Chapter 22 and 23 - Water and the Atmosphere

Question 1

Radiation

Answer 1

The form in which energy travels from the sun to the Earth

Question 2

Describe Cumulus Clouds

Answer 2

fluffy, feather like, look like cotton balls, indicate fair weather

Question 3

Clouds, snow, or hail form when temperature reaches its ________________________.

Answer 3

Saturation Point

Question 4

What has a higher albedo, snow or asphalt? Why?

Answer 4

Snow because it reflects more radiation

Question 5

What are prevailing westerlies?

Answer 5

Prevailing winds that blow through the lower 48 states

Question 6

Are Greenhouse Gases good or bad? Why or why not?

Answer 6

Good. They keep the Earth warm.

Question 7

What type of clouds are layered and often cover much of the sky?

Answer 7

Stratus

Question 8

The process by which gases hold in heat by the atmosphere

Answer 8

Greenhouse Effect

Question 9

Psychrometer

Answer 9

Instrument used to measure relative humidity and uses two identical thermometers

Question 10

What does the Coriolis Effect do to the Earth?

Answer 10

Earth’s rotation makes wind seem to curve

Question 11

What is the driving force behind the weather on Earth?

Answer 11

The sun.

Question 12

Jet Streams

Answer 12

narrow bands of high speed winds that blow in the upper atmosphere

Question 13

Where does conduction take place in the Earth’s atmosphere?

Answer 13

between Earth’s surface and the air directly above it

Question 14

What type of clouds produce thunderstorms?

Answer 14

Nimbostratus

Question 15

What is a difference between breezes and global winds?

Answer 15

unequal heat within a small area

Question 16

What is radiation?

Answer 16

fog that forms because of nightly cooling because of heat lost from the ground

Question 17

Condensation Nuclei

Answer 17

Present in order for clouds or any type of precipitation to form

Question 18

What have humans done to the atmosphere to contribute to its composition?

Answer 18

polluted the atmosphere with CO2

Question 19

What does NIMBUS mean?

Answer 19

rain producing

Question 20

What have fossil fuels done to the atmosphere?

Answer 20

Changed the levels of CO2

Question 21

Global Winds

Answer 21

Winds that blow from a specific period over long distances

Question 22

Makes up all the forms of radiation that come from the sun

Answer 22

Electromagnetic Wave

Question 23

Barometer

Answer 23

used to measure atmospheric pressure

Question 24

What is the name of the curved path that moving objects take due to the Earth’s rotation?

Answer 24

Coriolis Effect

Question 25

Latent Heat

Answer 25

When heat is absorbed or released during a phase change

Question 26

Adiabatic Cooling

Answer 26

When temperature in air mass decreases and the air rises and expands

Question 27

Why does the sky look blue?

Answer 27

Scattering

Question 28

What type of pressure means rain will be coming soon?

Answer 28

Low Pressure

Question 29

What do Cumulus Clouds look like?

Answer 29

cotton balls

Question 30

What type of cloud makes ice crystals?

Answer 30

Cirrus

Question 31

Cirrus

Answer 31

Clouds that make ice crystals and are the highest in the sky

Question 32

Why do Cirrus clouds make ice crystals?

Answer 32

Because they are the highest clouds in the sky

Question 33

What makes up the complete range of electromagnetic waves?

Answer 33

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Question 34

What is it called when dry ice turns into a gas?

Answer 34

Sublimation

Question 35

Why is the temperature different in Alaska than it is in Australia?

Answer 35

angle the sunlight hits at each location, how close each location is to the equator, how high the latitude is in each area

Question 36

What would happen if energy was not trapped in the atmosphere on Earth?

Answer 36

Living organisms would not survive. It would be too cold at night.