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What is an isobar?
a line on a map connecting points having the same atmospheric pressure at a given time or on average over a given period.
a line on a map connecting points that have the same elevation
a line on a map connecting points at the same latitude
a line on a map connecting points at the same atmospheric position
What is a barometer?
a tool used to measure wind speed
a tool used to measure atmospheric pressure
a tool used to measure sunspots
a tool used to measure global positioning
What is an Isotherm?
An imaginary line that connects areas with similar average low temperatures during the coldest month of the year
An imaginary line that connects areas with similar average low temperatures during the warmest month of the year
An imaginary line that connects areas with similar average high temperatures during the coldest month of the year
An imaginary line that connects areas with similar average low temperatures during the coldest month of the decade
What is the mesosphere?
a layer of Earth's atmosphere. directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
the layer in the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere.
the second-lowest layer of the atmosphere of Earth, located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere
Earth's outermost atmospheric layer, a very thin, sparse region where air gradually fades into outer space.
What is the thermosphere
the layer in the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere.
the second-lowest layer of the atmosphere of Earth, located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere
a layer of Earth's atmosphere. The mesosphere is directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
Lobster Thermidor
What is the exosphere?
Earth's outermost atmospheric layer, a very thin, sparse region where air gradually fades into outer space.
the second-lowest layer of the atmosphere of Earth, located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere
the layer in the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere.
a layer of Earth's atmosphere. The mesosphere is directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
What is oxygen
The second most abundant gas in Earth's lower atmosphere, and the one animals need to breathe. It's about 21% of all the gas in the atmosphere.
The most abundant type of gas in Earth's lower atmosphere. It's about 78% of all the gas in the lower atmosphere.
The third most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere. It's less than 1% of all the gas in the atmosphere.
A gas that is in the ground
What is argon
The third most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere. It's less than 1% of all the gas in the atmosphere.
The most abundant type of gas in Earth's lower atmosphere. It's about 78% of all the gas in the lower atmosphere.
The second most abundant gas in Earth's lower atmosphere, and the one animals need to breathe. It's about 21% of all the gas in the atmosphere.
Pirate gas
What is nitrogen?
The most abundant type of gas in Earth's lower atmosphere. It's about 78% of all the gas in the lower atmosphere.
The second most abundant gas in Earth's lower atmosphere, and the one animals need to breathe. It's about 21% of all the gas in the atmosphere.
The third most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere. It's less than 1% of all the gas in the atmosphere.
Farts.
What is Carbon Dioxide
The fourth most common gas in Earth's atmosphere. It's around 0.04% of the gas in Earth's atmosphere (That's about 400 molecules out of every million molecules in the air, or 4 ppm)
The most abundant type of gas in Earth's lower atmosphere. It's about 78% of all the gas in the lower atmosphere.
The second most abundant gas in Earth's lower atmosphere, and the one animals need to breathe. It's about 21% of all the gas in the atmosphere.
The third most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere. It's less than 1% of all the gas in the atmosphere.
What is the Stratosphere?
the second-lowest layer of the atmosphere of Earth, located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere
the layer in the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere.
a layer of Earth's atmosphere. The mesosphere is directly above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
Earth's outermost atmospheric layer, a very thin, sparse region where air gradually fades into outer space.
What is a Tropical climate zone?
A zone bounded on the north and south by a 18 degree celsius isotherm
A beach zone
A zone bounded on the north by an 18 degree celsius isotherm and south by a 10 degree celsius isotherm
A zone bounded on the north by the pole and south by a 10 degree celsius isotherm
What is a temperate climate zone?
Bounded on the poleward side by the 10 degree celsius isotherm and on the equator side by the 18 degree celsius isotherm
Bounded on the poleward side by the 30 degree celsius isotherm and on the equator side by the 22 degree celsius isotherm
Bounded on the poleward side by the 1 degree celsius isotherm and on the equator side by the 20 degree celsius isotherm
Bounded on the poleward side by the 5 degree celsius isotherm and on the equator side by the 10 degree celsius isotherm
What is the Polar climate zone?
Bounded by the 10 degree celsius isobar. At poles.
