Science Chapter 27

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These global winds font follow consistent path and move very fast

Jet streams

An air mass that contains moist air is a

Maritime tropical air mass

Which of the following is not produced by water in the atmosphere

Ocean currents (humidity, clouds, precipitation)

Supposed that the air has reached its dew point. The relative humidity is...

100%

These clouds are associated with dreary days and sometimes have drizzle associated with them

Stratus

What slows the escape of radiation from earth's surface ultimately leading to global warming?

Carbon dioxide

The greenhouse gases include

Carbon dioxide and water vapor

The ocean current called the gulf stream..

Carries heat from the gulf of Mexico to Northern Europe.

Clouds that are high in the sky and look like wispy strands are what kind of clouds?

Cirrus

How are weather and climate related?

Climate is the average weather over a period of many years.

What are the dark, tall, puffy clouds that indicate a thunderstorm is coming?

Cumulonimbus

Daylight and nighttime hours are equal

During the equinoxes

The angles at which the sun's rays struck the earth has a great effect on

Earth's seasons The way climate varies The intensity of solar energy received at the earth's surface

Anticyclones are high-pressure systems and are associated with

Fair weather

Doldrums and horse latitudes are examples of..

Global winds

Earth surface receives more solar radiation near the equator. The uneven heating produces...

Global winds

Which of these factors are effective in moving heat from one location to another?

Ocean currents.

The gasses that make up 99% of earth atmosphere are..

Oxygen and Nitrogen

Wind is due to..

Pressure differences in the atmosphere.

As the temp rises, how does this affect relative humidty?

Relative humidity decreases as a temp.

Cyclones are the areas of low pressure. They are associated with

Rough weather

Where is the atmospheric pressure the highest on earth?

Sea level

A few elements of weather include

Temperature and precipitation.

Why don't the global winds moving the N to S pole follow a straight line

The coriolis effect -Maybe all of the above.

The stratosphere is the atmospheric layer where

The ozone absorbs radiation

When is the north pole tilt most directly toward the sun?

The summer solstice.

The seasons are primarily due to

The tilt of the earth's axis

When a warm front meets a cold front, what happens?

The warm front will move over top the cold front

The underlying cause of weather is that head flows

Warm regions to cold regions

The troposphere is the atmospheric layer where

Weather occurs

Air pressure is die to the

Weight of overlying air

The coriolis effect turns

Wind and ocean surface currents


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