Atmosphere Energy Transfer Air Weather Variables Weather Patterns
Atmosphere Energy Transfer Air Weather Variables Weather Patterns 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500
78% Nitrogen, 21% ____? ____, 1% Other Answer: Oxygen
Exosphere Thermosphere _______? _______ Stratosphere Troposphere Answer: Mesosphere
Layer with the highest concentration of ozone Answer: Stratosphere
Does temperature increase or decrease through the Thermosphere? Answer: Increase
What altitude is air pressure the highest? Answer: Sea-level
Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves Answer: Radiation
Earth receives and absorbs about ____% of incoming solar radiation Answer: 51%
Greenhouse gases that trap radiation the best Answer: Water Vapor, Carbon Dioxide, Methane
Transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter Answer: Conduction
Transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles within matter Answer: Convection
Movement of air from areas of high pressure to low pressure Answer: Wind
Answer: Westerlies
Answer: Sea Breeze
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxides combine with moisture in the atmosphere and form precipitation that has a lower p. H than that of normal rainwater Answer: Acid Rain
Answer: Inversion
Force that a column of air applies on the air or a surface below it Answer: Air Pressure
Amount of water vapor in the air Answer: Humidity
The temperature at which air if fully saturated and condensation can occur Answer: Dew Point
Instrument used to measure air pressure Answer: Barometer
Instrument used to measure wind speed Answer: Anemometer
Air flows out and away of the center in this system Answer: High-pressure System
Answer: Occluded Front
Name of the classification system for tornadoes Answer: Fujita Scale
Lines the connect all places on a map where pressure has the same value Answer: Isobars
Answer: Temperature of 34 F & Overcast
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