Meteorolgy

Question 1

Which 2 gases dominate the atmosphere?

Answer 1

Nitrogen and Oxygen

Question 2

The proportional volume of gas composing dry air

Answer 2

Atmosphere

Question 3

3 variable components of the atmosphere

Answer 3

Water vapour, aeorsols, and ozone

Question 4

How high up is the atmosphere’s makeup very stable worldwide?

Answer 4

About 80 km

Question 5

What does ozone abosrb?

Answer 5

UV

Question 6

What variable component absorbs, reflects, and scatters solar radiation?

Answer 6

Aerosols

Question 7

What variable component can absorb and transfer heat?

Answer 7

Water vapour

Question 8

4 atmospheric layers in ascending order

Answer 8

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere

Question 9

Does the temperature increase or decrease with altitude in the Stratosphere?

Answer 9

Increases

Question 10

Does the temp increase or decrease with altitude in the Mesosphere?

Answer 10

Decreases

Question 11

Does the temp increase or decrease with altitude in the Thermosphere?

Answer 11

Increases

Question 12

Which atmospheric layer holds the highest concentration of ozone?

Answer 12

The stratosphere

Question 13

True or False: Air pressure changes with altitude

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Does the number of molecules increase or decrease with height in Earth’s atmosphere?

Answer 14

Decrease

Question 15

Where are the majority of gases that make up the atmosphere located?

Answer 15

Near Earth’s surface

Question 16

3 ways that energy flows

Answer 16

Conduction, Convection, and Radiation

Question 17

How much of solar radiation is absorbed by clouds and the atmosphere?

Answer 17

20%

Question 18

A fraction of total radiation that is reflected by a surface

Answer 18

Albedo

Question 19

Albedo

Answer 19

Fraction of total radiation that is reflected by a surface

Question 20

Some outgoing, long-wave radiation absorbed by greenhouse gases, which reradiate some energy Earthward

Answer 20

Greenhouse effect

Question 21

What is the approximate albedo of snow?

Answer 21

50-90%

Question 22

What is the approximate albedo of asphalt?

Answer 22

5-10%

Question 23

What type of radiation does water vapour absorb?

Answer 23

Infrared

Question 24

What type of radiation does Oxygen and Ozone absorb

Answer 24

UV

Question 25

What 3 factors influence amount of solar radiation received in different places around the globe?

Answer 25

Latitude, Season, and Time of day

Question 26

Gas to liquid

Answer 26

Condensation

Question 27

Liquid to Gas

Answer 27

Evaporation

Question 28

Gas to Solid

Answer 28

Deposition

Question 29

Solid to Gas

Answer 29

Sublimation

Question 30

What does the saturation of air with water vapour depend on?

Answer 30

Temperature

Question 31

Temperature at which a parcel of air reaches saturation

Answer 31

Dew point

Question 32

What does air become when dew point is above freezing?

Answer 32

Dew, fog, or cloud

Question 33

What does air become when dew point is below freezing?

Answer 33

Frost

Question 34

Occurs without the transfer of heat or mass between a system and its environment

Answer 34

Adiabatic temperature changes

Question 35

When air is forced to rise over a mountainous barrier

Answer 35

Orthographic lifting

Question 36

When warmer, less dense air is forced over cooler, denser air

Answer 36

Frontal lifting

Question 37

Air parcels meet and pile up, resulting in upward movement

Answer 37

Convergence

Question 38

Unequal surface heating causes localized pockets of air to rise because of their buoyancy

Answer 38

Localized convective lifting

Question 39

How clouds are classified

Answer 39

By how they appear when viewed from Earth

Question 40

What is the ultimate energy source for most wind?

Answer 40

Solar radiation

Question 41

Result of horizontal differences in air pressure

Answer 41

Wind

Question 42

Air flows from areas of...

Answer 42

...higher pressure to areas of lower pressure

Question 43

3 factors that control wind

Answer 43

Pressure gradient force, Coriolis Effect, and friction

Question 44

When air is subjected to unequal pressures on different sides, the imbalance produces a force directed from the region of higher pressure toward the area of lower pressure

Answer 44

Pressure gradient force

Question 45

What lowers windspeed and reduces the Coriolis Effect?

Answer 45

Friction

Question 46

Lines connecting places of equal air pressure (on a map)

Answer 46

Isobars

Question 47

Where is friction at a minimum?

Answer 47

Over water

Question 48

Where is friction at a maximum?

Answer 48

Over mountainous regions

Question 49

In which hemisphere is circulating air diverted to the right?

Answer 49

The northern hemisphere

Question 50

In which hemisphere is circulating air diverted to the left?

Answer 50

The southern hemisphere