REALLY HOT
Freezing
Temperatures are high during the summer and low during the winter
Define weather
Atmospheric conditions at a particular time and place
Average weather over a long period of time
Average moon positions throughout the month
Average water levels.. somewhere.
Define Climate
The average weather over a long period of time, usually 30 years.
Atmospheric conditions at a particular time and place
Climbing ants
When it snows over a month
How are winds named?
By the direction they are coming from
By the weather patterns they follow
By the strength of gust
By their given names. This wind's name is Stephen.
What two factors can make wind speed increase?
Difference in air pressure, distance between pressure levels
Difference in strength, distance between sunlight
Difference in moonlight, distance between dimensions
Difference in magic, distance between incantations
What does high air pressure generally cause?
Sunny weather
Cloudy weather
Stormy weather
Tornados!
What does low air pressure generally cause?
Cloudy weather
Sunny weather
Surfing weather
Jack O'Lantern weather
What are the three cells that make up the six global wind zones?
Polar, Ferrell, Hadley
Poehler, Farrell, Hammond
Poe, Farnsworth, Holland
Poindexter, Fluffernutter, Hoobastank
What is the Coriolis effect?
The deflection of moving objects (like wind, water, or planes) on a rotating body, caused by the Earth's spin, making them curve right in the Northern Hemisphere and left in the Southern Hemisphere relative to their path
The curving of liquids and airmasses caused by the magnetic poles
The spinning of fluids based on the orbit of the earth around the sun
The flipping of water via the power of friendship.
What are some characteristics of global winds?
Affected by the Coriolis effect. Occur over hundreds of kilometers. They do not change their direction
Affected by geological features. Occur over short distances. They can happen in any direction.
Affected by the Coriolis effect. Occur over short distances. Are vertical.
Affected by geological features. Occur over hundreds of kilometers. The move diagonally.
What are characteristics of Local winds
Affected by geological features. Occur over short distances. They can happen in any direction.
Not Affected by geological features. Occur over long distances. Happen in predictable direction.
They are warm and fast and large
They are cold and spin in a 10-6 curve
How does wind in a low pressure system move?
Counterclockwise
Clockwise
up
Down
How does wind in a high pressure system move?
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
Vertically
Horizontally
What kind of weather do you typically see in an area with high barometric pressure?
Warm sunny and clear weather
Overcast
Snow
Locust. from the sky.
What weather does a warm front usually bring?
Usually clouds and drizzle or light rain and warming temperatures
Usually clear air, sunny skies, and a slow increase in temperature.
Usually severe storms and a rapid increase in temperature
Usually whatever weather has been happening just keeps happening.
What type of weather usually happens as a cold front moves in?
Precipitation followed by falling temperatures and clearing skies
Rain followed by rising temperatures
Rain for days and days
It gets gradually cloudier and then warms up.
When a cold air mass pushes into a warm one, it's called...
A warm front
A cold front
An occluded front
A confrontation front
Why is a "team" a good metaphor for an air mass?
Air in an air mass has similar characteristics, like a team has uniforms.
Air masses wear the same uniforms
Air masses practice a lot
Air in an air mass always wants to win.
In the air mass symbols cP and cA, what does the "c" mean?
Continental
Concluded
Corn muffin
Cooperative
How are air masses identified?
By their temperature and humidity
By their altitude and humidity
By their pressure and altitude
By their temperature and location
What type of front produces gentle rain showers?
Warm front
Occluded front
Stationary front
Cold front
What type of front involves 3 different air masses?
occluded front
stationary front
warm front
cold front
What type of front has clear skies?
warm front
Stationary front
cold front
occluded front
What type of front creates violent thunderstorms?
Warm front
Stationary front
occluded front
cold front
What type of front has rain showers and thunderstorms?
What are properties of a continental arctic air mass?
VERY cold, dry
Cold, dry
Hot, very dry
Cooler, lots of moisture
What air mass is warm with lots of moisture?
Maritime tropical
Continental tropical
Continental Polar
Maritime Polar
What Air mass is hot and very dry
Continental arctic
Continental polar
Continental tropical
maritime tropical
