Weather patterns
This type of front can cause tall, towering clouds and storms.
What is a cold front?
This is a spinning mass of moist air that forms over tropical waters
What is a cyclone
Draw the symbol for a warm front
A red, curved line with round semicircles
List the layers of the atmosphere in order
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
At the same absolute humidity, will 70 degree or 40 degree air have a higher relative humidity?
40 degree air
This type of pressure system is associated with clear skies
What is a high pressure system?
Hurricanes are found in this hemisphere and spin in this direction
What is the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise
Draw the symbol for an occluded front
A curved purple line with alternating semicircles and triangles
This is the layer of the atmosphere with the highest air pressure
What is the troposphere
What is the the name of the temperature that air reaches for its water vapor to turn to liquid or solid?
What is the dew point
These types of clouds lead to thunderstorms
What are cummulonimbus clouds?
Look at the image and identify cloud cover
50%
Define the following types of heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation
BONUS 50 points: Which is how the sun heats the ground?
Conduction is heat transfer through direct contact
Convection is heat transfer through the rising of warm gases or liquids
Radiation is heat transfer through empty space
BONUS answer: Radiation
This is the name of the particle that clouds form around
What is the condensation nucleus?
List and define all types of fronts
Cold front: cold air pushes out warm air
Warm front: warm air pushes out cold air
Stationary front: a cold and warm front meet
Occluded front: a cold front catches up to a warm front
This is the cause of the recent increase in the amount of severe hurricanes
What is warming ocean temperatures?
Look at the associated image and identify the temperature, dew point, and air pressure
75, 50, 997 mb
This is the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer
What is the stratosphere?
If atmospheric moisture increases, air pressure _____
Hawaii is most often under this type of air mass
Severe weather events are defined by this criteria
In the most extreme 5 or 10% of recorded weather events
Look at the associated image and name the wind speed and direction
North-west, 20 knots
This is the name of the legislation act that limits air pollutants in the atmosphere.
BONUS 50 points: How many pollutants does it regulate?
What is the clean air act?
6 pollutants
This is the tool that measures humidity
Hygrometer or sling psychrometer