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