Science 1089|40 Self Test Review End Of Sem Questions With Answers
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Science 1089
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Science 1089
polar - ️️Tundra and ice cap are two climate types in the ______________ climate group.
radiosonde - ️️A ______________ is an instrument package that records and transmits data about temperature, pressure, and humidity in the upper troposphere and the stratosphere.
rotation - ️️The Co...
Science 1089|40 Self Test Review End Of
Sem Questions
polar - ✔ ✔ Tundra and ice cap are two climate types in the ______________ climate group.
radiosonde - ✔ ✔ A ______________ is an instrument package that records and transmits data
about temperature, pressure, and humidity in the upper troposphere and the stratosphere.
rotation - ✔ ✔ The Coriolis effect is the effect of Earth's _____________ on global air circulation.
satellites - ✔ ✔ Weather _________________ transmit photographs of the changes in Earth's
weather systems as the changes happen.
anemometer - ✔ ✔ An ________________ is used to measure wind speed.
angle - ✔ ✔ Since vertical rays from the sun concentrate more energy upon Earth than rays
approaching at an _____________, Earth receives most heat energy at noon.
barometric - ✔ ✔ If the _______________ pressure drops steadily, the weather will become
unsettled and possibly stormy; if it rises steadily, the atmosphere will probably become clearer and
drier.
Climate - ✔ ✔ ______________ is the average weather conditions in a certain area over a long
period of time.
cold - ✔ ✔ When a strong cold air mass meets a weaker warm air mass moving in the opposite
direction, a ______________ front forms.
continental - ✔ ✔ The _____________ climate group is divided into warm summer, cool summer,
and subarctic climate types.
dry - ✔ ✔ The _____________ climate group, divided into arid and semiarid climate types, is
identified by low annual precipitation and by large temperature variations.
humid subtropical - ✔ ✔ A _______________ climate is ideal for growing many food and fiber crops
because of year-round rain, mild winters, and warm humid summers.
humidity - ✔ ✔ The presence of water vapor in the atmosphere is called ________________.
hygrometer - ✔ ✔ A barometer is used to measure atmospheric pressure, and a _______________ is
used to measure humidity in the air.
isobars - ✔ ✔ On a weather map, ______________ connect points of equal atmospheric pressure
and help identify
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