Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
Pressure Systems
Winds
Pot Pouri
100
The average amount of pressure per square inch at sea level
What is 14.7 pounds?
100
In general, this shade heats faster than lighter colored materials.
What is dark?
100
"_____" pressure rises while "______" pressure sinks
What are low and high?
100
The general direction of wind in terms of pressure
What is high to low?
100
The instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
200
The most abundant element in the atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
200
"_______" rays heat materials more slowly than indirect rays
What are direct rays?
200
This pressure is associated with clear skies
What is high pressure?
200
The name of the zone of winds in which we live
What are the westerlies?
200
DAILY DOUBLE
What are isobars ?
300
The layer of the atmosphere where "mixing" takes place
What is the troposphere?
300
The process of heat transfer that drive global wind cells
What is convection
300
"______" pressure has counterclockwise rotation while "______" pressure has clockwise rotation
What are low and high?
300
The name of the wind pattern found at the Equator
What are the Doldrums?
300
These winds travel over 100 mph and generally divide warm and cold air
What are jet streams?
400
These regions are defined by temperature neither increasing nor decreasing
What are pauses?
400
The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
400
This pressure forms at 30 degrees north and south latitudes
What is high pressure?
400
DAILY DOUBLE
What is 6?
400
A layer of warm air over cooler air
What is a temperature inversion?
500
The correct order of atmospheric layers.
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere?
500
This term refers to the ammount of reflectance for a given material
What is albedo?
500
During the day, this pressure pressure forms over land instead of the sea
What is low pressure?
500
The deflection of wind to the right in the northern hemisphere due the earth's rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect
500
This layer contains the ozone hole
What is the stratosphere?
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