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| the most abundant gas emitted from VOLCANOES is... |
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| in the STRATOSPHERE, the air temperature normally... |
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| ...increases with increasing height. |
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| ...the direction FROM which the wind is blowing. |
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| what provides a measure of the average speed of air molecules? |
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| the horizontal transport of any atmospheric property by the wind is called... |
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| a heat transfer process in the atmosphere that depends upon the movement of air is... |
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| the most important reason why summers in the southern hemisphere are not warmer than summers in the northern hemisphere is that... |
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| ...over 80% of the southern hemisphere is covered with water. |
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| for maximum winter warmth, in the northern hemisphere, large windows in a house should face... |
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| the lowest temperature is usually observed.... |
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| the most abundant gases in the EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE by volume are... |
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| what weather elements always decreases as we climb upward in the atmosphere? |
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| in a temperature inversion... |
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| ...air temperature increases with increasing height |
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| the proper order from shortest to longest wavelength is... |
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| ultraviolet, visible, infrared |
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| the blueness of the sky is mainly due to... |
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| ...the scattering of sunlight by air molecules |
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| the earth's radiation is often referred to as ______ radiation while the suns radiation is often referred to as ______ radiation. |
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EARTH's radiation - longwave
SUN's radiation - shortwave |
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| on a clear, calm night, the ground and air above cool mainly by this process: |
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| what can be used as a method of protecting an orchard from damaging low temperatures during a radiation inversion? |
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| orchard heaters, wind machines, and irrigation (covering the area with water) |
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| one would expect the LOWEST temperatures to be found next to the ground on a.... |
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| ...clear, dry, calm night |
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| the greenhouse gas that has been increasing in concentration, at last partly due to deforestation, is.... |
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| the outpouring of gases from the earth's hot interior is called.... |
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| the number or mass of air molecules in a given space or volume is called... |
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| the most abundant gas in the STRATOSPHERE is... |
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| what relates to weather rather than climate? |
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| outside it is cloudy and snowing |
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| ozone in the STRATOSPHERE... |
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| ...protects life from harmful UV radiation |
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| if the temperature of the air is said to be at absolute zero, one might conclude that... |
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| ...the molecules contain a minimum amount of energy |
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| energy of motion is also known as... |
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| the change of state of ice into water vapor is known as.... |
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| the transfer of heat by molecule-to-molecule contact.... |
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| the earth emits radiation with greatest intensity at... |
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| "a good absorber of a given wavelength of radiation is also a good emitter of that wavelength". this is a statement of... |
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| according to the stefan-boltzmann law, the radiative energy emitted by one square meter of an object is equal to a constant multiplied by its temperature raised to the __ power. |
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| according to wein's displacement law, the wavelength at which maximum radiation occurs.... |
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| is inversely proportional to the temperature |
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| clouds ______ infrared radiation and _____ visible radiation |
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absorb infrared
reflect visible |
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| in the northern hemisphere, this day has the fewest hours of daylight: |
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the days and nights are of equal length except at the poles
at noon the sun is overhead at the equator
the earth is not tilted toward nor away from the sun |
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| the north-facing side of a hill in a mountainous region in the US tends to... |
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receive less sunlight during a year than the south-facing side
grow a variety of trees that are typically observed at higher elevation
be a better location for a ski run than the south-facing side
have snow in the ground for a longer period of time in winter compared to the south-facing side |
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| the primary source of energy for the earth's atmosphere is... |
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| the earth's first atmosphere was composed primarily of... |
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| almost all of the earth's water occurs in the.... |
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| true or false: to protect fruit trees from frost, it is important to keep the air as still as possible. |
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| our seasons are caused by |
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| the angle at which sunlight reaches the earth and the length of the daylight hours |
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| the lag in daily temperature refers to the time lag between the.... |
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| time of maximum solar radiation and the time of maximum temperature |
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| in the atmosphere, tiny solid or liquid suspended particles of various composition are called... |
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| meteorology is the study of... |
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| about ____ of the meteorologists and atmospheric scientists in the US work in the field of weather forecasting. |
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| what is the poorest conductor of heat? |
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| charged particles from the sun that travel through space at high speeds are called.... |
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| orchard heaters and wind machines are most useful in preventing damaging low temperatures from occurring next to the ground on... |
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| lines connecting points of equal temperature are called.... |
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| the city with the highest relative humidity..... |
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| has the lowest air temp and lowest dew point |
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| the city with the least amount of water vapor in the air.... |
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| has the lowest air temp and lowest dew point |
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| the city with the greatest amount of water vapor in the air.... |
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| has the highest air temp and highest dew point |
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| the city with the highest saturation vapor pressure... |
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| has the highest air temp and highest dew point |
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| the lowest temperature that can be attained by evaporating water into the air is known as the... |
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| on a cold, calm autumn morning, the formation of fog above a relatively warm lake would most likely be.... |
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| what describes a solution in which clouds cover between 1/10 and 5/10 of the sky? |
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| the blue color of the sky is due to... |
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| ...selective scattering of visible light by air molecules |
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| ...the bending of light by air of different densities |
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| ...refraction of light passing through ice crystals |
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| when the air temperature increases, the saturation vapor pressure will.... |
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| a high water vapor pressure indicates... |
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| ...a relatively large number of water vapor molecules in the air |
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| at what time of day is the relative humidity normally at a minimum? |
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| when the air temp is highest |
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| dew is most likely to form on... |
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| particles that serve as surfaces on which water vapor may condense are... |
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| condensation nuclei are important in the atmosphere because... |
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| ...they make it easier for condensation to occur in the atmosphere |
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| geostationary satellites... |
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orbit the earth once a day
remain above a fixed spot above the equator
are placed in higher orbits than most polar orbiting satellites |
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| the percentage of water vapor present in the air compared to that required for saturation is the... |
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| suppose saturated polar air has an air temp and dew point of -10 C and unsaturated desert air has an air temp of 35 C and a dew point of 10 C. the desert air contains ___ water vapor and has a ____ relative humidity than the polar air. |
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desert air contains MORE water vapor
desert air has LOWER relative humidity |
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| this instrument uses wet-bulb and dry-bulb temperature to obtain relative humidity |
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| the fog that forms along the pacific coastline of north america is mainly this type.... |
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| a halo around the moon means that... |
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| ...cirrostratus clouds are present |
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| on the average, as a cloud grows thicker (taller).... |
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| ....less sunlight is NOT absorbed by the cloud |
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| stars are not visible during the day because... |
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| ...the scattered light coming from the sky is too bright to be able to see the weaker light form stars |
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