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48 Cards in this Set
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Energy from the sun comes to earth in ___________ waves.
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electromagnetic
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Most of the energy comes in the form of what?
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visible light
infrared radiation |
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How do electromagnetic waves move ?
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The can move through the vacuum of space.
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Infrared radiation is _____ wavelengths than light and can be felt as _____?
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longer
heat |
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Ultraviolet radiation has ____ wavelengths and mostly absorbed by _____ _____.
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shorter
ozone layer |
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Describe cirrus clouds
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feathery
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Cirrus clouds are made of ____ ___.
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ice crystals
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Describe cummulus clouds.
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fluffy, rounded like cotton
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Cumulonimbus look like what and often produce what?
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towering clouds
thunderstorms |
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How do stratus clouds form and what do they look like?
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form in flat layers and cover most of the sky with their grey color
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Altocumulus and Altostratus means they are ____ clouds
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high
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Any form of water that falls from clouds is called ?
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PRECIPITATION
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Raindrops that freeze falling through a cold layer of air is?
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SLEET
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Raindrops that freeze when they touch a cold surface is?
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FREEZING RAIN
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Pellets of ice larger than 5mm that can be tossed up and down in clouds and grow until they are heavy enough to fall are called?
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HAIL
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Freezing parcipitation in the form of 6-sided crystals
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SNOW
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What is a method of modifying percipitation where tiny crystals of silver iodide and dry ice are used to condense wter vapor to form rain or snow?
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CLOUD SEEDING.
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How do you measure snowfall?
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use a simple stick or melting snow that is collected and measured
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The way the Earth's rotation makes winds curve is called what? (Know figure 9 about this)
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The Coriolus Effect
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Define the Doldrums?
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Weather near the equator-regions with little or no wind or weak winds
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A belt of calm air, found approx 30 degrees North and South of Equator is ?
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Horse Latitudes
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Trade Winds are what?
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when cold air over the Horse Latitudes sinks and creates an area of high pressure which ends up causes the winds blowing toward the equator to blow Easterly
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Winds blowing toward the POLES are TURNED TOWARD EAST OR WESTERLY is called?
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PREVAILING WESTERLIES
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POLAR EASTERLIES ARE WHAT?
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cold air near the poles sinks and flows back toward the lower latitudes. the Coriolis effect shifts these Easterly
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What are JET STREAMS ?
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high speed winds about 10km above the surface
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Relative Humidity is what?
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pERCENTAGE OF WATER VAPOR that is actually in the air COMPARED TO the maximum amout the air will hold at a particular temperature
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The movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface is what?
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Water Cycle
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What is the process by which WATER MOLECULES IN LIQUIDS EXCAPE INTO THE AIR AS WATER VAPORS?
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EVAPORATION
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The process by which gases hold HEAT IN THE AIR is
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Greenhouse effect
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The average amount of energy of motion in the particles of a substance is called?
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Temperature
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The total energy of MOTION in the particles of a substance is called?
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THERMAL ENERGY
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A device filled with alcohol or mercury that measures temperature is called?
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Thermometer
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What is the FREEZING POINT and the BOILING POINT of Fahrenheit?
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32 degrees freezing
212 boiling of water |
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In CELCIUS what is the freezing and boiling points?
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0 DEGREES FREEZING
100 DEGREES BOILING |
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WHAT'S THE FORMULA FOR CONVERSION OF Fahrenheit to Celcius?
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C= 5/9 (F-32)
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The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure is called ?
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WIND
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What does one use to measure wind speed?
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ANEMOMETER
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Increased COOLING that can be caused by wind is named?
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WIND-CHILL FACTOR
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How are LOCAL WINDS caused?
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the unequal heating of Earth's surface within a small area.
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As WARM AIR on the land RISES, COOLER air from the sea or lake comes in beneath it, forming wind coming FROM the SEA and is called?
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SEA BREEZE
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As WARM AIR on the SEA rises, cooler air from the LAND moves out beneath it form wind coming FROM THE LAND called?
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LAND BREEZE
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GLOBAL WINDS OCCUR OVER A ____ AREA?
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LARGE
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The transfer of THERMAL ENERGY from HOTTER OBJECT TO COOLER ONE.
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heat
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The direct transfer of energy from one substance to another THAT IS TOUCHING is called?
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CONDUCTION
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The direct transfer of energy by ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (through space) is called?
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RADIATION
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The transfer of heat by movement of A FLUID (LIQUID OR GAS) is called ?
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CONVECTION
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CONVECTION CURRENTS ARE?
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Air near the ground that is heated and becomes less dense. cooler, denser air sinks forcing the warm air to rise.
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jesus loves who ?????
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you
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