METEOROLOGY Flashcards

(32 cards)

1
Q

exist in variable

A

water vapor

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2
Q

height of mercury in barometer

A

atmospheric pressure alone

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3
Q

solar radiation hit surface

A

half

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4
Q

emitted solar radiation

A

wavelengths longer than visible light

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5
Q

Temperature increases with altitude

A

Stratosphere

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6
Q

Sea breeze form because of…

A

differences of specific heat of land and water

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7
Q

movement of warm and cool air

A

jet stream

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8
Q

humidity 60%

A

relative humidity

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9
Q

relative humidity is 100%

A

dew point

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10
Q

parcel of air move upward in unstable atmosphere

cloud

A

cumulus

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11
Q

adiabatic air temperature

A

rising or descending air

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12
Q

Thunderstorm

A

cumulus

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13
Q

No precipitation

cloud

A

cirrus

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14
Q

Air mass

A

remain in land
water for a long time

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15
Q

cyclonic storms in US

A

eastward

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16
Q

Advancing warm fronts

cloud

17
Q

Northern Hemisphere low pressure

A

counterclockwise

18
Q

Tornadoes form from…

19
Q

Accurate forecast is ___ days

20
Q

Earth’s climate is based on____

21
Q

WATER

human consumption

22
Q

WATER

how many ocean exist on earth

23
Q

WATER

wave approach shore

24
Q

WATER

average salt water concentration

25
WATER artesian water
under pressure
26
WATER precipitation becomes ground water
less than 1%
27
WATER volume of all ground water
30x greater
28
deepest part of ocean
ocean basin
29
Nitrogen in the atmosphere
78%
30
Oxygen in the atmosphere
21%
31
how many water is in ocean
97.5 %
32
how many percent is freshwater
3%