chapter 6

Question 1

Where does/did Earth’s water come from?

Answer 1

Asteriods
Some water in mantle
gysers

Question 2

What ocean is the biggest? And how much does it make up

Answer 2

Pacific 50%

Question 3

Surface Water is made up of how much freshwater?

Answer 3

77.78%

Question 4

Where does most of the surface water come from?

Answer 4

Ice sheets and glaciers

Question 5

What are the three stages of water?

Answer 5

Solid
Liquid
Gas

Question 6

When water is a solid is more or less dense?

Answer 6

less dense

Question 7

Solid to Gas?

Answer 7

Sublimation

Question 8

Gas to Solid

Answer 8

Depositon

Question 9

Gas to liquid

Answer 9

Condesation

Question 10

Liquid to Gas

Answer 10

Evaporation

Question 11

Solid to liquid

Answer 11

melting

Question 12

Liqud to Solid

Answer 12

Freezing

Question 13

Solid, Liquid, Gas. In that order are the calories absorbed or relased?

Answer 13

absorbed and are increased

80+, 100+. 540+

Question 14

Gas, Liquid, Solid. In that order, are the calories absorded or relased?

Answer 14

relased, and decreased

-540, -100, -80

Question 15

What is the formula of absolute humidity?

Answer 15

Mass/volume

Question 16

Define Humidity?

Answer 16

water content of air

Question 17

What are the measures of humidity?

Answer 17

absolute, relative, specific, dewpoint

Question 18

What happens to water vapor if the volume changes?

Answer 18

It stays the same, only the humidity will change as well

Question 19

What is the formula of relative humidity?

Answer 19

(actual water vapor/water vapor capacity at T ) * 100

Question 20

what does the mac water capacity depends on?

Answer 20

temp

Question 21

High relative humidity, temp=?

Answer 21

Low Temp

Question 22

Low Relative Humidity, temp=?

Answer 22

High Temp

Question 23

What is the formula for specific humidity?

Answer 23

mass watervapor/ total mass o air

*** not affected by changes in Temp, Vol, P

Question 24

When saturation occur?

Answer 24

R.H =100%
rate of evaporation = condesation

Question 25

Dewpoint Temp,---?

Answer 25

Temp at which air is saturated

Question 26

Define Stability?

Answer 26

the tendency of the atmosphere to ressit upward motion and instead stay in place ( or sink)

Question 27

Parcel is Stable==?

Answer 27

resisit upward movement or sinks back to start point

Question 28

Parcel is unstable==?

Answer 28

rises & continues rise freely on its own

Question 29

Adiabatic, define?

Answer 29

warming or cooling rate inside parcel

Question 30

Where does the temp change in the parcel?

Answer 30

inside the parcel

Question 31

Parcel heating==?

Answer 31

sinks, goes down to surface

Question 32

Parcel Cooling==?

Answer 32

Rises from earth surface

Question 33

What are the two rates a parcel can warm/cool?

Answer 33

Dry and Moist | **MAR AND DAR

Question 34

Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate==m?

Answer 34

10C/1000m unsaturated

Question 35

Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate==m?

Answer 35

6C/1000m saturated

Question 36

Dry(unsaturated) parcel=?

Answer 36

rises and cools at 10C/1000m sinks and warms at 10C/1000m

Question 37

Moist(saturated)Parcel==?

Answer 37

rises and cools at 6C/1000m sinks and wamrs at 10C/1000m

Question 38

If it unsaturated what do we use?

Answer 38

DAR

Question 39

if it is saturated what do we use?

Answer 39

MAR

Question 40

temp inside of parcel is==?

Answer 40

Tparcel

Question 41

temp surrounding the enviroment is ==?

Answer 41

Tenv

Question 42

Tparcel < Tenv=?

Answer 42

Parcel is cooler/denser does not rise STABLE

Question 43

Tparcel > Tenv=?

Answer 43

warmer/less dense rises and cools adiabatically UNSTABLE

Question 44

If T decreases, what happens to RH?

Answer 44

RH inceases *Parcel may switch from DAR TO MAR, if it rises and if RH=100% == Lifting Condesation Level

Question 45

What are clouds?

Answer 45

masses of tiny moisture droplets

Question 46

What are the Clouds Types?

Answer 46

Flat Puffy Wispy

Question 47

Flat Cloud is called=?

Answer 47

Stratus Cloud

Question 48

Puffy Cloud is called=?

Answer 48

Cumulus Cloud

Question 49

Wispy Cloud is called =?

Answer 49

Cirrus Cloud

Question 50

If a cloud is the middle of the altitude, what prefix does it take?

Answer 50

alto | **2,000-6,000m

Question 51

If a cloud is in the HIGH of the altitude, what prefix does it take?

Answer 51

cirr | **6,000-13,000m

Question 52

If a cloud is in the low of the altitude, what prefix does it take?

Answer 52

it varies

Question 53

Low Clouds Composition =?

Answer 53

Water

Question 54

Middle Clouds Composition=?

Answer 54

Ice and Water

Question 55

HIgh Clouds Composition=?

Answer 55

Ice

Question 56

Vertically Developed CLouds Composition=?

Answer 56

Water below Ice above

Question 57

What kind of clouds are small white flakes? Are high in sky

Answer 57

High Clouds : Cirrocumulus

Question 58

What kinds of clouds are thin to thick, just visible. Are in the middle of sky?

Answer 58

Middle Cloud: Altostratus

Question 59

WHat kind of cloud are low in the sky and are uniform, featuless, like fog?

Answer 59

LOw CLouds: Stratus

Question 60

What kind of cloud is sharpy outlined,puffy, and low in the sky?

Answer 60

Vertically Developed: Cumulus

Question 61

What is Fog?

Answer 61

It is clouds that are in contact with the ground

Question 62

What are the two types of Fog?

Answer 62

Advection Radation

Question 63

How many types of advection fog is there?

Answer 63

3 1. evaporation 2. upslope 3. valley

Question 64

What is Advection Fog?

Answer 64

air moving from place to place | ***leads to saturation

Question 65

What is evaportation fog? | *steam fog

Answer 65

cold air on warm/moist surfaces

Question 66

What is upslope fog?

Answer 66

moist air lifted upslope

Question 67

What is valley fog?

Answer 67

saturated layer that settles in valleys

Question 68

What is Radiation Fog?

Answer 68

surface cools off dewpoint, over moist ground