Temperature and Pressure
Pressure and Wind
Moisture, Air masses and Fronts
Climate
Energy
100
Major source of heat for our atmosphere
What is the Sun
100
Winds blow from areas of...
What is high pressure to low pressure
100
Process of plants adding water vapor to the air
What is transpiration
100
more cloud cover means lower or higher temps throughout the day?
What is lower
100
Distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next wave
What is wavelength
200
Insolation stands for...
What is incoming solar radiation
200
This causes wind
What is changes in pressure
200
What happens when air temperature reaches the dew point.
What is precipitation.
200
Planetary wind belt NY is located in.
What is the southwesterlies
200
difference between refraction and reflection
What is bending vs bouncing
300
As air sinks on the leeward side of a mountain and warms due to...
What is compression.
300
direction of air movement in a low pressure system
What is counterclockwise toward the center.
300
Symbol that represents air mass from the Gulf of Mexico
What is mT
300
How does being near a body of water affect the climate of an area?
What is causes cooler summers and milder winters.
300
phase of water with the highest specific heat
What is liquid
400
Another name for the mountain barrier effect
What is the orographic effect
400
Instrument used to measure wind speed
What is an anemometer.
400
Type of front associated with LOW pressure systems
What is Warm front
400
Name of the current that moves along the eastern coast of Africa
What is Agulhas
400
texture and color of a surface the absorbs the most energy
What is rough and dark
500
Why clouds form on the windward side of a mountain.
What is air cools and condenses due to expansion
500
Sea Breeze blows from where to where?
What is sea to land.
500
How clouds form
What is warm moist air rises, cool, condensation occurs. Droplets stick to condensation nuclei and form clumps---aka clouds.
500
Part of the Earth that receives the highest angle of insolation throughout the year
What is the Equator.
500
how much heat energy is required to raise the temperature of 15 grams of lead from 5 to 20 degrees.
What is 29.25J (15 x 15 x 0.13)
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