Properties Of The Atmosphere

Question 0

Boiling point of water

Answer 0

212F, 100C, 373K

Question 1

What is the freezing point of water?

Answer 1

32 F, 0 C, 273 K

Question 2

What is temperature inversion

Answer 2

Increase in temperature with hight in an atmospheric layer

Question 3

What is saturation

Answer 3

Saturation is when the amount of water vapor in the air to the max

Question 4

What is a dew point

Answer 4

The temperature at which dew begins to form

Question 4

Evaporation

Answer 4

Surface water converted into water vapor

Question 5

Condensation

Answer 5

Water vapor converted into liquid water

Question 7

What is precipitation

Answer 7

Any form of water that falls back to earth’s surface from clouds

Question 8

Transpiration

Answer 8

The evaporation of water through pores in plant leaves

Question 9

Runoff

Answer 9

Water that flows over Earth’s surface

Question 9

Infiltration

Answer 9

Water that renters the ground

Question 10

What is a barometer

Answer 10

A barometer is used to measure air pressure

Question 11

What is saturation

Answer 11

Saturation is when the amount of water vapor in the air to the max

Question 12

What is a dew point

Answer 12

The temperature at which dew begins to form

Question 13

What is precipitation

Answer 13

Any form of water that falls back to earth’s surface from clouds

Question 14

Evaporation

Answer 14

Surface water converted into water vapor

Question 15

Condensation

Answer 15

Water vapor converted into liquid water

Question 16

Water vapor stored in the atmosphere (expressed as a percent)

Answer 16

Humidity

Question 17

Something that changes day to day, minute to minute

Answer 17

Weather

Question 18

Rain that freezes after hitting the ground

Answer 18

Freezing rain

Question 19

Rotation of the Earth causes things to move in a curved motion rather than straight.

Answer 19

Coriolis Effect

Question 20

Rain that freezes as it falls

Answer 20

Sleet

Question 21

Instrument used to measure air pressure

Answer 21

Barometer

Question 22

Seasonal reversal of precipitation, caused by a wind system

Answer 22

Monsoon

Question 23

Belt of high speed wind, 10 Km up, flows west to east, caused by great air pressure differences

Answer 23

Jet Stream

Question 24

Meteorologists study smoke, dust and haze in the atmosphere.

Answer 24

Lithometers

Question 25

Cloud droplets and haze

Answer 25

Hydrometers

Question 26

What is the difference between fog and smog?

Answer 26

Smog is a type of air pollution, while fog is found near the ground and is a cloud.

Question 26

Layer of the atmosphere where clouds appear in.

Answer 26

The Troposphere