Winds
Downslope wind caused by cooling air near a slope.
What is katabatibc wind
causes the plasma in the ionosphere
temperature layer of the atmosphere which contains the ozone layer.
What is the stratosphere
What is the Energy Budget
the unit used to measure the amount of energy something gains, loses, or uses in one second
What is a watt
Wind that occurs when a large amount of dense, cold air spills over a mountain range.
causes anabatic winds
What is the heated air near a mountain slope rising
the coldest point in the atmosphere
the process in which the temperature of a gas rises as the gas is compressed with no heat lost
What is adiabatic heating
the shield that protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation
What is the ozone
wind that occurs when warm air over over open terrain rises, drawing cooler air from under trees.
one of two factors that cause the Coriolis effect
What is inertia
What is the mesosphere
transfers heat in the process of radiation
What is electromagnetic waves
cool, gentle wind blowing in from the water to the land
Causes the Intertropical Convergence Zone
What is low pressure
What is the magnetosphere
the transfer of heat by direct contact
What is conduction
regions of high pressure and gentle winds at 30* north and south latitude
What are the horse altitudes
high-altitude winds that are concentrated in narrow, meandering bands of rapidly moving air
What is the jet stream
causes wet and dry seasons through a seasonal change in wind direction
What is the troposphere
type of UV radiation is only partially absorbed by the ozone layer, allowing some of it to reach the earth's surface
What are UVB
the point on earth's elliptical orbit where Earth receives the greatest amount of insolation
What is the perihelion