Chapter 1

Question 1

Middle Latitudes

Answer 1

Areas from 30 to 50 degrees

Question 2

Middle-Latitude Cyclonic Storm

Answer 2

Extra tropical storms that form in mid latitudes. Tend to be larger than tropical cyclones

Question 3

Low Pressure Air Flow

Answer 3

Counterclockwise towards the low

Question 4

High Pressure Airflow

Answer 4

Clockwise away from the High

Question 5

Mapping a Cold Front

Answer 5

Drawn in blue with arrowheads facing the direction the front is moving

Question 6

Mapping a Warm Front

Answer 6

Drawn in red with half circles pointing towards the general direction of movement

Question 7

Occluded Front

Answer 7

When a cold front catches up and overtakes a warm front

Question 8

Mapping an Occluded Front

Answer 8

A purple line is drawn with alternating half moon and arrowheads

Question 9

Mapping a Stationary Front

Answer 9

Alternating red half circles and blue arrows

Question 10

Chinook Wind

Answer 10

Warm dry wind blowing down a mountain

Question 11

Impacts of Chinook Winds

Answer 11

Can cause forest fires and dry crops

Question 12

Average annual deaths due to heat exposure

Answer 12

300

Question 13

Downburst

Answer 13

Strong downdrafts originating inside a thunderstorm

Question 14

Top 5 Elements in the Atmosphere

Answer 14

1. Nitrogen (78.08%)
2. Oxygen (20.95%)
3. Argon (0.93%)
4. Neon (0.0018%)
5. Helium (0.0005%)

Question 15

Latent Heat

Answer 15

Heat released when water vapor condenses

Question 16

Chemical Weathering

Answer 16

When rain and snow react with silicate materials in rocks to remove CO2 from the atmosphere

Question 17

Photochemical Smog

Answer 17

An irritant primarily composed of ozone that can cause eye and throat irritation

Question 18

Air Pressure

Answer 18

The amount of force exerted over an area of surface

Question 19

Measures of Pressure

Answer 19

Millibar (mb), Hectopascal (hPa), Inches of Mercury (Hg)

Question 20

Order of Atmosphere

Answer 20

1. Troposphere
2. Tropopause
3. Stratosphere
4. Stratopause
5. Mesosphere
6. Mesopause
7. Thermosphere

Question 21

Temperature Change Troposphere

Answer 21

High moving low

Question 22

Temperature Change Stratosphere

Answer 22

Gradual increase

Question 23

Mesosphere

Answer 23

Decrease to lowest

Question 24

Thermosphere

Answer 24

Increase to warmest

Question 25

Lapse Rate

Answer 25

The rate at which temp decreases with height

Question 26

Standard Lapse Rate

Answer 26

6.5C for every 1000m or 3.6F for every 1000ft

Question 27

Temperature Inversion

Answer 27

When the temperature in the Troposphere increases with elevation

Question 28

Radiosonde

Answer 28

The instrument that measures the vertical profile of air temperature up to 100,000 feet

Question 29

Tropopause Characteristics

Answer 29

1. Higher elevation at equator than poles 2. Higher in summer than winter 3. Can be broken by a jet stream

Question 30

Why does the temperature increase in the stratosphere?

Answer 30

Ozone absorbs the sunlight and heats the layer

Question 31

Why does the temperature increase in the thermosphere?

Answer 31

The minimal oxygen atoms absorb heat more quickly as they don’t share the wealth with so many atoms

Question 32

Homosphere

Answer 32

Areas where there stays 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen because of constant mixing

Question 33

Heterosphere

Answer 33

The area beginning in the thermosphere where the lighter gases like helium float up and leave oxygen and nitrogen at the bottom

Question 34

Ionosphere

Answer 34

The area where there are more ions in the atmosphere. Begins at 60km