The Atmosphere
Air Mass
Weather Fronts
Wind/Curved Motion
El Nino/La Nina/Hurricanes
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What is the most abundant element in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
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What are the 2 temperatures?
Tropical, Polar
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Warm
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If I were in the Westerlies flying from California to New York, would my flight home be faster or slower?
Slower
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What does MAM stand for?
March, April, May
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What are the 4 main spheres?
Geo, Hydro, Atmo, Bio
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What are the 2 origins?
maritime, continental
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What type of front is this?
Warm front
200
If the earth is turning clockwise, objects will appear to curve to the
left
200
What happened this year?
1.7 1.6 1.2 0.8 0.6
El Nino
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What are the 2 most common compounds in the atmosphere?
Water vapor, CO2
300
True or false: Mt stands for maritime tropical.
False, mT does.
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What type of front is occurring here?
Cold
300
What is the wind direction right on the 1016 in Mexico?
SW
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What type of weather does the midwest get during an el nino?
Drier than normal conditions
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What are the 4 layers of the atmosphere, in order of lowest to highest?
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
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An air mass comes through with high humidity and warmth. What is the air mass?
mT
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What type of front is this?
Occluded
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What is the wind direction at 1008 in Airzona?
NE
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I want to go to Florida during the winter, but my parents say the water will be too cold and we'll go in the spring instead. Are they right or wrong in their answer and why?
Wrong, ocean water is coldest in the spring.
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Why does the temperature increase in the stratosphere?
Place of ozone which absorbs UV light
500
What type of air mass would form if it originated over Nebraska?
Depends on time of year: either cT or cP
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It's been raining for a few days now. I haven't checked the weather channel, but what type of front could I suspect is happening?
Stationary
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The wind belt between 0 and 30S is called the
Southeasterlies
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The South American fishing economy would rather have what type of weather happen?
La Nina (colder, nutrient water comes up)