Erau wx 201 test 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Lapse rate - Answer-The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude. Wind direction - Answer-the direction from which the wind is blowing a variable gas in the Earth's atmosphere is - Answer-water vapor Troposhere - Answer-The atmosphere layer closest to Earths surface in which we live Air molecules are held near the earth's surface by ____. - Answer-Gravity The Temperature of the tropopause is much _____ than the temperature at Earth's surface - Answer-col...