exam 1

Question 1

Ideal Gas Law

Answer 1

Pressure = Density * Temperature * R

Question 2

Pressure formula

Answer 2

Pressure = Force/Area

Question 3

Kinetic energy equation

Answer 3

KE = 1/2(Mass)(Velocity)^2

Question 4

Troposhpere

Answer 4

Lowest 10km of the Earth, where all weather occurs, temperature decreases as height increases, capped by the tropopause

Question 5

Stratosphere

Answer 5

10-15km to about 50km. temperature inversion because of the presence of ozone (ozone absorbs UV radiation, heating the atmosphere up, moving faster). Capped by stratopause

Question 6

mesosphere

Answer 6

50km to about 85km. temperature decreases with height. Capped by the mesopause.

Question 7

thermosphere

Answer 7

everything above 85km. temperature inversion (oxygen absorbs sunlight and warms the air)

Question 8

first law of thermodynamics

Answer 8

the sum of all energy in the universe is constant

Question 9

internal energy

Answer 9

total energy (potential and kinetic) of all the molecules of a substance

Question 10

heat

Answer 10

energy in the process of being transferred from one object to another because of the temperature difference

Question 11

second law of thermodynamics

Answer 11

heat is always transferred from warm to cold

Question 12

heat capacity

Answer 12

the ratio of the heat required to the amount of resulting in a temperature change. HC = amount of heat absorbed (M)/change in temperature

Question 13

specific heat

Answer 13

equal to the heat absorbed by 1g divided by the change in temperature

Question 14

latent heats

Answer 14

the heat energy required to change a substance from one phase to another

Question 15

latent heat of melting

Answer 15

solid to liquid; energy is supplied by the environment

Question 16

latent heat of fusion

Answer 16

liquid to solid; energy is introduced to the environment

Question 17

latent heat of vaporization

Answer 17

liquid to gas; energy required by the environment

Question 18

latent heat of condensation

Answer 18

gas to liquid; energy supplied by the environment

Question 19

latent heat of sublimation

Answer 19

solid to gas; required by the environment

Question 20

latent heat of deposition

Answer 20

gas to solid; supplied by the environment

Question 21

conduction

Answer 21

the transfer of energy molecule by molecule through a substance

Question 22

convection

Answer 22

heat transfer by mixing mass fluids (because warmer things have lower density, and things with lower density rise)

Question 23

advection

Answer 23

transfer of air properties by the horizontal movement of the air itself