Weather dynamics

Question 1

The set of day to day environments conditions

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Weather

Question 2

The study of how the movement of water and air causes weather patterns

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Weather Dynamics

Question 3

Shape - definite shape
Energy of particles - low
Fluidity - none
Speed - moves very slow

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Solid

Question 4

Shape - Shape of container
Energy of particles - Moderate
Density - moderate
Fluidity - flows
Speed - slower than gasses but faster than solids

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Liquid

Question 5

Shape - fill the container
Energy of particles - high
Density - least dense
Fluidity - flows
Speed - moves fast

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Gas

Question 6

A Lithosphere is what?

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Solids on Earth (land)

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Hydrosphere is what?

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Liquids of Earth (water)

Question 8

Atmosphere is what?

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Gases on Earth

Question 9

Troposphere is what?

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Where all the weather takes place

Question 10

A measure of average kinetic energy (speed) of particles
(Higher temp. = +KE)
(Lower temp. = -KE)
- Thermometer, *c

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Temperature

Question 11

Water (ice, snow or rain) that falls from the atmosphere.
-Rain gauge, mm
-Snow gauge, cm

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Precipitation

Question 12

The force that a column of air exerts on the air gauge below it
- Barometer, kilopascals (kPa)

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Atmospheric Pressure

Question 13

The amount of water vapor in the air
- Hygrometer or psychrometer, %

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Humidity

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How fast the air is moving
- Anemometer, km/h

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Wind speed

Question 15

The direction FROM which the wind originates
- Wind vane, compass points

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Wind Direction

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Measures the amount of sky that is covered by clouds
- Observation

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Sky cover

Question 17

Density + Temp. = ?

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+ temp = less dense (Particles move faster/ colliding off of each other, which creates more space)
- temp = more dense (Particles are slower and closer together and don’t have as much energy/ they don’t move around as much or as fast)

Question 18

Density + Pressure = ?

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+ Pressure = more dense (Particles are shoved into a more confined space forcing them to be squished together)
- Pressure = less dense (Particles have more space to move around/ more pace in between each of the particles)

Question 19

A measure of the % of light an objects reflects

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Albedo

Question 20

Objects that reflect more light than they absorb. (ex. snow, sand, ice)

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High albedo

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Absorbs more light than it reflects. (ex. roads, Forrest, dark surfaces)

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Low albedo

Question 22

The amount of energy (heat/solar energy) that must be absorbed to increase the temp/ 1g of a substance 1*c

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Specific Heat Capacity

Question 23

The capability of a substance to absorb energy!

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Heat Capacity

Question 24

An object that absorbs and stores energy. It becomes warmer but does not change state
(+ heat sink = good heat sinks)

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Heat sink

Question 25

Is the total amount of kinetic energy the particles in substance have. All objects contain thermal energy

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Thermal Energy

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Is the amount of thermal energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object

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Heat

Question 27

State = Solid Description = As particles are heated they collide with neighboring particles and pass kinetic energy

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Conduction

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State = Fluids (gas or liquid) Description = As particles in a fluid are heated the area expands, so becomes less dense, and therefore rises. As the area cools it contracts, is more dense and so descends.

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Convection/Advection

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State = no medium Description = Hot objects emit radiation via electromagnetic waves. The energy can be absorbed (by dark colors or reflected (by shiny/light colors)

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Radiation

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Convection cycle = ?

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1) Short wave radiation is absorbed! 2) Conduction heats air through collisions 3) Warm air, +KE/ Density -KE 4) Air cools becomes dense

Question 31

Process = ? Description = Solid -> liquid (ice to water Energy = Absorb (gain)

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Melting

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Process = ? Description = Liquid -> solid (water freezes) Energy = Release (lose)

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Solidification (Freezing)

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Process = ? Description = Liquid -> Gas (Water to water vapor) Energy = Absorb (gain)

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Evaporation

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Process =? Description = Gas -> liquid (water vapor to rain) Energy = Release (lose)

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Condensation

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Process = ? Description = Solid -> Gas (ice to gas) Energy = Absorb (gain)

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Sublimation

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Process = ? Description = Gas -> Solid (cloud to freezing rain) Energy = Release (lose)

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Deposition/ Sublimation

Question 37

Continental = land -Dry Maritime = Ocean - Wet/ Humid Polar/Arctic = Cold Tropical = Warm

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Air Masses