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