Atmosphere
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
What is the main source of energy that drives all weather patterns?
The sun.
What is a major source of air pollution created by humans?
Industrial factories
Which can produce electricity by the power of falling water?
hydroelectric plants
What is the second most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Oxygen.
Which storm most likely develops as air masses interact with the warm water in the Atlantic Ocean near the equator?
Hurricane
A rapidly expanding population will INCREASE...
Pollution, demand for food, demand for land
What is the reflectivity of an object called?
albedo
Where do 75-80% of all the gases in the atmosphere exist?
Troposphere
Winds blowing inland from oceans tend to have greater moisture than winds blowing over land. How does the high moisture content affect the coastal area climate?
There is greater precipitation.
Which of these has been controlled in an attempt to reduce the depletion of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere?
Use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
A person is wearing a black T-shirt on a hot sunny day. Which two are true?
black has a low albedo, black absorbs most of the energy
What are the characteristics of maritime polar air masses?
cool and humid
The air masses that interact to form hurricanes and cyclones rise and fall due to changes in air density and air pressure. Why do these storms also spin?
Earth’s rotation causes the air to turn because of the Coriolis Effect.
Which substance produced by old Refrigerants, spray cans, and AC units destroys ozone?
chlorofluorocarbon
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap heat near Earth’s surface. Which of these is NOT a greenhouse gas? (methane, carbon dioxide, water vapor, oxygen)
oxygen
Air mass with cold dry air is ________. Air mass involving warm dry air is _______
cP/cT
A city is experiencing heavy smog formed by motor vehicle exhaust. Which of these weather conditions contributes most to the formation of smog?
temperature inversion
The solutions for fighting URBAN heat islands are...
High albedo surfaces, painting surface light colors (white), planting gardens on roofs
Visible light reaches Earth’s surface while infrared light is trapped as heat. Which characteristic of Earth’s atmosphere causes this to happen?
the greenhouse effect