Meteorology

Question 1

This region of the Earth’s upper atmosphere is named after the effect solar radiation has on it. This region plays an important role in the propagation of radio signals over long distances.

Answer 1

Ionosphere

Question 2

When a tropical storm reaches hurricane strength, an eye appears in the storm’s outer layer made of these wool-like clouds, from Latin for “curl”.

Answer 2

Cirrus

Question 3

This is a line on a map that connects points having the same atmospheric pressure at a given time or on average over a given period.

Answer 3

Isobar

Question 4

In order for a storm to be considered a hurricane, the wind must be moving at a minimum of what speed?

Answer 4

74mph

Question 5

Severe tropical cyclones with winds of 74 mph (119 km/h) or greater are known as hurricanes when they occur in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the eastern Pacific Ocean. When they happen in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, they’re best known as what?

Answer 5

Typhoon

Question 6

What is the common term for the air currents that generally blow from east to west toward a low pressure zone at the equator, within a region between 30° north latitude and 30° south?

Answer 6

Trade Winds

Question 7

Tornadoes are rated from EF0 to EF5, the “E” standing for “enhanced” & the “F”, for this Japanese-American meteorologist

Answer 7

Tetsuya Theodore Fujita