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25 Cards in this Set
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What latitude line lies midway between the north and south pole? |
The equator |
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What segment of the atmosphere blends into interplanetary space? |
The thermosphere |
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What causes the warming of the stratosphere? |
The Ozone |
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The temperature increases with increasing elevation in the stratosphere and what? |
The thermosphere |
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A unique weather condition where air in the troposphere increases in temperature with altitude |
An inversion |
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The horizontal wind movements are referred to as? |
Advection |
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The sun radiates what wave radiation? |
Shortwave radiation |
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Why don't the polar regions get as hot as the tropics during summer even though they have longer days? |
Solar angle |
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The result of horizontal cold air intrusion into a warm zone produces a what? |
Advection inversion |
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Farmers install fans to prevent what inversions? |
Radiation inversions |
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On this day the vertical rays of the sun strike the equator on their way northward |
March equinox |
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On this day the vertical rays of the sun are the farthest north at any time during the year |
During the June solstice |
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Air is a _____conductor of heat |
Poor |
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Water is a____conductor of heat |
Good |
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When the sun reaches its highest point in the sky during the day it is called? |
Solar noon |
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The main component of photochemical smog |
Ozone |
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What is causing the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? |
Fossil fuels |
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Chlorine in the stratosphere will turn into what? |
Oxygen |
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What type of smog does Southern California have? |
Photochemical |
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The single major source for smog in Los Angeles is? |
Vehicles and cars |
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An asphalt road is a____reflector of heat |
Poor |
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Solar noon occurs simultaneously only at locations with the same what? |
Longitude |
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Coastal locations have a____temperature range because water heats and cools____than land |
Smaller and slower |
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____Occurs when two objects are in contact with each other and heat flows from The warmer object to the colder one |
Conduction |
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Longitude lines are called___and latitude lines are called___ |
Meridians and parallels |
