 things)
tilt, rotation, and revolution
500
Why does the air feel cold this time of year?
It has less heat than our bodies, so heat is transferred through convection and conduction to the air, and therefore we feel cold.
500
The rising of warm air at the equator and the sinking of cold air at 30 degrees north or south is called THIS.
What is a Hadley cell?
500
The temperature increases with increasing altitude in THESE layers.
What is the Stratosphere and Thermosphere?
500
The wind comes from this direction in Chile (between 30 and 60 degrees south).
What is west?
500
The wind comes from this direction in Venezuela (between 0 and 30 degrees N).
What is East?
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