What is the type of heat transfer that requires a fluid to be transferred?
100
Nitrogen
What gas composes most of the modern-day atmosphere?
100
Lowest
What is the air temperature of the day at which the relative humidity reaches it highest (lowest or highest)?
100
Cirrus
What type of clouds form highest in the troposphere?
100
Coriolis Effect
What is the effect the results from the rotation of the Earth that causes winds in the Northern Hemisphere to turn to the right?
200
Sensible
What is the heat that we fell or measure with a thermometer?
200
Troposphere
What is layer of the atmosphere makes up most of the atmosphere?
200
Dew point temperature
What is the temperature to which air must be cooled for it to be saturated?
200
Coalescence
What is process in which water droplets come together to form larger droplets?
200
Strong winds
What occurs when the isobars on a weather map are close together?
300
Calm, clear night
What conditions will achieve the lowest daily temperatures?
300
Ozone layer
What is the portion of the atmosphere called the absorbs most of the UV light from the Sun?
300
Condensation nuclei
What are particulates, aerosols, and dust that act as places for water to condense and form droplets?
300
Precipitation
All of the following refer to what?
It is water the falls to the ground, it follows condensation, it can be frozen or liquid, it is an important part of the water cycle.
300
Prevailing winds
What is the name for the winds that tend to come from one direction most of the time?
400
Latent heat
What is the type of energy released during the formation of clouds?
400
Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases produced from factory and car emissions are called?
400
Cumulonimbus
What is the type of cloud that is called anvil-shaped and often form hailstones?
400
1.Coriolis Effect
2. Uneven heating of the surface
3. High and low pressure areas
4. Seasonal pressure changes over the land
What are the four factors that influence global winds?
500
Thermals
What are rising masses of hot, warm air called?
500
Less
The atmosphere becomes _______ dense as you get higher in the atmosphere.
500
Humidity
What is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air?
500
Accretion
What is the process in which super-cooled liquid water combines with ice crystals to form snow pellets and graupel?
500
Air pressure
What is this represents the weight of the air above a given location?