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30 Cards in this Set
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What are the relative and quantitative amounts and significance of gases in the atmosphere
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21 % Oxygen for breathing
78 % nitrogen dilutes oxygen and is inert and light 7 % other |
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what is the relationship between altitude vs. temp
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inverse (higher alt. lower temp)
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what is the relationship between altitude vs. pressure
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inverse (higher alt. less press.)
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what is the relationship between latitude vs. temp
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inverse (higher lat. lower temp)
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what is the relationship between wind and evaporation rate
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direct (more wind, more evap)
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what is the relationship between pressure difference and wind
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direct (more difference, more wind)
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what is the relationship between temp and pressure
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inverse (higher temp, less pressure)
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what is the relationship between humidity and pressure
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? check with dad
inverse (higher humidity means lower pressure) |
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what is the relationship between ozone and skin cancer
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inverse more ozone means less cancer
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what is the relationship between humidity vs. cloud height
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what is the relationship between body of water and temperature variation in atmosphere
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inverse (greater body of water nearby, less variation in temperature. Water makes a climate more moderate/temperate).
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what is the relationship between salt and freezing rate of water
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inverse as salt is added, the freezing rate of water lowers (which makes ice melt at freezing temperatures on the ground)
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What is the greenhouse effect and what are the prmary greenhouse gases and the current crisis?
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water vapor, CO2, methane |
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What are the steps to convection in the atmosphere
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air is heaterd, air expands, rises, colder, denser air sinks, is heated, expands, rises,
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Know the different way in which moist air can be cooled and clouds formed?
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? adiabatic cooling, orographic lifting, ?
convergence (air comes together and is pushed upwards), frontal wedge (warm and cool air meet, cool air is pushed under the warm air, forcing it upwards), convection, cirrus, cumulus, stratus |
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Why is the sky blue
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The blue light waves...?
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What is the significance of a parcel of air reaching dew point
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It will condense, dewpoint is when the air is completely saturated, and can hold no more water vapor
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Give the shape, height and precip of this cloud type: cirrus
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thin, feathery, high, no precip, found at very high altitude, not very tall
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Give the shape, height and precip of this cloud type: stratus
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layered flat, mid level clouds,
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Give the shape, height and precip of this cloud type: cumulus
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lower level clouds with high vertical height, fluffy, cumulonimbus clouds bring precipitation
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How is this produced? rain
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How is this produced? snow
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How is this produced? sleet
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How is this produced? hail
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rain lifted by updraft, freezes, lifts, merges (coalesces), falls, lifts, and continues until it gets too heavy to lift and falls
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how do you determine the prevailing wind of a latitude
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How do you determine the dominant vertical pattern of air movement (rising and wet, or falling dry) for a given latitude
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Why does it feel cold when the wind blows
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evaporation
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Why and whend do hurricanes form and why do the y die out?
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? They die out because they reach land
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What are the main affects on climate? explain each
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latitude, prevailing winds, jet streams, ocean currents, bodies of water, altitude
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elaborate on the temperature scales Kelvin, Celsius, and Farenheit. Give freezing point, room temp., boiling temp
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0 Kelvin, - 273 C, -460 F,
273 K, 0 C, 32 F, 293 K, 20 c, 70 F 373 K, 100 C, 212 F |
