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Question 1

What is the composition of atmosphere

Answer 1

-Gases: Nitrogen,Oxygen,Argon ,Carbon dioxide ,ozone , water vapour
-Liquids:water drops
-Solids:dust,volcano ash , soot

Question 2

Name the layers of the atmosphere(TSMTEI)

Answer 2

Troposhpere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
Ionosphere

Question 3

Troposphere

Answer 3

-closest to Earth
-weather takes place there
-tropopause is the buffer layer

Question 4

Stratosphere

Answer 4

-extends to 50 km above the Earth
-Ozone’s home
-commercial airlines and jets fly there (to avoid turbulence)
-buffer longer -stratopause

Question 5

Mesosphere

Answer 5

-50-85km above surface
- temp:-90C
-buffer layer:mesopause

Question 6

Thermosphere

Answer 6

• 90 to 1000km,
  -temperature affected by sun 500-2000 C

Question 7

Exosphere

Answer 7

• 10 000km,
• satellites orbiting there

Question 8

Ionosphere -

Answer 8

• separate layer,
  -top part of mesosphere and all thermosphere and exosphere

Question 9

Which factors affect a regional climate?

Answer 9

-Latitude
-presnece of ocean currents
-Long-term atmospheric circulation
-Elevation
-Earth´s surface character
-Anthropogenic influences

Question 10

How elvation affect climate?

Answer 10

Elevation rises ,it is cooler and cold seasons last longer

Question 11

What is weather?

Answer 11

Short-term state of the atmosphere

Question 12

What is climate?

Answer 12

Long-term pattern of weather

Question 13

Name 3 major climate zones.

Answer 13

Polar, Temperate, Tropical

Question 14

Define tropical wet climate zone.

Answer 14

Rainforests, no seasons, around the Equator

Question 15

In which climate zone monsoons occur?

Answer 15

Tropical dry climate

Question 16

What is typical for temperate climate zone?

Answer 16

4 seasons

Question 17

Which climate zone is located around and beyond Arctic Circle?

Answer 17

Subarctic

Question 18

Define global winds in equatorial area.

Answer 18

single cell - air warms up at the Equator towards the Poles-cold wind moves back to the Equador

Question 19

Where we can find Westerlies and Ferrel cell?

Answer 19

Middle Latitudes

Question 20

Characterize sea breeze.

Answer 20

SEA BREEZE - land warms up, air warm and rises, local area low pressure and cool air from the sea flows to the shore

Question 21

Characterize land breeze

Answer 21

LAND BREEZE - during the night when water is warmer than the shore, flows from shore to the sea, lake

Question 22

What is Foehn?

Answer 22

Type of dry, relatively warm, downslope wind that occurs in the lee of mountain range

Question 23

Define temperature inversion.

Answer 23

Temperature increases with increasing altitude

Question 24

Characterize low pressure system.

Answer 24

-Air pressure has dropped below the standard atmospheric pressure
-wind rotates inward in a counter-clockwise direction in NH, and clockwise direction in SH(cyclone)

Question 25

Characterize high pressure system.

Answer 25

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Area of high pressure which brings long periods of settled weather, dry and bright conditions(anticyclone)

Question 26

What is dew?

Answer 26

Water in the form of droplets that appears on thin exposed object in the morning or evening due to condensation

Question 27

What is frost point?

Answer 27

When temperature is below freezing point

Question 28

high type clouds

Answer 28

Cirroculums
Cirrus
Cirrostratus
Cumulonimbus

Question 29

middle type clouds.

Answer 29

Altostratus
Altocumulus

Question 30

Name low type clouds.

Answer 30

Stratocumulus
Stratus
Cumulus
Nimbocumulus

Question 31

Where is Hurricane typical

Answer 31

Atlantic coast of NA

Question 32

where is Typhon typical

Answer 32

East Asia ,Pacific island

Question 33

Where is Cyclone typical

Answer 33

South Asia ,Australia ,Europe