Meteorology

Question 0

What are the main gasses in the atmosphere?

Answer 0

nitrogen and oxygen

Question 1

what are the four main layers of the atmosphere?

Answer 1

troposphere
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere

Question 2

what does cumulus mean?

Answer 2

puffy

Question 3

what does stratus mean?

Answer 3

layered

Question 4

what does nimbus mean

Answer 4

rain

Question 5

what does cirrus mean

Answer 5

high, feathery

Question 6

what does strato mean

Answer 6

low

Question 7

what does alto mean

Answer 7

middle

Question 8

what does cirro mean

Answer 8

high level

Question 9

what does hydrosphere mean

Answer 9

all the water on earth

Question 10

what is relative humitidy

Answer 10

a value the shows how near the air is to its maximum capacity for holding water

Question 11

what is dew point

Answer 11

temperature at which condensation occurs

Question 12

what is saturated air

Answer 12

when there is so much water vapor in the air that the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation

Question 13

what is a sling psychrometer

Answer 13

an instrument that works on the principle that evaporation is a cooling process

Question 14

what is condensation nuclei

Answer 14

tiny particles that water vapor condenses onto

Question 15

what is air pressure

Answer 15

weight of the atmosphere per unit of area

Question 16

what is air pressure measured with?

Answer 16

barometer

Question 17

what are the two types of barometers

Answer 17

aneroid and mercury

Question 18

how does air pressure change with altitude?

Answer 18

increases higher you go

Question 19

is cold temperature a characteristic of high pressure or low pressure system

Answer 19

high

Question 20

is poor weather a characteristic of a high pressure or low pressure system

Answer 20

low

Question 21

are warm temperatures a characteristic of high or low pressure systems

Answer 21

low

Question 22

is fair weather a characteristic of high or low pressure system

Answer 22

high

Question 23

is air moving in a characteristic of a high pressure or low pressure system

Answer 23

low

Question 24

is air moving out a characteristic of high or low pressure system

Answer 24

high

Question 25

is a rising barometer a characteristic of high or low pressure system

Answer 25

high

Question 26

what is a line connecting points of equal pressure

Answer 26

isobar

Question 27

Wind always moves from ____ pressure to _____ pressure

Answer 27

high, low

Question 28

what are winds named by

Answer 28

direction it comes from

Question 29

why do winds curve

Answer 29

Coriolis effect

Question 30

what is the Coriolis effect caused by

Answer 30

rotation of the earth

Question 31

what direction to winds curve in the northern hemisphere

Answer 31

right

Question 32

what direction do the winds curve in the Southern Hemisphere

Answer 32

left

Question 33

what wind moves weather across the US

Answer 33

Low level prevailing westerlies and high level jet stream

Question 34

what is an air mass

Answer 34

a large body of air in the lower troposphere that has similar characteristics throughout these characteristics are determined depending upon the area over which it forms

Question 35

what clouds are formed with warm fronts

Answer 35

cirrus cirrostratus altostratus nimbostratus

Question 36

what are the clouds in a cold front

Answer 36

altocumulus cumulonimbus

Question 37

what is the weather during a cold front

Answer 37

wind, heavy rains, thunderstorms occur after the front passes

Question 38

what clouds are in a stationary front

Answer 38

cirrus cirrostratus altostratus nimbostratus

Question 39

what is the weather during a stationary front

Answer 39

rains along the entire front

Question 40

what type of clouds are there during an occluded front

Answer 40

cumulonimbus

Question 41

what type of weather occurs during an occluded front

Answer 41

strong winds, heavy rains, tornadoes