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