Type of heat that explains how much energy it takes to heat an object 1 degree.
What is specific heat?
100
This results from the explosive expansion of air.
What is thunder?
100
Apparent force that causes objects to deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis force?
100
Thunderstorm with a rotating updraft.
What is a supercell?
100
Air mass you would probably experience most often in a desert would be
What is continental tropical (cT)?
200
Heat released by condensation.
What is latent heat?
200
Type of fog that Bloomington, IN experiences.
What is radiation fog?
200
Dreary, low clouds with (light) rain falling from them.
What are nimbostratus clouds?
200
Variable that is useful if you want to describe how close the atmosphere is to saturating and producing clouds.
What is relative humidity?
200
Type of front would be responsible for the following weather forecast: “Warm today, with increasing cloudiness and the possibility of thunderstorms tonight. Turning much colder after midnight. Winds from the southwest, becoming northwest by morning.”
What is a cold front?
300
Absorption of radiation by gases in the atmosphere.
What is the "greenhouse effect?"
300
Climate projections of an increase in global temperatures also suggest that in the future there will be less ice on the surface of Earth. This means the reflectivity, or [blank], of Earth
should decrease.
What is albedo?
300
Type of frozen precipitation that falls when SURFACE temperatures are ABOVE freezing?
What is hail/graupel?
300
An area in the United States that would most likely experience thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes during the course of one year.
What is the Gulf Coast?
300
Cumulus, mature, dissipating
What are the three stages of an air mass thunderstorm?
400
The temperature at which air reaches its condensation point
What is dew point?
400
These extinguish themselves through the formation of extensive downdrafts.
What are air mass thunderstorms?
400
Lifting, saturation, condensation
What is the order of cloud formation?
400
Another term for cyclonic rotation of a midlatitude cyclone.
What is counterclockwise?
400
An area or region of persistent clouds and precipitation occur due to convergence of warm tropical air
What is the ITCZ?
500
Unlike N, O2, and Ar, the following gases are considered greenhouse gases: CO2, CH4, O3, and [blank].
What is water vapor?
500
Time when the sun is directly above or at a 90 degree angle above the Equator.
What are the (Fall/Autumn(al) and Spring/Vernal) Equinoxes?
500
Clouds produced by convection
What are cumulus(-type) clouds?
500
Temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed (for some). Either way, cloud cover isn't considered.
What are heat and wind chill indices?
500
A process that would make a thunderstorm updraft stronger