Weather Flashcards
Which of the energy sources below harnesses energy from the atmosphere?
A. fossil fuel energy
B. nuclear energy
C. hydroelectric energy
D. wind energy
D. wind energy
The scientific study of the atmosphere is called
A. astronomy
B. climatology
C. meteorology
D. hydrology
C. meteorology
What kind of instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
A. barometer
B. hydrometer
C. seismometer
D. anemometer
A. barometer
Wind blows from areas of… ? …to areas of…
A. dry air; moist air
B. high pressure; low pressure
C. low pressure; high pressure
D. moist air; dry air
B. high pressure; low pressure
Sea breezes are caused by…
A. land absorbing the sun’s energy more rapidly than water does.
B. ocean currents warming the seashore.
C. water absorbing the sun’s energy more rapidly than land does.
D. warm land currents blowing seaward.
A. land absorbing the sun’s energy more rapidly than water does.
A mountain breeze is an example of a…
A. trade wind
B. cyclone
C. local wind
D. prevailing westerly
C. local wind
If the dew point high in the troposphere is -3.0 C, then pollen grains and dust particles there will at as…
Freezing Nuclei
If the dew point high in the troposphere is 3.0 C, then pollen grains and dust particles there will at as…
Condensation Nuclei
What prefix is used when naming mid-altitude cloud types?
Alto-
Frost forms by the process of…
Deposition
Unlike, Coal-fired and nuclear power plants… ? …has adverse effects on the environment surrounding them.
Wind farms
Because the freezing and boiling points of water are easily reproduced, scientists used them to…
Anchor temperature scales
The Coriolis effect increases as… ? …increases.
Latitude
Horse latitudes exist in the…
Northern and Southern Hemisphere
…and similar winds blow from high pressure in cold mountains to low pressure in lowlands, warming as they fall in altitude.
Chinooks
Dew forms when warm air cools below the..
Dew point
One kind of renewable energy technology that does not produce chemical pollutants uses… ? …turbines.
Wind
High-altitude cooking instructions generally require… ? …cooking
times since water boils at… ? …temperatures at higher altitudes.
Longer, lower
An instrument used to measure air humidity is called an?
Hygrometer
The rate of change of air pressure between two points in the atmosphere is the…
Pressure Gradient
The air within a cyclonic system in the Southern Hemisphere moves in a(n)… ? …direction.
Clock-wise
The global winds that blow from the east are called…
Easterlies
The local wind that blows during the night and into early morning along a coast is a(n)… ? …breeze.
Land
The three basic shapes of clouds are flat layers or sheets called… ? …, piles called… ? …, and wispy curls called…
Stratus, cumulus, and cirrus
Raindrops form as large cloud droplets begin to fall and collect other cloud droplets in a process known as…
Coalescence
The three types of solid precipitation are…
Snow, hail, and sleet
What are the two common reference points of the Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales?
The upper measurement is the boiling point of water (100 C, 212 F) the lower measurement is the freezing point of water (0 C, 32 F)