Chapter 22-24 Part 2 Flashcards
The cloud form that is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky is termed
stratus.
The dew point is the temperature at which
water vapor condenses to a liquid.
The eye of a hurricane is
warmer than the rest of the storm.
The force that generates wind is
pressure gradient force.
The lowest layer of the atmosphere is the
troposphere.
The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called
deposition.
The term _______ is used to describe the conversion of a solid directly to a gas, without passing through the liquid state.
sublimation.
The tropopause is the boundary between
the troposphere and stratosphere.
These clouds are often called ‘fair weather’ clouds.
cumulus.
This air mass is the source of much of the moisture for precipitation in the central and eastern United States.
mT.
This air mass may produce an occasional ‘northeaster’ in the winter.
cP.
This air mass often originates as a air mass in Siberia and is subsequently named.
cP.
This cloud sometimes produces ‘mare’s tails.’
cirrus.
This cloud type is confined to the middle height range.
altostratus.
This term is used to describe clouds found in the middle height range.
alto.
This term is used to describe clouds that produce precipitation.
nimbo.
Thunder and lightning are associated with these clouds.
cumulonimbus.
Tornadoes most often move TOWARD what direction?
northeast.
Typhoon is another name for a
hurricane.
Usually _________ fronts produce several hours of moderate-to-gentle precipitation over a large region.
warm.
When an active cold front overtakes a warm front
an occluded front forms.
Which of the following is considered to be a boundary between two different air masses?
both warm front and cold front.
Which of the following should have the steepest pressure gradient?
tornado.
