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Chapter 2 Weather Factors
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| The wavelengths of violet light are |
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| Longer than the wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation |
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| Fluids like air tend to move toward areas of |
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| Earth's major wind belts are the trade winds, the prevailing westerlies, and the |
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| The three main types of clouds are cumulus, stratus and |
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| Most of the world receives |
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| Heat transfer between 2 substances that are in contact is called |
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| The freezing point of pure water on the Celsius scale is |
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| Winds are caused by differences in |
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| Local winds differ from global winds because they |
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| Are caused by unequal heating within a small area |
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| Earth's rotation makes winds seem to curve. This is called |
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| Blow from specific directions over long distances |
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| Wind speed is measured by an |
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| Clouds form when water vapor in the air |
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| Becomes liquid water or ice crystals |
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| Layered clouds that often cover much of the sky are called |
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| Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms are called |
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| Very high feathery clouds are called |
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| Relative humidity can be measured with a |
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| Any form of water that falls from clouds is |
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| The difference between sleet and hail is |
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| The size of the ice pellets and where they are formed |
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| Be more dense and flow under warm air masses |
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| Most of the heating of the troposphere comes from |
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| Energy from the sun that reaches Earth is mostly visible light, infrared radiation, and |
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| Increased cooling that can make the air feel cooler than the measurement on the thermometer is |
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| Clouds form when water vapor in air becomes liquid water in a process called |
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| Clouds that form near the ground and look like fluffy heaps of cotton are |
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| Flat layered clouds that cover most of the sky are |
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| An ice pellet larger than 5 millimeters in diameter that forms during a thunderstorm is called a |
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| Mist and drizzle are made of small |
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| Winds that blow between the equator and the poles are |
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| The temperature at which water in air changes from a gas to a liquid is the |
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| The land cools more quickly and the wind blows from the land to the water because at night the land cools more quickly than the water. |
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| The water warms up more slowly and the wind blows from the water to the land because during the day the sun warms the land faster. |
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| Three ways heat is transferred |
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| Radiation: The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves, conduction: The direct transfer of heat between substances that are touching, convection: the transfer of heat by movement of fluid |
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| Difference between sleet and freezing rain |
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| Sleet forms when raindrops fall thru a layer of air below 0 dgrees celcius and the raindrops freeze into solid particles of ice as they fall. Freezing rain forms when raindrops do not freeze in the air, but instead freeze when they touch a cold surface |
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