Meteorology Review

What does insolation mean? (Pick 2)

• Incoming Solar Radiation

• Sunlight

• Moonlight

• Outgoing Solar Radiation

Which material on the specific heat chart heats up the fastest?

• Lead

• Liquid Water

• Solid Water

• Copper

Which of the following materials heats up the slowest?

• Dry air

• Copper

• Lead

• Granite

A barometer measures which of the following?

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Humidity

What instrument measures humidity?

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Sling Psychrometer

• Manometer

In a low pressure area, winds move

• inward and counterclockwise

• inward and clockwise

• outward and clockwise

• outward and counterclockwise

In a high pressure area, winds move

• outward and clockwise

• outward and counterclockwise

• inward and clockwise

• inward and counterclockwise

Continental Tropical weather (cT) is

• Dry and Warm

• Dry and Cold

• Wet and Cold

• Wet and Warm

This weather map symbol represents what type of front?

• Cold

• Warm

• Occluded

• Stationary

Which is the correct conversion from 1009.3 millibars to the station model format?

• 093

• 09.3

• 0093

• 009.3