Up in Air
How do clouds form?
Evaporation of liquid water into vapor, cooling and condensing.
What are the TWO most abundant elements in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
Warm air ___________ (direction) and cool air _____________
Rises; falls/descends
Air pressure always flows from ________to _________ pressure.
high to low
What instrument measures barometric pressure?
Barometer
What is the type of large anvil-shaped thunderstorm cloud called?
cumulo-nimbus
What layer of the atmosphere is the coldest?
The Mesosphere
Why do winds not follow a straight line?
The Coriolis effect or the earth's rotation
It's noon on a sunny day at the beach and your feet are burning from the sand. What type of heat transfer has occurred?
Conduction
2 parts: What color designates the L and what type of weather associated with a low pressure system?
Red L and wet, stormy, nasty, etc. weather.
What type of cloud is curly, wispy and feathery
cirrus
This layer of the atmosphere contains most of the ozone.
Cold fronts and warm fronts are designated by what color/shape symbol(s)?
Cold fronts are blue triangles and warm red half-circles
It's 7 o'clock in the evening at the beach after a sunny day. What is the name of the breeze that you feel?
Land breeze
What has to equal the temperature to achieve 100% humidity?
Dew point
What type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky in layers?
Stratus
Name the layers of the atmosphere in order starting from the earth's surface.
Tropo, Strato, Meso, Thermo-sphere (Exosphere)
Trade winds across the Atlantic blow opposite of the westerlies. What direction do they move?
East
What type of air mass is composed of moist, cold air?
What type of front is it called when a cold front overtakes a warm front?
Occluded front
What cloud types are puffy and tend to look like cows?
Cu-m-o-o-o-lus
Name the corresponding layer of the atmosphere.
Where: the space shuttle flies? the highest jets fly? top of Mt. Everest?
Thermosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere
Describe two reasons why the wind blows on the Earth.
Unequal heating of the air causing different air pressures and the rotation of Earth/Coriolis effect.
On a weather station, name where the following are located in reference to the cloud cover: barometric pressure, dew point, temperature, precipitation
BP:upper right, DP: lower left, Temp: upper left, Precipitation: middle left
What is H2O4?
Drinking. What is H2O (water) for?