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