Weather Factors Review

Rising warm air transports heat energy by:

Rain, sleet, and hail are all forms of:

The climate zones lying between 23.5º and 66.5º north and south latitude

The _________ extends from the top of the troposphere to the bottom of the mesosphere.

Local winds differ from global winds because they:

T or F:  On the Celsius scale, the freezing point of pure water is 0º.

An aneroid barometer is different from a mercury barometer in that it:

Although it is the shallowest layer, the ___ contains almost all of the mass of the atmosphere.

T or F:  People live in the thermosphere, or inner layer of the atmosphere.

Energy from the Sun travels to Earth's surface by:

A(n) ____ barometer measures air pressure using a metal chamber sensitive to pressure changes.

The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance is called:

Water in the form of a gas is called

T or F:  Dry air is 78% nitrogen and 21% carbon dioxide.

The instrument used to measure wind speed is ______.

Percentage of water vapor in the air compared to amount of water vapor the air can hold.

Heat transfer between two substances that are in direct contact is called:

On a mountaintop, a person becomes out of breath quickly because fewer _ molecules are present.

The part of atmosphere called the __, energy from the sun strikes gas molecules & causes a glow

Cool air tends to:

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place is known as

T or F:  As air pressure increases, the column of mercury in a barometer rises.

An instrument called a(n) ___ is used to measure how hot or cold the air is.

The part of the Earth system that contains all of Earth's water is called the:

As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressure:

The movement of air between the equator and the poles produces ___.

T or F:  Oceans make the temperatures of nearby land more extreme.

Water vapor enters the atmosphere by what process?

Mesosphere is the layer of atmosphere that protects Earth's surface from being hit by most ___.

The _____ of a substance can be calculated by dividing its mass by its volume.

A psychrometer is used to measure:

The ____, or elevation, of a mountaintop is its distance above sea level.

The process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere is called the _______.

The gas that is found in the greatest amount in the atmosphere is

Satellites orbit in the part of the thermosphere called the _____________.

Uneven heating of the atmosphere leads to differences in __, which causes wind.

Air has pressure because:

Scientists divide Earth's atmosphere into 4 main layers, classified according to changes in __.

T or F:  Most precipitation falls on the oceans.

T or F:  The increased cooling that a wind can cause is called the sea breeze factor.