Test 2
The troposphere _____.
0-15 km above Earth's surface, site of weather
The greatest surface radiation is experienced at ______________________
23.5 South
The greatest variation in hours of insolation occurs at ____________.
90 North
Winds do not blow straight from high to low pressure regions in most of the world because of ______.
Coriolis effect
Semi-permanent high pressure cells that develop over the oceans are centered closest to ____.
30 north and south
Earth's albedo is _____________ .
31
The heat of the day (hottest part of the day) generally occurs around __________________.
3pm-5pm
The ozone hole, which decreases UV absorption and increases skin cancer risk is caused by
Carbonated Fluorocarbons (CFCs)
Winds blowing from the northern oceanic high pressure cell in the Pacific produce consistent surface winds moving towards the ____.
SW to the equator
Heat is transferred by _____________________.
all three
During an inversion, most of the smog collects ___.
below the inversion
Air moves _____.
clockwise out of high pressure cells in the northern hemisphere
Geostrophic winds at high altitudes are parallel to the isobars because the ______ forces balance out.
coriolis effect and pressure gradient
The Coriolis effect causes moving air to veer _____.
counterclockwise in southern
Most natural latent heat transfer is carried out on earth by _______________.
h20
The Mediterranean region experiences rain _____.
in the winter because the high pressure cell shifts to the south
Hydrogen (H2) ______.
is more easily released to space than most other gases
The polar jet stream is affected and deflected by Rossby waves, which are generated by ____.
land-sea topography equator to pole gradient
The atmospheric constituent with the shortest residence time is _____.
methane
Oxygen (O2) content in the atmosphere has increased due to _____.
photosynthesis
The entire earth has 12 hour days during ________________.
spring equinox
Aphelion occurs in the Northern Hemisphere _________________.
summer
The Sahara Desert receives the most sunlight during the Northern Hemisphere _______________________________.
summer solstice
The earth has an energy _____________ at the equator.
surplus (incoming radiation > outgoing radiation)
Seasons are a result of
the earth's tilt
On average, heat moves from the surface to deeper strata during ___________________.
the summer
A major part of the greenhouse effect is increased ________________.
thermal absorption in the lower atmosphere
Terrestrial radiation is concentrated mostly in the ____________________ electromagnetic radiation (EMR) region.
thermal infrared
Perihelion is the ___________________________________.
time the earth is closest to the sun
Ozone absorbs ______________ radiation, and is naturally concentrated in the stratosphere.
ultraviolet
Saturated air warmer than surrounding dry air around it is ____________.
unstable
The suns peak intensity is in the ____________________.
visible wavelength range
Continental air masses are ___________ maritime air masses at the same latitude.
warmer in the summer than
The component of the atmosphere with the lowest average concentration is _____.
water vapor
albedo is the ______________ of the earth for solar radiation
average reflectance
The winter monsoon is ____ pressure in central Asia.
dry because of high
The land-sea breeze effect produces a sea breeze _____.
during the day due to increased heating air over land
Heat moves from deeper soil to the surface ____________________.
during the night
The greenhouse effect is not caused by ________________.
helium
Cloud cover at night ______________________.
increases the surface temperature