Meteorology Review Chapters 22-25

Question – What instrument do you use to measure atmospheric pressure? Answer – Barometer

Question – What 2 factors influence local winds? Answer – Local conditions & local temperature

Question – What is the name of the narrow, weak zone of variable winds at the equator called? Answer – The doldrums

Question – An object that travels north from the equator will curve in what direction? Answer – North because of the Coriolis Effect

Question – What is the dew point? Answer – The rate at which condensation equals the rate of evaporation

Question – T or F – condensation nuclei are needed in order for clouds to form? Answer – Definitely TRUE!

Question – What is hail? Answer – Precipitation in the form of lumps of ice.

Question – What is the most common form of solid precipitation? Answer – Snow

Question – What is advection fog? Answer – Fog that forms along coasts, where warm, moist air over the water moves over the land.

Question – What does the prefix –nimbo or the suffix –nimbus mean? Answer – Rain producing

Question –What happens to the rate of evaporation when the temperature decreases? Answer – It decreases

Question – When ice melts, is latent heat released or absorbed? Answer – Absorbed

Question – What air masses move eastward, toward Europe? Answer – Maritime polar Atlantic

Question – What are the 4 types of air masses? Answer – Continental polar, maritime polar, continental tropical, maritime tropical

Question – What do the weather map symbols H & L represent? Answer – Air pressure centers

Question – T or F – does radar measure lower- atmospheric pressure? Answer – FALSE

Question – What is a cold front? Answer – When a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass & lifts the warm air mass off the ground

Question – Finish this statement: Storms along a warm front …. Answer – Produce precipitation over a large area and are sometimes violent

Question – What is rain shadow? Answer – When a moving air mass hits a mountain, rises, cools, & loses most of its moisture through precipitation.

Question – What happens when sun heats water & the land? Answer – Water heats more slowly than the land does.

Question – When is a land breeze more likely to occur? Answer – noon

Question – How does fog differ from clouds? Answer – Forms closer to the ground

Question – How is thunder created? Answer – When lightening causes a rapid expansion & collapse of air

Question – What are 2 major factors that are used to identify climate? Answer – Temperature & precipitation

Vocabulary Coriolis Effect Trade Winds Westerlies Polar easterlies Convection Cells Absolute humidity Latent heat Coalescence Stratus clouds Dew point Supercooling Cirrus clouds Sublimation Relative humidity Condensation nucleus

More Vocabulary Continental polar Maritime polar Maritime tropical Continental tropical Blizzards Tornados Hurricanes Tsunamis Earthquakes Thunderstorms Avalanches Mudslides Volcanoes Droughts