Atmospheric Science Review

Process by which clouds are formed

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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Process by which heat energy moves through the atmosphere

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• evaporation

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Layer of the atmosphere where the coldest air temperature is located. Meteroids "burn up" when they encounter this layer because of friction.

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

Largest component of the atmosphere

• Carbon Dioxide

• Argon

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

Second largest component of the atmosphere

• Carbon Dioxide

• Argon

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

This atmospheric layer is located within the stratosphere; it contains a substance that blocks harmful UV radiation

• Troposphere

• Ozone Layer

• Ionosphere

• Cloud Layer

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

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Both El Nino and La Nina have this in common

• Influence birds that migrate over the ocean

• Influence rainy / dry weather world wide

• The weather at the polar regions

• The directions that ships travel in the oceans

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During an El Nino, trade winds are typically...

• about average

• stronger

• weaker

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The movement of deep, cold, nutrient filled water to the surface of the ocean is..

• Ocean Current

• Upwelling

• Deep Currents

• Surface Currents

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