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47 Cards in this Set
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The main difference between weather and climate is that? |
Weather is the daily variation that actually occur at a location and climate is the general pattern of weather over time |
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Which of the following is not an element that influences weather |
Longitude |
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Air May best be described as? |
A mixture |
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Which one of the following are the three most abundant gases in the atmosphere? |
Nitrogen oxygen Argon |
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Which of the following gases is an effiecient absorber of the earths emitted energy? |
Carbon dioxide |
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Latent heat that is the energy source for many storms can be transported by? |
Water vapor |
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Ozone filters out most of the ______ radiation and sunlight? |
Ultraviolet |
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Ozone is concentrated in the_________ |
Stratosphere |
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Ozone is important to humans because |
Absorbs ultraviolet radiation which is harmful to humans |
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I need your rest to humans from the depletion of ozone is the increase in |
Deaths due to skin cancer |
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The lowest layer of the atmosphere is |
Troposphere |
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The normal lapse rate in the troposphere is ________ per kilometer |
6.5 degrees Celsius |
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When an area experience several consecutive days of rather constant weather it is probably? |
Air mass weather |
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An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled? |
mT |
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A maritime polar (mp) air masses is? |
Cold and humid |
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The air masses that have the greatest influence on weather conditions in the central United States are? |
cP and mT |
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The air mass May produce an occasional Nor'easter in the winter |
mP |
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A continental polar (CP) air mass that originates in Siberia and is subsequently altered to _________ when crossing the North Pacific? |
mT |
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If you were 200 kilometers ahead of the surface position of a warm front you would find the frontal surface at height about________ Km overhead |
1.0 |
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on a weather map_______fronts are shown by a line with triangular points on one side |
Cold |
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Rain long for too long last short notice soon pass is first five words of this weather proverb__________ |
Refers to a warm front |
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The Western us, is different from the Western your climate because? |
Because the Western u.s has mountains near the coast and europe does not |
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The name_______ clate is often used as a synonym for the dry summer subtropical climate |
Mediterranean |
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The blank West Coast climate is situated on the western windward side of continents from about 40 to 65 degrees north and south latitude |
Marine |
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Why are humid mid-latitude climates with severe winter is not found in southern hemisphere? |
The southern hemisphere is dominated by oceans |
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The subarctic climate is often referred to as? |
The taiga climate |
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The blank climate is located on the Eastern side of continents in the 25 to 40 degree latitude range |
Humid subtropical |
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The blank climates are land control climates that results on Broad continents in the middle |
Humid subtropical |
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Polar climates get most of their precipitation in the? |
Summer |
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Polar regions receive nearly continuous sunlight in summer months so why doesn't the mean temperature during those months get above 10 degrees Celsius |
The sun is too low in the sky to Be an Effective heat source |
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Where polar climates most well-developed |
Antarctica and Greenland |
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Compared to places at lower elevations Highland climates are usually cooler and |
Wetter |
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Highland climates usually experience _________ compared to the adjacent lowlands |
Similar patterns of change |
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Which of the following might not be considered a natural cause of climate change |
Variation in solar radiation |
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Carbon dioxide is important influence on climate because? |
It passes incoming short-wavelength solar radiation but it is absorbed some longer-wavelength outgoing Earth radiation |
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Clouds are classified on the basis of |
Form and height |
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Which of the following cloud types is most commonly associated with precipitation |
Nimbostratus |
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The problem that is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky is termed |
Stratus |
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The cloud poem that consists of globular Cloud masses that take on a daily or cauliflower structure is |
Cumulus |
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this term is used to describe clouds found in the middle height range |
Alto |
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High clouds that form delicate feel like patches or extended wispy fibers are termed |
Cirrus |
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This term is used to describe clouds that produce precipitation |
Nimbo |
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This Cloud sometimes produces mair tails |
Cirrus |
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Thunder and lightning are associated with these clouds |
Cumulonimbus |
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This Cloud type is confined to the middle height range |
Alto Stratus |
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The halo around the sun or moon indicates that this Cloud type is present |
Cirrostratus |
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The dark gray cloud that blankets the sky and often generates precipitation is called |
Nimbostratus |