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Topic 1 - Atmospheric Dynamics
Topic 2 - Weather and Climate
Unit 3 - Storms
Unit 5 - Air Pollution
Unit 6 - Climate Change in the Arctic
100
The two most common gases in the atmosphere are?
What are Nitrogen and Oxygen?
100
This term refers to long-term characteristics of the atmosphere over a large geographic area.
What is climate?
100
Updrafts are caused by __________.
What is solar radiation?
100
The two main sources of air pollutants are:
What are Natural and Anthropogenic?
100
This has been slowly but steadily increasing over the last 150 years.
What is the global average temperature?
200
The lowest layer of the atmosphere is the _________.
What is the troposphere?
200
This airmass is found over the north pole.
What is the Continental Arctic air mass?
200
This is created by the circulation of updrafts and downdrafts.
What is a convection cell?
200
The two main categories of pollutants are:
What are Primary and Secondary?
200
This effect is largely responsible for allowing all life on Earth to develop.
What is the greenhouse effect?
300
The highest layer in the atmosphere is _________.
What is Exosphere?
300
High cirrus clouds are the first sign of this type of front.
What is a warm front?
300
The friction caused by colliding particles causes this.
What is lightening?
300
This is comprised of sunlight+volatile organic compounds+nitrogen oxides.
What is smog?
300
This acts like a conveyor belt that stores, absorbs, and moves the vast amounts of the Sun's heat around the world.
What is the thermohaline circulation system?
400
This is the pressure exerted on a part of the Earth's surface by the weight of the column of air above it.
What is atmospheric pressure?
400
This is a consequence of warm, rising air.
What is low pressure?
400
Tornados can be over this wide at times.
What is 450 km?
400
This human created compound was responsible for the hole in ozone layer
What are chloroflourocarbons (CFCs)?
400
Declining amounts of this could cause sea levels to rise.
What is sea ice?
500
This causes winds to be deflected towards the equator.
What is the Coriolis effect?
500
Fair weather and clear skies are a result of this system.
What is a high-pressure system?
500
This consequence of hurricanes caused most of the damage in New Orleans.
What is a storm surge?
500
Human and natural sources of sulphur and nitrogen contribute to this form of air pollution.
What is Acid Deposition?
500
The melting of permafrost could lead to this.
What is the release of carbon long sequestered in the arctic, and this could drastically increase the carbon in the atmosphere.