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Science Meteorology Test Flashcards

1
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What involves the actual movement of heated substances?

A

Convection

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2
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What is our ability to get things done?

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Energy

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3
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What is the direct warming of a cool material by a warm material when they are in contact?

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Conduction

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4
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What involves atoms and molecules that vibrate and send out waves that travel through space?

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Radiation

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5
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What are solid surfaces that water vapor condenses on?

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Condensation Nuclei

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6
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What is a 6-sided hexagonal ice crystal?

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Snowflake

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7
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What is it called when air contains as much water vapor as it can hold?

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Saturation

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8
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What are ice pellets that form when raindrops or partly melted snowflakes fall though a layer of cold air and freeze?

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Sleet

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9
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Who analyzed the composition of air?

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Lavoisier

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10
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What is a person called that measures rainfall and river flow at set metering location?

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Hydrographer

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11
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Who invented the cloud chamber?

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Wilson

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12
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What is the reverse of evaporation?

A

Condensation

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13
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What is a unit of pressure?

A

Millibar

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14
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What is the force with which its molecules strike a surface?

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Pressure

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15
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What is an indicator of human comfort the ratio of the actual amount of moisture in the air to the maximum amount it could hold at the same temperature?

A

Relative Humidity

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16
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What is the energy that is applied which cannot be detected when a substance is changing states of matter?

A

Latent Heat

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17
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Who produced clouds in their laboratory?

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Otto von Guericke

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18
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What kind of clouds form in separate puffs or towering masses?

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Cumuliform

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19
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What is any instrument used to measure humidity?

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Hygrometer

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20
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What is any form of water that falls from the atmosphere to the earths surface called?

A

Precipitation

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21
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What is any instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure called?

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Barometer

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22
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What is the portion of the total air pressure that is caused only by water vapor?

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Actual Vapor Pressure

23
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What is a measure of kinetic energy when molecules are in motion?

A

Temperature

24
Q

What are the white trails made by high flying jets which make ice crystal clouds called?

A

Contrails

25
Q

What is the pressure of water vapor in a volume of air at 100% relative humidity?

A

Saturation Vapor Pressure

26
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What is the temperature at which water vapor in the air will start to condense?

A

Dew Point

27
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What are clouds in sheets or layers of clouds covering large portions of the sky called?

A

Stratiform

28
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What is solid precipitation called?

A

Hail

29
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What are low lying clouds which form at the earths surface called?

A

Fog

30
Q

What is a hair hygrometer giving a continuous reading called?

A

Hydrograph

31
Q

Clouds that look like rain

A

Cumulus

32
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What is an example of sublimation when going from a solid to a gas?

A

Dry ice

33
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What is an example of sublimation when going from a gas to a solid?

A

Frost

34
Q

Raindrops falling from a thick cumulus cloud formation would most likely____

A

Be large and heavy

35
Q

As the temperature of the air increases, the amount of water entering the atmosphere will____

A

Increase

36
Q

If the amount of water vapor in the air increases, and air temperature remains constant, dew point temperature of the air will___

A

Increase

37
Q

If you had equal masses of the following substances, which would contain the most kinetic energy?

a) Water
b) Steam
c) Ice
d) They would all contain equal masses of the following

A

b)Steam

38
Q

Precipitation from a quick-forming cumulus cloud on a day when temperature is -11 degrees Celsius would most likely be____

A

Large fluffy snowflakes

39
Q

Water in a gaseous state is called___

A

Water Vapor

40
Q

List 3 of the four common gases in the lower atmosphere.

A

1)Oxygen
2)Nitrogen
3)

41
Q

Water vapor changing into a liquid is called___

A

Condensation

42
Q

True or False? If air continues to rise a cumulus cloud will form.

A

True

43
Q

True or False? Energy in motion is referred to as potential energy.

A

False

44
Q

List the 2 main types of clouds.

A

Stratiform

Cumuliform

45
Q

High altitude clouds

A

Cirrus

46
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Middle Altitude clouds

A

Alto

47
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Low altitude clouds

A

Stratus

48
Q

Vertically developed clouds

A

Cumulus

49
Q

What factor influences the rate of evaporation the most?

A

Heat

50
Q

True or False? Large land and water bodies affect the general circulation pattern of air.

A

True

51
Q

What is a measure of kinetic energy (molecules in motion)?

A

Temperature

52
Q

Moist rising air forms___

A

Clouds

53
Q

Sinking air usually leads to___

A

Clear Skies

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