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