Vocabulary Lesson 9
Dew Point
What is the temperature to which air must be cooled at constant pressure to reach saturation?
Prevailing Westerlies
What is the wind systems on earth located between latitudes 30 degrees N and 60 degrees N and 30 degree S and 60 degree S?
Polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies, trade winds
What are three basic wind systems or zones?
Air pressure and temperature
What is when temperature increases, more collisions occur between particles, then the pressure increases?
Troposphere distance from the surface of the earth
What is 0-10km
Saturation
What is when the amount of water vapor in a volume of air has reached the maximum amount?
Polar Easterlies
What is The wind zones between 60 degree N and the north pole, and 60 degree latitude and the south pole?
Moving air curves to the right
Which way does the moving air curve in the northern hemisphere?
Temperature and density
What is when temperature increases, the space between particles increases, warm air is less dense than cool air at the same pressure?
Exosphere distance from the surface of the earth
What is 400+km?
Temperature Inversions
What is increase in temperature with height in an atmospheric layer?
Trade Winds
What is the wind system between latitudes 30 degrees N and 30 degree S that are two circulation belts of wind?
Moving air curves to the left
Which way does the moving air curve in the southern hemisphere?
Air pressure and density
What is at the same temperature, air with a higher density exerts more pressure than air with a lower density?
Thermoshpere distance from the surface of the earth
What is 50-400km?
Relative Humidity
What is the amount of water vapor in a volume of air relative to the amount of water vapor needed for that volume of air to reach saturation?
Coriolis Effect
What is an apparent force caused by Earth’s rotation?
Dense polar air that sinks
What do polar easterlies begin as?
Solar radiation’s relationship with the clouds and atmosphere
What is Solar radiation that is reflected by clouds and atmosphere into space?
Stratosphere distance from the surface of the earth
What is 10-30km
Latent Heat
What is extra thermal energy contained in water vapor compared to liquid water?
Horse Latitudes
What is a belt of weak surface winds?
Thermal energy
What energy does the global wind systems help to equalize on Earth?
Example of temperate inversion
What is the rapid cooling of land on a cold, clear winter night when the air is calm?
Mesosphere distance from the surface of the earth
What is 30-50km?