ESS Unit 07.2 Vocab Quiz

What is adiabatic temperature change?

• Temperature change caused by compression or expansion of gas, which occurs without gain or loss of heat

• A large body of air that throughout has approximately the same temperature and humidity at any altitude

• The temperature at which the relative humidity of an area reaches 100 % and becomes saturated.

• The boundary between a warmer air mass and a cooler one

What is an air mass?

• A large body of air that throughout has approximately the same temperature and humidity at any altitude

• Temperature change caused by compression or expansion of gas, which occurs without gain or loss of heat

• The temperature at which the relative humidity of an area reaches 100 % and becomes saturated.

• Narrow bands of high-altitude, fast moving wind

What is the dew point?

• The temperature at which the relative humidity of an area reaches 100 % and becomes saturated.

• A boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days

• Air that is forced to lift over land (ex. mountains)

• Narrow bands of high-altitude, fast moving wind

What is a front in meteorology?

• The boundary between a warmer air mass and a cooler one

• The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature

• The state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.

• A boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days

What is a jet stream?

• Narrow bands of high-altitude, fast moving wind

• Air that is forced to lift over land (ex. mountains)

• The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature

• The state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.

What is orthographic lifting?

• Air that is forced to lift over land (ex. mountains)

• The state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.

• A boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days

• Narrow bands of high-altitude, fast moving wind

What is relative humidity?

• The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature

• The state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.

• A boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days

• The temperature at which the relative humidity of an area reaches 100 % and becomes saturated.

What is saturation?

• The state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.

• A boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days

• The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature

• The temperature at which the relative humidity of an area reaches 100 % and becomes saturated.

What is a stationary front?

• A boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days

• The boundary between a warmer air mass and a cooler one

• Narrow bands of high-altitude, fast moving wind

• Air that is forced to lift over land (ex. mountains)