Atmospheric and Earth Science Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Geography

Download Atmospheric and Earth Science Terms and Definitions and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 stable DEFINITION 1 stable parcel of air resists displacement upward, or when disturbed returns to starting place TERM 2 unstable DEFINITION 2 cloudy skies, high pressure, ELR>DALR TERM 3 conditionally stable DEFINITION 3 varies from stable and unstable TERM 4 Troposphere DEFINITION 4 where almost all weather takes place,higher you go, colder it gets TERM 5 Stratosphere DEFINITION 5 Contains ozone layertemp stays same or gets hotter as you get higher TERM 6 Mesosphere DEFINITION 6 Temp gets colder as you get higher TERM 7 Thermosphere DEFINITION 7 Temp gets hotter drastically has you get higher TERM 8 Ozone Layer DEFINITION 8 in stratosphere, contains ozone which absorbs most of sun's UV radiation TERM 9 Constant Gases DEFINITION 9 Nitrogen, 78%Oxygen 20.9% TERM 10 Variable Gases DEFINITION 10 Water Vapor 0.25%Carbon Dioxide 0.038%Ozone 0.01% TERM 21 Atmosphere DEFINITION 21 Where weather occurs, the gaseous veil surrounding earth TERM 22 Eratosthenes DEFINITION 22 Earlieast geographer TERM 23 Alexander von Humboldt DEFINITION 23 known as one of the early founders of modern geography TERM 24 latent heat DEFINITION 24 heat energy added to substance while allowing temp to remain the same TERM 25 Heat DEFINITION 25 total kinetic energy sum of all molecules of an object/substance TERM 26 Conduction DEFINITION 26 heat transfer thru matter by molecular activity TERM 27 Convection DEFINITION 27 heat transfer by mass movement of molecules TERM 28 Radiation DEFINITION 28 wavelike transfer of energy TERM 29 Heat Budget DEFINITION 29 accounts for incoming ShortWave radiation, and outgoing LongWave TERM 30 Water Currents DEFINITION 30 warm water gets pushed towards cooler water; vice versa TERM 31 Pressure Gradient Force (PGF) DEFINITION 31 determines wind SPEED and DIRECTIONsteeper gradient=stronger winds TERM 32 Coriolis Force (CF) DEFINITION 32 deflects winds to right in NH and left in SH TERM 33 Geostrophic Winds DEFINITION 33 flow parallel to isobars TERM 34 Jet Stream DEFINITION 34 band of narrow air currents that influence surface weather patterns TERM 35 Surface Winds DEFINITION 35 flow across isobars due to PGF, CF, and frictional forces