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ATMO 1300 ECU EXAM 1 Questions with Complete Solutions

______ their life cycle, north Atlantic hurricanes are guided by the trade winds. - ️️Early in ______ their life cycle, north Atlantic hurricanes are guided by the trade winds. - ️️Early in _________ forms when ice crystals melt as they fall through a warm layer of air with temperatures above 32°F well above the surface and then refreeze on their way down to the ground. - ️️Sleet __________ is not (are not) favorable condition(s) for the formation of a tropical cyclone. - ️️P...

Absorption - ️️Substance absorbs radiation it gains energy Temperature increases Aerosols - ️️Small solid particles Combustion by-products, dust Important in cloud formation Air heated by Earth's surface - ️️conduction atmosphere - ️️Has mass therefore weight due to gravity Gravity - downward directed force Very shallow depth (relative sense) Atmospheric Gases - ️️Permanent Gases - distribution remains constant Variable Gases - distribution varies in space and ti...

A _____ atmosphere exists when a parcel of air can be lifted to a level where it becomes saturated, a cloud forms, and the rising parcel becomes warmer than the air surrounding it - ️️conditionally stable A lifted parcel of air will be colder (heavier) that the air surrounding it. Because of this fact, the lifted parcel will tend to sink back to its original position. - ️️stable atmosphere A lifted parcel of air will be warmer (lighter) than the air surrounding it, and thus will contin...

Can you identify a in an upper air map - ️️yes Can you identify fronts on a weather map? - ️️Yes how do fronts slope with height? - ️️Cold front- Steep Warm Front- Gradual How do you "decode" a pressure reading on a station diagram? - ️️If the pressure is above 550 put a 9 in front if its under put a 10 IE:> 850 ->>>> 9850 How is a 5 kt wind signified on a station diagram? a 10 kt wind? a 50 kt wind? - ️️dash off of wind direction line (dash-5kt) How ...

atmo 1300 final exam | actual questions and answers | latest atmosphere - life giving blanket of air that surrounds the earth weather - condition of the atmosphere at any particular time and place weather elements - air temperature, humidity, clouds, precipitation, wind, visibility climate - average weather of a region meteorology - study of the atmosphere and its phenomena middle latitude cyclonic storm - sprawling storm with extensive bank of clouds hurricanes - tropica...

What are clouds composed of? - ANSWER-Tiny liquid water drops &/or ice crystals What is the diameter of the average could droplet - ANSWER-.0008 What to growth processes largely depend on? - ANSWER-Temperature To be considered a Warm cloud the temperature has to be ______ throughout the cloud - ANSWER-about 0 degrees What is the growth process that leads to precipitation in warm clouds? - ANSWER-Collision-Coalescence What is Coalescence? - ANSWER-The merging of cloud droplets I...

Which of the following parcels of air would have the highest saturation vapor pressure? -10 degrees -20 degrees -30 degrees -40 degrees - ANSWER-40 degrees Which parameter indicates the actual amount of water vapor in air? - ANSWER-Dew point When a parcel of air is saturated, what is its Relative Humidity? - ANSWER-100% If a parcel of air is saturated and its temperature is 60 degrees, what is its dew point temperature? - ANSWER-60 degrees -If a parcel of air is saturated, the ...

There is a net _______ of energy at the surface and a net _____ of energy by the atmosphere - ANSWER-gain; loss Conduction causes... - ANSWER-heat transfer to air in contact with ground Convection causes... - ANSWER-this air near the surface to rise like a helium balloon mixing heat throughout the atmosphere The energy used to change the phase of a substance and it is transferred in the atmosphere through convection - ANSWER-Latent Heat A cooling process - ANSWER-evaporation A war...