Weather

Question 1

present condition of atmosphere at given location

Answer 1

weather

Question 2

why do weather change

Answer 2

changes because of unequal distribution of heat from the sun

Question 3

weather can be broken down into precise and different variables called

Answer 3

atmospheric variables

Question 4

amount of heat in an atmosphere

Answer 4

air temperature

Question 5

air temperature is measured by

Answer 5

thermometer

Question 6

measure of force exerted by air onto surfaces

downward force exerted by air particles

Answer 6

air pressure

Question 7

what is air pressure expressed in

Answer 7

atmosphere (atm); millimeter of Mercury (mmHg); bar

Question 8

measuring device of air pressure

Answer 8

barometer

Question 9

what decreases with altitude

Answer 9

air pressure

Question 10

amount of moisture in the air (mostly in the form of water vapor)

measure of moisture in the air

Answer 10

humidity

Question 11

what happens when humidity is at the point of saturation or approaches 100%

Answer 11

it fogs

Question 12

measuring device of humidity

Answer 12

hygrometer or psychrometer

Question 13

bodies of condensed water

Answer 13

cloud

Question 14

measurement of the part of the sky covered with clouds

Answer 14

cloud amount

Question 15

types of cloud

Answer 15

cirrus - cumulus - nimbus - stratus

Question 16

fine/feathery; highest in altitude

Answer 16

cirrus

Question 17

puffy/bulbous; formed by humid and hot air

Answer 17

cumulus

Question 18

dark cloud from which rain falls; also latin for rain

Answer 18

nimbus

Question 19

flat and hazy, situated at relatively low altitudes

Answer 19

stratus

Question 20

when the accumulated droplets in the clouds become too heavy, they fall back to the surface of the earth as what

Answer 20

precipitation

Question 21

types of precipitation

Answer 21

rain - drizzle - sleet - glaze - snow - hail

Question 22

either horizontal movement of air or vertical

Answer 22

air movement

Question 23

it is horizontal; moves from regions of higher air pressure to lower air pressure

Answer 23

wind

Question 24

measure of how fast the air is travelling horizontally

Answer 24

wind speed

Question 25

measuring device of wind speed

Answer 25

anemometer

Question 26

where the air is flowing or blowing into

Answer 26

wind direction

Question 27

measuring device of wind direction

Answer 27

wind vane

Question 28

hot air is generally less dense than cold air; hot air descends while cold air ascends

Answer 28

air current

Question 29

results from unequal rates of cooling and heating of bodies of land and bodies of water

Answer 29

sea breeze and land breeze

Question 30

during daytime, land is hotter than water because of what

Answer 30

sea breeze

Question 31

process of sea breeze

Answer 31

land heats up and moves upward creates a low pressure area air from the sea moves toward the land to replace the rising air

Question 32

during night time, land cools faster than air because of

Answer 32

land breeze

Question 33

process of land breeze

Answer 33

cool air above the land creates a high pressure inland wind descends and moves towards the sea

Question 34

low pressure area surrounded by pressure of high area or vice versa

Answer 34

circular wind flow

Question 35

low pressure surrounded by high pressure counterclockwise direction moves in a curved path towards the center cloudy conditions and precipitation are expected

Answer 35

cyclone

Question 36

high pressure surrounded by low pressure clockwise direction air is blown outward from the center center of high-pressure regions, fair and clear weather is expected

Answer 36

anti-cyclone

Question 37

intense disturbances in the atmosphere

Answer 37

storms

Question 38

begins when warm air rises very rapidly (forming cumulonimbus clouds) caused by the upward movement of warm, moist air, associated with cumulonimbus clouds

Answer 38

thunderstorms

Question 39

internal friction builds up static electricity

Answer 39

lightning

Question 40

violent air disturbances originating from oceans

Answer 40

hurricanes

Question 41

119 kph and below (wind speed)

Answer 41

cyclone

Question 42

120 kph and above

Answer 42

hurricane

Question 43

typhoon range

Answer 43

> 119

Question 44

severe tropical storm range

Answer 44

89 - 119

Question 45

tropical storm range

Answer 45

62 - 88

Question 46

tropical depression

Answer 46

< 61

Question 47

separates air masses of different densities

Answer 47

front

Question 48

cloud based near the ground

Answer 48

fog

Question 49

violent windstorms taking the form of a rotating column of air that extends down a cumulonimbus cloud

Answer 49

tornadoes