Energy in the Atmosphere
True or false: infrared radiation can be felt as heat, but not seen.
True
What is the freezing point of water on a celsius scale?
0 degrees
What cause winds?
The changes in temperature.
What is humidity?
The measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is hail?
Small frozen pellets from nimbostratus clouds.
What is the process in which gases hold heat in the atmosphere?
greenhouse effect
What do you use to measure air temperature?
thermometer
What is an anemometer used for: measuring speed or direction of wind?
speed of wind
How do clouds form?
When water vapor condenses on small particles in the air.
What is a rain gauge?
Why does the sky appear blue?
Because of scattering
True or false: convection currents move heat around the troposphere.
True
What is the Coriolis Effect?
What is fog?
What is a drought?
A long period of no or low precipitation.
What is Ultraviolet radiation?
A form of energy that has short wave lengths and is dangerous.
Which kind of heat transfer is it when objects are touching?
conduction
What are prevailing winds?
Wind that are above horse latitude and blow west to east.
What is a psychrometer.
An instrument with a dry and wet bulb used to measure humidity.
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail
A form of energy that travels from the Sun to Earth.
What is radiation?
The transfer of heat through empty space.
What is the difference between land and sea breeze?
Land breeze are winds from land to sea.
Sea breeze are wind from sea to land.
Use the graph to answer the following question: What is happening to the relative humidity as the temperature decreases?
the relative humidity is rising as the temperature decreases.
What is precipitation?
Any form of liquid that comes from the clouds and makes down to the surface.