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Temperature Flashcards

1
Q

What is temperature?

A

The hotness/coldness of a substance

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2
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How is temperature measured?

A

A thermometer

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3
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What type of thermometer is used in Meteorology?

A

Mercury Thermometer

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4
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List the 3 scales of temperature

A

Celsius
Fahrenheit
Kelvin

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5
Q

What is the boiling/freezing points on the Celsius scale?

A

0

100

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6
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What is the boiling/freezing points on the Fahrenheit Scale?

A

32 = Freezing

212=Boiling

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7
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What is the boiling/freezing points on the Kelvin scale?

A

273= Freezing
373=Boiling

-273 = absolute zero

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8
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How do you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?

A

9xC ➗5 +32

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9
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How do you convert Fahrenheit to Celsius?

A

5(F-32) ➗9

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10
Q

Where does the Earth’s source of Heat come from?

A

The sun

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11
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What wave band does the sun radiate on?

A

VHF

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12
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What is the suns energy absorbed by before reaching the earth?

A
  • Ozone
  • Water vapour
  • Scattered by solid particles in the air
  • Reflected by cloud/snow/ice
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13
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How much of the suns energy reaches the earth?

A

Half

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14
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What is incoming radiation called?

A

Insolation

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15
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What is terrestrial radiation?

A

The atmosphere being warmed by the energy emitted by the earth.

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16
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What is specific heat capacity?

A

The heat required to raise the temperature of 1kg through 1 degree

17
Q

Is specific heat capacity constant?

A

No, varies from substance to substance.

18
Q

How needs how many more times to raise its heat the soil?

A

5

19
Q

During the day the land will heat up more than the sea does. At night land cools quicker than the seas.
True or False?

A

True.

20
Q

List the 3 ways in which heat is transferred

A

Radiation
Conduction
Convection

21
Q

What is radiation?

A

Transfer of heat between bodies that are not in contact, without hearing the intervening space.

22
Q

What is conduction?

A

Transfer of heat between bodies in contact with each other, without movement.

23
Q

What is convection?

A

Transfer of heat by vertical movement.

24
Q

Air is a poor conductor.

True or False?

A

True.

25
Q

What factors effect diurnal variation?

A

1) Surface (variation greater over land than sea)
2) Wind Speed(causes turbulence spreading the cooling effect)
3) Cloud(reduces heat loss)

26
Q

What is an inversion?

A

When temperature increases with height

27
Q

What is an isothermal later?

A

When the temperature remains the same with height.

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