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Chapters 7-9 Review Flashcards

1
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Lines of equal heat

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Isotherms

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2
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Measures and transmits meteorological data

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Radiosonde

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3
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The center of a hurricane

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Eye

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4
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Forms when falling balls of ice are swept up into higher altitudes

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Hail

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5
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Tornado that forms over water

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Waterspout

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6
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Ratio of solar radiation reflected

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Albedo

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7
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The outermost layer of the atmosphere

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Exosphere

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8
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High level clouds that look like wispy streamers or feathers

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Cirrus

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9
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when air expands with no heat gained or lost

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Adiabatic cooling

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10
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Compares weather throughout the whole country at once

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Surface weather chart

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11
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Produces heavy rains, strong winds and sometimes hail or tornados

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Cumulonimbus

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12
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Convection cell between equator and latitude 30

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Hadley cell

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13
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Comes from the top of thunderstorm

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Positive cloud to ground lightning

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14
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Reflected light from high altitude strikes in distant thunderstorms

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Heat lightning

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15
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Powerful radiation that heats the ionosphere

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Cosmic rays

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16
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Measures the distance from the ground to the base of clouds

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Ceilometer

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17
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The numbers and symbols on a weather map that indicate observations at a certain weather station

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Station model

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18
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measures the amount of rainfall

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Rain gauge

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19
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A single updraft system in a thunderstorm

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Cell

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20
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Powerful computer used to generate weather forecast

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Supercomputers

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21
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Air circulating as it rises and sinks

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Convection current

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22
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Colorful displays from solar wind particles

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Auroras

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23
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Change in wind direction from Earth’s rotation

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Coriolis effect

24
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warm, dry winds that go down mountain slope

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Foehns

25
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A major factor in weather

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Water vapor

26
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Surface winds that blow toad equator

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Trade winds

27
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movement of water from the earth to air, and back

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Hydrologic cycle

28
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The most destructive part of a hurricane

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Wind

29
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Cloud that is almond shaped

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Lenticular

30
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Heat by electromagnetic waves

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Radiation

31
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Measures wind speed

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Anemometer

32
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Is indicated by the start of precipitation

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Mature stage

33
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When water vapor touches the cool ground and turns into a liquid

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Dew

34
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Where the solar wind pushed on Earth’s magnetic field

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Magnetopause

35
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What atmospheric conditions limit how high rising air can travel

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Stable

36
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The farthest distance when objects can be distinguished

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Visibility

37
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A tropical cyclone with speeds from 39-74mph

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Tropical storm

38
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The most intense type of downburst

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Microburst

39
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A prediction of future weather

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Forecast

40
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Elevated water level caused by a hurricane

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Storm surge

41
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When the relative humidity is 100% the air is,

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Saturated

42
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Classifies tornadoes

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Enhanced Fujita scale

43
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Classifies hurricanes

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Saffir-Simpson scale

44
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The process of large water droplets hitting other water droplets and merging together

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Collision-coalescence

45
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A low pressure system without rotating winds

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Tropical disturbance

46
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A flexible, airtight metal box that measures atmospheric pressure

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Aneroid barometer

47
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The most abundant gas in the atmosphere

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Nitrogen

48
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The type of drought that affects the groundwater (Streams, lakes reservoirs)

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Hydrological drought

49
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A wind that reverses its direction from season to season

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Monsoon

50
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The downward stream of electrons that cause a single lightning bolt to make a second strike

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Dart leader

51
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What portion of a lightning bolt produces thunder

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Return stroke

52
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Indicates that a frontal cyclone has reached full strength

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Formation of an occluded front

53
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Radiation fog that is only 6ft above the ground

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Shallow fog

54
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Hot and dry weather

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Continental tropical

55
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The coldest point in the atmosphere

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Mesopause

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