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Humidity
Fronts/Air Masses
Clouds
Factors Affecting Climate, Climate Zones
MIXED QUESTIONS
100
The amount of moisture (water vapor ) in the surrounding area
Humidity or relative humidity
100
What is mP? What does it feel ?
Maritime Polar, Feels Moist and cold
100
Name the cloud that is the largest and most violent?
What is cumulonimbus
100
Which zone covers most of the earth?
What is temperate zone
100
The process by which fast-moving molecules escape from a liquid to form water vapor.
What is evaporation
200
What is absolute humidity?
it is mass of water vapor mw per cubic meter of air, Va
200
What air mass feels Dry, and Warm?
What is cT or continental tropical
200
I am a flat low level cloud and sometimes you see me as fog
What is stratus
200
Which climate zone remains frozen year-round
What is polar
200
process by which a solid changes directly into a gas
What is sublimation
300
Describe what a Wet and Dry Bulb Pyschrometer consists of?
It consists of two identical mercury thermometers one of which has a wet cotton or linen around its bulb
300
This front has a red line and red semi-circles
What is warm front
300
I am a wispy cloud and I mean a cold front is coming.
What is Cirrus
300
How does elevation effect climate?
Increased elevation decreases annual temperature
300
The condensation that occurs when air comes into contact with grass and cools
What is dew
400
Name 3 effects of DRY Air
sore throat, cracked or itchy skin, viruses, dry nose, static electricity, cracked wood, increased dust
400
Draw and name all 3 types of fronts
Warm, Cold, Stationary, Occluded
400
Name the person that classified all the clouds based on altitude, and shape
Who is Luke Howard
400
How do ocean currents affect climate?
Cold currents=cold climate warm currents=warmer climate
400
front that forms when cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass and lifts the warm air mass off the ground and over another air mass.
What is occluded front
500
Describe the way a mechanical hygrometer works
It works by using an organic material (usually human hair) that expands and contracts as a result of the surronding humidity
500
How do air masses form?
Form when air stagnates for long periods of time over a uniform surface
500
What are the 3 levels of clouds and measurement in feet
What is Low-level Clouds: < 6,500 ft. Mid-level Clouds: 6,500 to 23,000 ft. High-level Clouds: 16,500 to 45,000 ft.
500
Name 5 factors that affect climate.
What is Temp. & Rain, Closeness to large body of water, Latitude, Elevation, Ocean Currents, Orographic Effect
500
The windward side of a mountain has what climate?
What is rainy, moist, cool