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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