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Mr. Williams - Earth & Environmental Science
Chapter 19 Test
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Science
10th Grade
03/26/2013

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Term

Yes or No

 

Dew forms when warm air cools below the freezing point.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

Frost sublimates as temperatures drop below a subfreezing dew point.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

Supercooled cloud droplets exist as liquid at many degrees below freezing.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Nimbus-type clouds often bring rain.

Definition

Yes

 

Term

Yes or No

 

The horse latitudes exist only in the Northern Hemisphere.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

The speed and direction of major wind systems are the results of pressure gradients, the Coriolis effect, and drag or friction.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

The higher the temperature of the air, the more moisture it can hold.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Windchill doesn't actually lower the temperatures of exposed surfaces-it just makes the air feel colder.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

A northeast wind is one that blows toward the northeast.

Definition
No
Term
The three types of solid precipitation are snow, sleet, and ______.
Definition
hail
Term
The dew point is the temperature at which the relative humidity is equal to _______.
Definition
100%
Term
The local winds that blow from high up on mountain slopes into the valleys below at night are _______ breezes.
Definition
mountain
Term
The air within a cyclonic system in the Northern Hemisphere moves in a ____________ direction.
Definition
counterclockwise
Term
Winds tend to curve over great distances because of the ________.
Definition
Coriolis effect
Term
A(n) ________ is an instrument used to measure the humidity of the air.
Definition
hygrometer
Term
An anemometer is an instrument that reports wind ________.
Definition
speed
Term
The Celsius temperature scale has _______ degrees between the boiling and freezing points of water.
Definition
100
Term
Snow flakes in clouds form by the process of...
Definition
deposition
Term
During hail, where does the water actually freeze?
Definition
high up within the rain cloud
Term
During freezing rain, where does the water actually freeze?
Definition
when the water drop hits a solid object
Term

All the following are forms of precipitation except

-dew

-hail

-rain

-snow

Definition
dew
Term
In what type of clouds does hail usually form?
Definition
cumulonimbus
Term
Which type of cloud never produces rain?
Definition
cirrus
Term
What is the prefix used when naming mid-altitude cloud types?
Definition
alto-
Term
If the dew point high in the troposphere is -3.0oC, then pollen grains and dust particles there will act as...
Definition
freezing nuclei
Term
Water cannot enter the atmosphere by...
Definition
condensation
Term
Sea breezes are caused by...
Definition
land absorbing the sun's energy more rapidly than water does.
Term
The global winds that drive most weather in the United States are the...
Definition
prevailing westerlies
Term
Which of the following is not a property of an anticyclone in the Northern Hemisphere?
Definition
It is a low-pressure zone.
Term
Wind typically blows from areas of _________ to areas of _______.
Definition
high pressure to low pressure
Term
An instrument used to remotely measure precipitation and wind speeds in storms is a(n)...
Definition
Doppler radar
Term
What property of wind does an anemometer measure?
Definition
wind speed
Term
What kind of instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
Definition
barometer
Term
The scientific study of the atmosphere is known as...
Definition
meteorology
Term

Yes or No

 

Unlike coal-fired and nuclear power plants, wind farms produce no adverse effects on the environment surrounding them.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

Scientists chose the freezing and boiling points of water to anchor various temperature scales because they were easily reproducible in labs everywhere.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

A northeast wind is one that blows toward the northeast.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

Windchill doesn't actually lower the temperatures of exposed surfaces-it just makes the air feel colder.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

The higher the temperature of the air, the more moisture it can hold.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Anemometers mainly report wind direction.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

The Coriolis effect increases as latitude increases.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

The speed and direction of major wind systems are the results of pressure gradients, the Coriolis effect, and drag or friction.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

The atmospheric region above the Equator creates an area of permanent high pressure.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

The horse latitudes exist only in the Northern Hemisphere.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

The winds that you feel from day to day are driven by the global wind patterns.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

Chinooks and similar winds blow from high pressure in cold mountains to low pressure in lowlands, warming as they fall in altitude.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Some butterflies have migrated from Canada to Mexico.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Clouds are made of water vapor.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

Adibabtic cooling is a kind of heat transfer by convection.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

Nimbus-type clouds often bring rain.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Supercooled cloud droplets exist as liquid at many degrees below freezing.

Definition
Yes
Term

Yes or No

 

Dew forms when warm air cools below the freezing point.

Definition
No
Term

Yes or No

 

Frost sublimates as temperatures drop below a subfreezing dew point.

Definition
No
Term
measures in percentages
Definition
hygrometer
Term
measures in psi, Pa, and other units
Definition
barometer
Term
measures in compass degrees
Definition
wind vane
Term
measures in kts
Definition
anemometer
Term
measures in mm water
Definition
rain gauge
Term
measures in degrees C or F
Definition
thermometer
Term

Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:

 

frost forms here

Definition
see p. 468
Term

Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:

 

hailstones form by convection in this environment

Definition
see p. 467
Term

Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:

 

sleet forms in this part of the atmosphere

Definition
see p. 467
Term

Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:

 

freezing rain becomes solid here

Definition
see p. 466
Term

Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:

 

rain forms in these environments (two answers)

Definition
see p. 463 and 466
Term

Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:

 

fog develops here

Definition
see p. 462
Term

Be able to answer the following by looking at a diagram:

 

snow forms in this enviornment (two answers)

Definition
see p. 462 and 467
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