explaing for test

Question 0

Why can’t cold air hold as much water as warm air can?

Answer 0

because cold air is more dense thus not being able to as much water as warm air can because it is less dense

Question 1

how is heat transferred? and what is heat?

Answer 1

heat is either added or taken from something. temperature is measure of heat. and kinetic energy is always moving.

Question 2

what is relative humidity?

Answer 2

how much it can hold

Question 3

dew point and boiling point

Answer 3

dew point: when water vapor comes out the air and condenses

boiling point: liquid turns to gas. water at 212’F

Question 4

explain the PHASE CHANGE CHART

Answer 4

when adding energy(heat) a solid will MELT into a liquid then EVAPORATE into a gas
when taking energy away energy is released and the gas CONDENSES into a liquid, then liquid FREEZES to a solid

Question 5

what important happens during all phase changes

Answer 5

density will change

Question 6

describe vapor and condensation

Answer 6

you can’t see water vapor

but what you do see when boiling water is the water vapor touching colder air and condensing so you can see it

Question 7

how does sweat cool your body?

Answer 7

sweat cools you off when it takes heat away from your body to heat up the molecules and evaporate

Question 8

explain what vapor pressure is and how it can prevent you from cooling off with sweat

Answer 8

it’s the amount of water in the air pushing against you

and when there’s a lot of vapor pressure above ur sweat molecules then the sweat can’t escape(evaporate)

Question 9

why are there pauses in the phase change graph?

Answer 9

because Energy(heat) is no longer used to raise the the temp but instead to break the attractions connecting the molecules

Question 10

why can you boil water at a lower temperature on top of a mountain then at sealevel

Answer 10

because the less pressure on the mountain means less weight on top of the water which makes for easy vaporization

Question 11

what is ambient temp and how can it be affected by a plant

Answer 11

the temperature of the environment could be affected because the plant release water vapor an in order for that to happen the water must take heat from the room

Question 12

atmospheric pressure sea level

Answer 12

14.7lbs/in2 is the weight of air on top of you

Question 13

air pressure is measured by

humidity is measured by

Answer 13

barometer

hydrometer

Question 14

3 factors of weather

Answer 14

tempature
humidity
air pressure

Question 15

boiling is from

evaporating is from

Answer 15

boiling= heat source
evaporating= surface

Question 16

when pressure goes up ⬆️

when pressure goes down⬇️

Answer 16

heat goes up

Question 17

clouds are formed by

Answer 17

by cooling of moist air(water vapor) rising up in the atmosphere and then condensing due to the low temperatures caused by the low pressures found higher in the atmosphere

Question 18

what happens when air is sinking

Answer 18

sinking air is exposed to greater air pressures when lower in the atmosphere or ground and warms the air until it evaporates (like when pressin on the bottle to make the cloud go away)

Question 19

components in a cloud

Answer 19

water vapor
condensation nuclei (dust)
low pressure
lower temps

Question 20

explain oragraphic lifting

Answer 20

when humid air moves up a moutain and is exposed to lower pressures at higher altitudes, lower pressure means colder which allows water vapor in humid air to condense, Turing into a cloud then sometimes further condensing into rain

Question 21

explain the leeward side of a moutain

Answer 21

the air later moves over to the other side of the moutain and sinks downward, then exposed to higher pressure levels and more heat, this evaporating the remaining water in the air and leavin that side dry

Question 22

adiabatic cooling

Answer 22

cooling due to the expansion of air

Question 23

WEATHER
hi pressure
low pressure

Answer 23

hi=good weather little rain

low= bad weather lots of rain

Question 24

Coriolis affect

Answer 24

the apparent deflection of winds due to the rotation of the earth in North hemisphere clockwise Southern hemisphere :counter clockwise

Question 25

low pressure with hands

Answer 25

hand flats moves up:rises hand moves :counterclockwise hand moves towards center

Question 26

hi pressure hand

Answer 26

hand is standing up:flattens(sinks) hand is moving: clockwise hand is moving away :outward

Question 27

low pressure | hi pressure

Answer 27

low cyclone | high anticyclone

Question 28

winds are classified by where it is coming from such as

Answer 28

nw or ne | sw or se

Question 29

what's on the station module

Answer 29

the circle is either filled or not which tells the clouds in the sky the antenna points out at which direction the wind is coming from

Question 30

warm front is what symbol | cold front is what symbol

Answer 30

warm is red half circs | cold is blue triangles

Question 31

why are south and North Pole so dry

Answer 31

biggest deserts due to hi pressure zones

Question 32

define a air mass

Answer 32

large wind bodies that picks up characteristics of land it is over such as temp & humidity

Question 33

stationary front

Answer 33

cold air and warm air meet but don't move

Question 34

define a warm front

Answer 34

HIGH PRESSURE - transition zone where a warm air mass replaces a cold air mass, not a lot of rain moves southwest to northwest(clockwise)

Question 35

define a cold front

Answer 35

a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass - heavy rains | moves northwest to south east (counter clockwise)

Question 36

COLD FRONTS type of could

Answer 36

acumolisit clouds

Question 37

WARM FRONTS CLOUDS

Answer 37

stratus clouds

Question 38

explain how u read ISO bars

Answer 38

bars to read pressure on a weather map- and wind speeds the closer the isobars the more wind -more pressure further apart less wind less pressure

Question 39

what is it called when isobars are close

Answer 39

steep pressure gradient:lots of wind

Question 40

maritime | continental

Answer 40

maritime:ocean air masses continental: land air masses polars tropics

Question 41

what is latent heat

Answer 41

heat associated with a phase change

Question 42

in a cold front why does the the warm humid air cloud rise up in the cold air

Answer 42

because as the humid air moves up, it condenses from a gas back to a liquid and then heat is taken away and relased. in this phase change the humid air becomes less dense then the cold air so it rises