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Energy in the Atm
Wind
Water
Fronts
Miscellaneous
100
The shortest wavelength of visible light
What is Red?
100
The tool used to measure wind speed
What is an anemometer?
100
Ex: Rain and snow
What is 'precipitation'?
100
A cold air mass moves quickly into a warmer air mass bringing thunderstorms
What is a cold front?
100
(Co) Founder: Mark Zuckerberg
What is 'Facebook'?
200
Infrared radiation
What is heat?
200
These winds, between 30 and 60 deg latitude, drive weather patterns in the US, causing air masses to typically move toward the East.
What are the Prevailing Westerlies?
200
When water from nearby areas recollects in ponds, lakes and oceans
What is 'runoff'?
200
Causes sustained rain or clouds due to non-moving air masses
What is a stationary front?
200
The CITY where 2018 Winter Olympics are being held
What is 'PyeongChang, South Korea'?
300
Heat transfer in a gas that causes rising of warming air and sinking of cooling air
What is convection?
300
Latitudes of high pressure where wind is weak
What are the 'horse latitudes'?
300
Incoming radiation drives this part of the water cycle
What is 'evaporation'?
300
A pressure system associated with clear skies due to sinking air
What is 'high pressure'?
300
An air mass with COLD, DRY air.
What is 'continental polar' (cP) air mass?
400
When excess infrared radiation is being trapped in the troposphere, causing temperature rise..
What is 'enhanced greenhouse effect'?
400
A local wind that occurs during the day when the land warms faster than the water.
What is a 'sea breeze'?
400
Water vapor is released from plant surfaces by this process
What is 'transpiration'?
400
Leaves behind warm, humid weather after it passes
What is a warm front?
400
Justin Timberlake's wife made her original TV debut on this show.
What is '7th Heaven'?
500
This air pollutant single-handedly allowed more harmful UV radiation to enter the troposphere.
What are 'CFCs' (chlorofluorcarbons)?
500
Fast-moving column of air that separates warmer and cooler air masses in the northern hemisphere
What is the 'polar jet stream'?
500
A warm, humid air mass that forms in or near the Gulf of Mexico is classified as..
What is 'marine tropical' (mT)?
500
The direction that a low pressure system spins in.
What is "left" or "counterclockwise"?
500
Getting a recent sequel, Robin Williams was the lead character in this original movie in which animals emerge out of a game.
What is 'Jumanji'?