Meteorology Review

As you rise further in the atmosphere, air pressure

• increases

• decreases

• does not change

• first increases, then decreases

Why does convection take place?

• warm air is more dense than light air

• warn and cold air have the same density

• cold air is less dense than warm air

• cold air is more dense than warm air

Where does water vapor in the atmosphere come from?

• evaporation from oceans

• evaporation from soil

• transpiration from plants

• the burning of fossil fuels

What do we call the amount of water that is in the air?

• Dew Point

• Humidity

• Temperature

• Pressure

A student was looking at a map that showed where hurricanes had formed. She noticed that more hurricanes formed over tropical oceans than over colder ocean areas. Which of these BEST explains why more hurricanes form over tropical oceans than cold oceans?

• Air has less moisture over tropical areas than over cold areas.

• Air has more moisture over tropical areas than over cold areas.

• Water has more waves in tropical oceans than over colder oceans.

• Water has fewer currents in tropical oceans than colder oceans.

The deflection of wind and water due to the rotation of the Earth

• Greenhouse Effect
• Coriolis Effect
• Milankovitch Cycles
• Global Warming

This type of front occurs when a cold front catches up with a warm front

• Occluded Front
• Cold Front
• Warm Front
• Stationary Front

A narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere

• Jet Stream
• doldrums
• westerlies
• polar easterlies

This type of front doesn't move for a long time, and the 2 air masses tend to move sideways

• cold front
• occluded front
• stationary front
• warm front

this is the boundary between 2 air masses

• front
• isotherm
• isobar
• millibar