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45 Cards in this Set
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Coriolis Effect |
makes storms swirl clockwise in the Southern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere
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Anemometer |
is a device used for measuring wind SPEED, and is a common weather station instrumen
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Mercury Barometer |
A barometer which indicates the atmospheric pressure by measuring the height of a column of mercury in a vertical, evacuated tube
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season that has highest air pressure |
winter |
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wheremight you find the world’s highest air pressures?
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Russia |
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Advection |
horizontally dominant movement
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Radiation Fog |
“night fog,” cooler surface at night cools overlying air toDew Point
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Inversion |
a reversal of the normal decrease of air temperature with altitude, or of water temperature with depth.
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Why are clouds flat on bottom? |
temperatureAltitude + form = Cloud type
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Flat cloud |
stratiform |
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puffy cloud |
cumuliform |
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wispy cloud |
Cirroform |
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2 key components of clouds |
absorb and reflect energy |
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Nimbus |
rain bearing cloud |
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condensation nuclei |
are small particles typically 0.2 µm, or 1/100th the size of a clouddroplet on which water vapour condenses.
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Orthographic Lifting
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air is forced to rise over a mountainous area
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Frontal wedging-
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warmer, less dense air is forced over cooler, denser air
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Convergence
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a pile-up of horizontal air flow results in upward movement
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bjerknes |
Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who did much to found the modern practice of weather forecasting.
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James Hutton
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Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist
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Alfred Wegner |
primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research
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winter monsoon |
determines the climate for most of India and Southeast Asia
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Summer monsoon |
is associated with heavy rainfall. It usually happens between April and September.
(monsoons always blow from cold to warm regions) |
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weather |
the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
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Dew Point |
the atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form
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Hydrologic Cycle
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conceptual model that describes the storage and movement of water between the biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and the hydrosphere
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salt water % |
97.22%
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fresh water % |
2.78%
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Ice/Glaciers
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99.35%
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Humus |
the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms
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parent material
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the geologic material from which soil horizons form
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Rossby wave
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also known as planetary waves, are a natural phenomenon in the atmosphere and oceans of planets that largely owe their properties to rotation.
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Weathering Physical or Mechanical |
wind,rain,thermal expansion and contradiction,water freezing
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Chemical |
water and gases |
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Biological |
tree roots lichens |
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hydrologic cycle
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the water cycle, describes movement of water around the world |
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sublimation |
is a chemical process where a solid turns into a gas without going through a liquid stage.
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relative humidity |
the amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the amount needed for saturation at the same temperature.
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uniformitaritism |
is the principle or assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe
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superposition |
principle of quantum theory that describes a challenging concept about the nature and behavior of matter and forces at the sub-atomic level
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2 main types of crust |
oceanic and continental |
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Earths Mantle |
The region of the interior of the Earth between the core (on its inner surface) and the crust (on its outer). Note: The mantleis more than two thousand miles thick and accounts for more than three-quarters of the volume of the Earth
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Gradational
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is always tearing down; comes from on top of earth;continuous. Largely fueled by insolation (external)
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Diastrophism
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builds up; comes from inside earth; comes inspurts; fueled from inside the earth (internal
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Ring of Fire |
located along the pacific rim this is where you find the most prevalent earthquakes and volcanoes |
