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APES Atmosphere And Renewable Energy
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Answer 32 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The outer layer of the thermosphere - extending outward into space.
Anemometer
exosphere
westerlies
solar radiation units
2. The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area
air pressure
Coriolis effect
Leeward
aurora borealis
3. Local climatic conditions that differ from the general climate of a region
aurora borealis
microclimates
thermometer
climate
4. The change of energy from one form to another form to another - such as light to heat or the movement of energy from one object to another such as heat from a stove moving to your hand
Hadley cell
troposphere
Coriolis effect
energy transfer
5. The ratio of the amount of water in the air at a give temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature
prevailing winds
Hadley cell
exosphere
relative humidity
6. A measure of how cold it feels based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by cold and wind
tornado
prevailing winds
relative humidity
wind chill
7. A high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere
Mesosphere
circulation cells
stratosphere
jet stream
8. The meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
weather
Ferrel cell
heat sink
Hadley cell
9. Prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 30 degrees & 60degrees latitude in the hemisphere.
Polar cell
westerlies
solar radiation units
jet stream
10. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
heat sink
climate
Leeward
energy transfer
11. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
jet stream
prevailing winds
tornado
heat sink
12. The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer; temperature increases as you go up
weather
stratosphere
solar radiation units
microclimates
13. Away from the direction from which the wind blows.
Hadley cell
weather
Leeward
air pressure
14. A material - such as water that can absorb a large amount of energy - for its volume and releases the energy slowly
troposphere
wind chill
heat sink
energy transfer
15. Powerful convection currents created by the heating of earth's surface
microclimates
circulation cells
tornado
westerlies
16. The middle atmospheric circulation cell in each hemisphere air in these cells rises at 60 degrees latitude and falls at 30 degrees latitude
heat sink
exosphere
aurora borealis
Ferrel cell
17. The global winds that blow constantly from the same direction
Mesosphere
prevailing winds
heat sink
stratosphere
18. The atmospheric circulation cell nearest the equator in each hemisphere. Air in these cells rises near the equator because of strong solar heating there and falls because of cooling at about 30 degrees latitude
troposphere
Hadley cell
weather
trade winds
19. The layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases
Leeward
Coriolis effect
westerlies
Mesosphere
20. Cells of air circulation occurring between 60 degrees north and south and each pole.
Polar cell
Ferrel cell
tornado
weather
21. An instrument used to find the temperature of a material
weather
thermometer
thermosphere
wind chill
22. The layer closest to Earth - where almost all weather occurs; the thinnest layer
jet stream
troposphere
microclimates
Ferrel cell
23. A device that measures wind speed.
wind chill
jet stream
Anemometer
heat sink
24. Prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator
westerlies
jet stream
Ferrel cell
trade winds
25. Toward the direction from which the wind blows.
Hadley cell
Windward
heat sink
Anemometer
26. An effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation
Coriolis effect
aurora borealis
relative humidity
Windward
27. A colorful - glowing display in the sky caused when particles from the sun strike oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the ionosphere; also called the Northern Lights
aurora borealis
microclimates
energy transfer
relative humidity
28. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
Coriolis effect
atmosphere
Anemometer
isobar
29. The mass of air surrounding the Earth
relative humidity
stratosphere
Coriolis effect
atmosphere
30. The uppermost layer of the atmosphere - in which temperature increases as altitude increases
atmosphere
Polar cell
Coriolis effect
thermosphere
31. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
Ferrel cell
hurricane
climate
isobar
32. One langley or one calorie per square centimeter
Ferrel cell
weather
solar radiation units
Anemometer