TEST BANK GEOSYSTEMS METEROLOGY TEST
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barometer - ANSWER device used to measure air pressure
anemometer - ANSWER device used to measure wind speed
hygrometer - ANSWER device used to measure water vapor content of the atmosphere
psychrometer - ANSWER device used to measure relative humidity
thermometer - ANSWER device used to measure temperature
percipitation - ANSWER any form of water than falls from a cloud
vaporization - ANSWER process of changing a liquid into a gas
sublimation - ANSWER process of changing a solid into a gas
latent heat - ANSWER describes the "hidden" heat that does not change temperature but is used to
change the state of a substance; heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at constant
temperature and pressure
condensation - ANSWER process of changing a gas into a liquid
, deposition - ANSWER process of changing a vapor to a solid
humidity - ANSWER amount of water vapor in the air
saturation - ANSWER the point at which the number of water-vapor molecules returning to the surface
of a liquid equals the amount leaving
relative humidity - ANSWER a ratio of the air's actual water-vapor content compared with the amount of
water vapor air can hold at that temperature and pressure. It indicates how near the air is to saturation,
rather than the actual quantity of water vapor in the air
Earth's Atmosphere - ANSWER 78% Nitrogen
21% Oxygen
1% argon, carbon dioxide, vapor/dust/ozone
ozone formula - ANSWER O3
primary pollutants of the atmospher - ANSWER carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organics,
sulfur oxides, and particulates
troposphere - ANSWER closest layer to the Earth where most of the important weather phenomena
occur
stratosphere - ANSWER most of the ozone is concentrated here, also characterized by increasing
temperature with height
mesosphere - ANSWER temperature decreases here and meteors are seen
thermosphere - ANSWER very hot here but very few gas molecules, also where the space station orbits
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