ATMOSPHERE

Question 1

WHAT PRESSURE IS AT THE EQUATOR, WHY

Answer 1

• LOW PRESSURE
• THE HEAT MAKES AIR EXPAND AND RISE

Question 2

PRESSURE GRADIENT FLOW

Answer 2

AIR FLOWS FROM HIGH PRESSURE TO LOW

Question 3

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW

Answer 3

PRESSURE GRADIENT PULLS AIR TO THE NOTH BY THE CORIOLIS DEFLECTS IT TO THE SOUTH, AIR THEN RUNS PARALLEL TO ISOBAR

Question 4

JET STREAM

Answer 4

West-to-east winds moving at the top of the troposphere, following a pressure gradient. The jet stream typically meanders, and roughly follows to the polar front

Question 5

ROSBY WAVES

Answer 5

Large-scale undulations of the polar front and the jet stream
* AFFECT VELOCITY AND POSITION OF JET STREAM

Question 6

ANTICYCLONIC FLOW

Answer 6

High pressure systems

Winds spiral out clockwise

Divergence system, winds flow down

Question 7

CYCLONIC FLOW

Answer 7

Low pressure systems

Rising air and converging surface winds spiraling inwards

Counterclockwise

Convergence system, winds flow up

Question 8

COLD FRONT

Answer 8

• COLD POLAR IS DENSER AND SLIDES UNDER THE WARM AIR TO PUSH IT UPWARDS
• ADIABATIC COOLING AND RAIN

Question 9

WARM FRONT

Answer 9

• WARM AIR FROM TOPICS ADVANCES ON COLD AIR AND FLOWS OVER TOP

Question 10

WHAT SPHERE IS THE OZONE

Answer 10

MESOSPHERE

Question 11

SATURATION VAPOUR PRESSURE

Answer 11

AMOUNT OF WATER IN EQUILIBRIUM WITH WATER OR ICE
RISES WITH TEMPERATURE

Question 12

LATENT HEAT

Answer 12

ENERGY ADDED OR REMOVED WITHOUGHT CHANGING TEMP

Question 13

UNDERSATURATION

Answer 13

PARTIAL PRESSURE OF WATER VAPOUR IS LOWER THAT SATURATION VALUE

Question 14

ITCZ

Answer 14

• GLOBAL AIR CIRCULATION
• CONVERGENCE ZONE