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36 Cards in this Set
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how are clouds classified?
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by altitude
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condenation is?
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the process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid
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What is greenhouse effect?
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energy from absorbed radiation heats gasses and forms blanket heat in
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WHat is wind?
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Horizontal movement of air , high pressure toa low pressure.
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what is heat transfer?
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how heat moves
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describe cumulus clouds
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fluffy and rounded. indicate fair weather
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what is thermal energy?
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the total energy of motion in the molrcules of a substance
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what is fog?
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clouds that form near or at the grouns; forms when ground cools after night warm, humid day
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what are 3 main types of clouds?
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cumuls, cirrus, straus
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how is heat tranfered?
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radiation conduction convection
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jet streams are what?
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high speed winds going west to east
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HOw are electromagnetic waves classified and what is radiation?
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wavelengths, the dstance betwen waves. the direct transfer of energy
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What have the longest wavelenghts and shortest? Charateristics of ultraviolet and infrared radiation.
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red and orange longest blue and violet shortest. causes sunburn and cancer damage to eyes and skin. not visible felt as heat.
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What are local winds and what are types?
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winds that blow over short distances and sea breeze and land breeze
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descibe cumulonimbous
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towering wit flat top; often produce thunder storms, hail comes out of those clouds only.
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stratus, cirrus, cirrocumulus clouds, describe
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flat layers; produce rain or snow and also called nimbostratus
wispy and feathery made of ice crystals rows that look like cotton balls and indicate storms |
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hat is radiation condusction and convection?
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direct transfer of electromagnetcic waves
direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that is touching transfer of heat by the movement of fluid |
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humidity is what?
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a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
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where are the westerlies located?
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between the polar front and horse latitudes
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What is wind direction and wind speed measured with?
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wind vane or wather vane. anemometer
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Absorption and relfection are what?
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Energy?
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what is tempeature?
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average amount of engergy of motion of each molecule of a substance
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what degrees is the duldrums, polar front, and horse latitudes?
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0 60 and 30
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heat is?
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energy that is transferred from a hotter object to a cooler one
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which are calm?
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horse latitudes
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What are the forms of solar energy?
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visible ligh ROV G BIV, infrared raditation, ultraviolet radiation
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________ travels to Earth as ___________
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Energy from the sun travels to Earth as electromagnetic waves
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dew point is?
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the temperature at which condensatioon begins
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what is relative humidity?
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the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maxium amount the air could hold
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Celsus and farenheit?
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freezing point 0 C 32 F
boiling point 100 C 212 F |
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HOw is wind named?
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by the direction it comes from
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What is wind caused by?
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differences in air pressure
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trade winds are_______
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really windy
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what is a psychrometer and how does it work?
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it measures relative humidity. one wet one dry bulb
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What are electromagnetic waves?
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A form of energry that travles through space
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what is evaporation?
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the process which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor
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