Study Guide Meteorology I Name ______

Study Guide Meteorology I Name ______

<p>Study Guide Meteorology I Name ______</p><p>1. What is ozone?</p><p>2. What layer of atmosphere contains weather?</p><p>3. Which layer of atmosphere is most thin?</p><p>4. What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?</p><p>5. Put the following gases in order from most abundant to least: O2, N2, CO2, and Ar </p><p>6. Increased altitudes have ______pressure because ______.</p><p>7. Higher elevations have ______temps.</p><p>8. Solid gas = ______Gas  solid = ______</p><p>9. Air that has reached its water vapor capacity is ______.</p><p>10. Which can hold more water vapor… Warm air or cold air?</p><p>11. What is dew point?</p><p>12. Walking across hot pavement, warming your feet, is what form of heat transfer?</p><p>13. Hand receiving energy from a fire is heat transfer through which method?</p><p>14. Heat flow that cycles (heat rises & cold sinks) is which form of heat transfer?</p><p>15. Which cloud is… cotton-like & puffy=______Low & rainy=______</p><p>16. Which cloud is… middle-altitude & layered =______High & wispy=______</p><p>17. How are clouds and fog different?</p><p>18. How does being near the ocean impact temperature fluctuations? Give an example.</p><p>19. How does having clouds impact daytime temperatures? </p><p>20. How does having clouds impact nighttime temperatures?</p><p>21. What does supercooled water mean?</p><p>22. Rain, snow, sleet and hail are examples of ______.</p><p>23. What is glaze?</p><p>24. What is sleet?</p><p>25. What type of weather exists in a high pressure system? ______Low Pressure? ______</p><p>26. What are isotherms? 27. What are isobars?</p><p>28. What do closely spaced isobars indicate?</p><p>29. What does Pressure Gradient influence about wind? ______Coriolis Effect? ______</p><p>30. Explain this flow diagram: Sun  Temperature  Pressure  Wind</p><p>31. Cyclones- low/high pressure? clockwise/counterclockwise?</p><p>32. Anticyclones- low/high pressure? clockwise/counterclockwise?</p><p>33. Label each diagram to the right as either… a. RISING or SINKING air b. HIGH or LOW pressure c. CLOUDY or CLEAR weather d. NORTHERN or SOUTHERN hemisphere</p><p>34. Fill in the chart below with an estimate of what the relative humidity would be, and predict if frost, dew, or neither would form.</p><p>Temperature Dew Point Relative Humidity Frost / Dew / Neither 50 45 65 35 48 48 30 30</p><p>35. Predict the temperature of Richmond, Greensboro, Louisville, and Philadelphia.</p>

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