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Meteorology B ( fall 2015) Flashcards

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1
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As you rise upward in the atmosphere air pressure…

A

decreases

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2
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Where does the air pressure acting on the roof of your house come from?

A

all of the air above your roof

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3
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Know the life of a hurricane from beginning to end (7 steps.)

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Know the life of a hurricane from beginning to end, ( 7 steps.)

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4
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Which direction does the corriolus effect deflect wind in the northern hemisphere

A

to the right

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5
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What is the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon

A

there is no difference

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6
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What is the damage from a category 1 hurricane?

A

no real damage to structures

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7
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What is the damage from a category 2 hurricane

A

some roofing, roofing, door, and window damage, considerable damage to vegetation, mobile homes destroyed

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8
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What is the damage from a category 3 hurricane?

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complete roof failure on small residences; major erosion of beach areas; major damage to lower floors of structures near shore

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9
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What is the damage from a category 4 hurricane?

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Some building damages; mobile homes destroyed

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10
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What is the damage from a category 5 hurricane?

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completer roof failure on many residences and industrial buildings; some complete building failures

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11
Q

Know what isobars are and how to read them on a map

A

Know what isobars are and how to read them on a map

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12
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What is the criteria for a snowstorm to be classified as a blizzard

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temperatures below -7 C. (20 F.)
Visibility below 1/4 mile
Winds greater than 35 mph

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13
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What destroys a hurricane

A

It travels over a continent and it looses its flow of heat from the warm ocean below

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14
Q

know wind direction

A

know wind direction

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15
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___________ is when the Earth’s rotation makes global winds curve

A

coriolis effect

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16
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Which direction does a hurricanes wind blow in the Northern hemisphere

A

counter clockwise

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17
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Which direction does a hurricanes wind blow in the Southern Hemisphere

A

clockwise

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18
Q

Isobars are lines on a map joining places that have the same ______

A

air pressure

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19
Q

the average conditions over a period of time are called_____

A

climate

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20
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A dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands is called_________

A

a storm surge

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21
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Which weather cell has clear skies and cool weather for the season

A

high pressure cell

22
Q

Know the global winds

A

know the global winds

23
Q

Severe thunderstorms are developed along which weather front?

A

cold

24
Q

Which direction do the prevailing westerlies generally push the air?

A

west to east

25
Q

The day to day changes in the atmospheric conditions are an areas______

A

weather

26
Q

What instrument measures temperature?

A

thermometer

27
Q

What instrument measures wind speed?

A

anemometer

28
Q

What instrument measures humidity?

A

Slin PSychrometer

29
Q

What instrument measures conditions aloft from a balloon?

A

radiosonde

30
Q

What instrument bounces radio waves off raindrops to “see”?

A

doppler radar

31
Q

What instrument measures air pressure?

A

barometer

32
Q

What instrument measures the amount of snowfall?

A

meter stick

33
Q

What instrument measures the cloud cover across the nation?

A

weather satellite

34
Q

What kind of heat transfer is … Heat from the inner Earth traveling up through the solid rock of the crust

A

conduction

35
Q

What kind of heat transfer is .. the wind blowing from hot areas to cold areas

A

convection

36
Q

What kind of heat transfer is … Heat traveling from the sun to the Earth

A

radiation

37
Q

What kind of heat transfer is … an ocean current carrying heat from the tropics to the artic

A

convection

38
Q

What kind of heat transfer is … infrared heat leaving the planet back into space

A

radiation

39
Q

Thunderstorms are ______ developed clouds

A

vertical

40
Q

Wind on earth is a form of_______

A

convection

41
Q

The coriollus effect deflects wind in the southern hemisphere to the_____

A

left

42
Q

Air pressure is measured in____

A

millibars

43
Q

Temperature is measured in____

A

celsius

44
Q

Wind speed is measured in_____

A

kilometers per hour

45
Q

Relative humidity is measured in______

A

percentage with no unit

46
Q

Snowfall is measured in_______

A

centimeters

47
Q

When do clouds form?

A

When water vapor in the air becomes liquid water or ice crystals

48
Q

Know the names and how to identify clouds

A

Know the names and how to identify the clouds

49
Q

Why does air have pressure?

A

Because air has mass.

50
Q

True or False, Cloud cover keeps nights warmer?

A

True

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