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chapter 6 Flashcards

1
Q

Where does/did Earth’s water come from?

A

Asteriods
Some water in mantle
gysers

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2
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What ocean is the biggest? And how much does it make up

A

Pacific 50%

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3
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Surface Water is made up of how much freshwater?

A

77.78%

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4
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Where does most of the surface water come from?

A

Ice sheets and glaciers

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5
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What are the three stages of water?

A

Solid
Liquid
Gas

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6
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When water is a solid is more or less dense?

A

less dense

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7
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Solid to Gas?

A

Sublimation

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8
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Gas to Solid

A

Depositon

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9
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Gas to liquid

A

Condesation

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10
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Liquid to Gas

A

Evaporation

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11
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Solid to liquid

A

melting

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Liqud to Solid

A

Freezing

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13
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Solid, Liquid, Gas. In that order are the calories absorbed or relased?

A

absorbed and are increased

80+, 100+. 540+

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14
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Gas, Liquid, Solid. In that order, are the calories absorded or relased?

A

relased, and decreased

-540, -100, -80

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15
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What is the formula of absolute humidity?

A

Mass/volume

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16
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Define Humidity?

A

water content of air

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17
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What are the measures of humidity?

A

absolute, relative, specific, dewpoint

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18
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What happens to water vapor if the volume changes?

A

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

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19
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What is the formula of relative humidity?

A

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

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20
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what does the mac water capacity depends on?

A

temp

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21
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High relative humidity, temp=?

A

Low Temp

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22
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Low Relative Humidity, temp=?

A

High Temp

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23
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What is the formula for specific humidity?

A

mass watervapor/ total mass o air

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

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24
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When saturation occur?

A

R.H =100%
rate of evaporation = condesation

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25
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Dewpoint Temp,—?

A

Temp at which air is saturated

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26
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Define Stability?

A

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

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27
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Parcel is Stable==?

A

resisit upward movement
or sinks back to start point

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28
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Parcel is unstable==?

A

rises & continues
rise freely on its own

29
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Adiabatic, define?

A

warming or cooling rate inside parcel

30
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Where does the temp change in the parcel?

A

inside the parcel

31
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Parcel heating==?

A

sinks, goes down to surface

32
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Parcel Cooling==?

A

Rises from earth surface

33
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What are the two rates a parcel can warm/cool?

A

Dry and Moist

**MAR AND DAR

34
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Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate==m?

A

10C/1000m
unsaturated

35
Q

Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate==m?

A

6C/1000m
saturated

36
Q

Dry(unsaturated) parcel=?

A

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

37
Q

Moist(saturated)Parcel==?

A

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

38
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If it unsaturated what do we use?

A

DAR

39
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if it is saturated what do we use?

A

MAR

40
Q

temp inside of parcel is==?

A

Tparcel

41
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temp surrounding the enviroment is ==?

A

Tenv

42
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Tparcel < Tenv=?

A

Parcel is cooler/denser
does not rise
STABLE

43
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Tparcel > Tenv=?

A

warmer/less dense
rises and cools adiabatically
UNSTABLE

44
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If T decreases, what happens to RH?

A

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

45
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What are clouds?

A

masses of tiny moisture droplets

46
Q

What are the Clouds Types?

A

Flat
Puffy
Wispy

47
Q

Flat Cloud is called=?

A

Stratus Cloud

48
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Puffy Cloud is called=?

A

Cumulus Cloud

49
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Wispy Cloud is called =?

A

Cirrus Cloud

50
Q

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

A

alto

**2,000-6,000m

51
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If a cloud is in the HIGH of the altitude, what prefix does it take?

A

cirr

**6,000-13,000m

52
Q

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

A

it varies

53
Q

Low Clouds Composition =?

A

Water

54
Q

Middle Clouds Composition=?

A

Ice and Water

55
Q

HIgh Clouds Composition=?

A

Ice

56
Q

Vertically Developed CLouds Composition=?

A

Water below
Ice above

57
Q

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

A

High Clouds
: Cirrocumulus

58
Q

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

A

Middle Cloud:
Altostratus

59
Q

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

A

LOw CLouds:
Stratus

60
Q

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

A

Vertically Developed:
Cumulus

61
Q

What is Fog?

A

It is clouds that are in contact with the ground

62
Q

What are the two types of Fog?

A

Advection
Radation

63
Q

How many types of advection fog is there?

A

3
1. evaporation
2. upslope
3. valley

64
Q

What is Advection Fog?

A

air moving from place to place

***leads to saturation

65
Q

What is evaportation fog?

*steam fog

A

cold air on warm/moist surfaces

66
Q

What is upslope fog?

A

moist air lifted upslope

67
Q

What is valley fog?

A

saturated layer that settles in valleys

68
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What is Radiation Fog?

A

surface cools off dewpoint, over moist ground

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