Everything Radar!
The effect that causes a change in frequency of radar waves due to motion, allowing meteorologists to measure wind speed.
This atmospheric parameter, often used in severe weather forecasting, quantifies the potential energy available for convection, with higher values indicating a greater likelihood of thunderstorms.
CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy)
This large-scale wind system, driven by the Earth's rotation, causes air to be deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
Coriolis Effect
This process, critical for maintaining biodiversity, involves the mixing of different populations of the same species, increasing genetic diversity.
This striking black-and-white bird, known for its long tail and intelligent behavior, is often found in open landscapes across North America and Europe. (Hint: Sierra Vista)
Black-billed Magpies
This instrument differs from a radiometer because it can measure at multiple wavelengths instead of just overall intensity.
Spectroradiometer
The term for a region in a supercell thunderstorm where precipitation is wrapped around the mesocyclone, often preceding tornado formation.
Rear-Flank Downdraft (RFD)
This global wind belt, found between the equator and 30° latitude, is characterized by generally calm, converging air.
ICZ (Intertropic Convergence Zone)
This concept, associated with predator-prey dynamics, explains how the presence of predators can indirectly benefit plants by controlling herbivore populations.
Trophic Control/Trophic Cascade
This type of weak intermolecular force, named after a Dutch scientist, occurs between all molecules, but is particularly significant in non-polar substances, and includes both London dispersion forces and dipole-dipole interactions. (Bonus if you name the element associated with this force)
Van der Waals; Hydrogen
This graph shows the rise in atmospheric CO₂ concentrations over time, with seasonal fluctuations due to plant growth and decay.
The Kneeling Curve
This climate phenomenon, driven by variations in sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, has phases that can cause global weather disruptions, including droughts and floods.
ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation)
This large-scale atmospheric feature, responsible for the movement of tropical storms and heat distribution across the planet, is key in understanding the development of the monsoon systems.
Walker Circulation
This concept refers to the number of different species that can coexist in an ecosystem based on the available resources, and it’s often represented in the form of the niche overlap between species.
Gause's Law/Competitive Exclusion Principal
A type of cell death in which a series of molecular steps in a cell lead to its death.
Apoptosis
What is the name of the scientist who first proposed the astronomical theory for climate change? What was his purposed theory that described these cycles?
Milutin Milankovitch; Milankovitch Cycles
This phenomenon occurs when the upper atmosphere warms rapidly, disrupting normal weather patterns, and is typically linked to changes in the stratosphere.
Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW)
This atmospheric phenomenon, often linked to extreme cold weather in the mid-latitudes, involves a large, rotating mass of cold air that typically sits over the polar regions but can extend southward when disrupted.
Polar Vortex
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, and Family; Phylum
The opening "Fate" motif of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony is introduced by this powerful section of the orchestra, symbolizing inescapable destiny.
Brass Section
This type of sensor is preferred over optical sensors for measuring vegetation because certain bands can assess water content in leaves to determine plant conditions.
Infared Sensors
This rare meteorological phenomenon, sometimes called "St. Elmo’s Fire on steroids," involves large-scale electrical discharges occurring above thunderstorms in the mesosphere.
Red Sprites
This semi-permanent, large-scale atmospheric circulation pattern that strengthens in the summer months over the Indian Ocean is key to understanding the monsoon system and seasonal precipitation patterns in South Asia.
Indian Summer Monsoon/Indian Ocean Dipole
In one forest, butterfly Species A is harmless but has evolved to closely to resemble bad tasting Species B. This is an example of ___________ mimicry, and its protective power is strengthened if the ratio of the populations of Species A to B ________________.
Batesian; Mullerian Mimicry
Who composed The Romeo and Juliet Suite Op. 64? Which act is the most famous, what is the name of it?