Earth Science Test Review (Gasperson)

14. Which best explains why meteorologists find tornado formations so unpredictable

33. _____ is 265 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)

3. What are the three stages of a thunderstorm

4. Which type of lightbulb is the most efficient and most cost-effective

24. Which layer of the atmosphere is known to be the coldest layer

41. What distinguishes a super cell thunderstorm from a frontal thunderstorm or land mass thunderstorm

30. Where do tornadoes most often develop

11. The peer review process can take years and demands exacting standards

5. The Greenhouse Effect refers to _____________

33. Car engines build today are designed to be gas efficient. They MOST likely affect a city by reducing

34. The Auroras (Northern and Southern Lights) occur in which MAJOR layer of the atmosphere

38. How long does CH₄ (Methane) ramain in the atmosphere

35. Doppler radar shows a vertical rotating column of air with high wind speeds. What is most likely occuring

44. Measurments of carbon dioxide concentrations in the air taken over the past decade have shown a

45. A boundary between two air masses with different temperature and moisture characteristics is _____

17. _____ is responsible for 37% of Methand CH₄ emissions in the atmosphere

30. Which would reduce air pollution

20. The three main features of a hurricane are the eye, eye wall, and _____

15. Where do winter storms get their energy

2. In the US, tornadoes are most common where the ______ meet in the spring

49. How do conditions for a tornado differ from the conditions for a hurricane

22. What is the greatest source of Greenhouse Emissions

29. How long does N₂O (Nitrous Oxide) remain in the atmosphere

13. What role does runoff play in the water cycle

23. Most countries use the energy from fossil fuels. Why would scientists suggest using renewable sources of energy

8. What is the fuel or the engine that keeps a hurricane alive

40. In an experiment, the factor that we measure is called the ____

19. In order for a thunderstorm to form, moisture, lifting, and _____ must be present

7. Which most likely impacts the rotation of a hurricane that forms in the Atlantic Ocean

27. What happens if a hurricane moves over land or cold water

42. When wind develops speeds from 39 - 73 MpH, it is called _____

52. Where is tornado alley located

18. Which is NOT a renewable source of energy

6. What front results in days of stalled weather with clouds and sometimes rain or snow. The rain can be heavy or light

26. What is a thunderstorm

9. A severe storm which involves funnel clouds that reaches the ground is called _____

48. What is the clamest part of a hurricane

46. Hurricane season for the Atlantic is from June to Nov. Why is it less likely for them to form in March

50. By which method do most polluntants enter the atmosphere

44. Coughing, headaches, eye irritation, and/or lung cancer can be the result of _____

37. What part of a hurricane causes the most deaths

21. A blizzard, or large amount of snow with strong winds, would most likely be caused by a(n) _____

16. The transfer of electrical energy generated by the rigid rush of air in a cloud is _____

12. A continental tropical air mass will have what two characteristics

25. Which type of front most likely signals violent thrunderstorms

37. A self-sustaining, powerful storm that is characterized by updrafts and that can last for hours is called a _____

47. What is thunder

31. What would you expect to happen to the air pressure as a storm approaches

1. What is the most intense part of a hurricane

51. The sound produced by super heating of air expanding and contracting is called

39. Which country is NOT one of the top 5 reyclers

10. Who first hypothesized, in 1863, that doubling carbon dioxide would warm the Earth's surface temperature