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what is the most common gasses in the atmosphere?
- oxygen
- nitrogen
- water vapor.
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whats the result of too much CO2?
globel warming
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whats the result of too little CO2?
too much uv, skin cancer
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whats the result of too much dust in the atmosphere?
cooling effect
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which is warmist?
100 F
100 C
100 K
100 C
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what is the atmospheric sea level pressure?
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the phase change of water to liquid vapor is called?
evaporation.
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which is a shorter wavelength?
ultraviolet
infrared
ultraviolet
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why is the sky blue?
incoming light waves are scattered by air molecules.
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what causes the four seasons?
- axis tilt
- orbit around the sun
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what indicates more moistered with RH?
60 temp/50 RH
75 temp/ 50 RH
75 temp/50 RH
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which indicates more moisture with dew point?
60 temp/60 dew point
90 temp/40 dew point
30 temp/ 30 dew point
60 tepm/ 60 dew point
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how do clouds form?
rising warm moist air, cools and condenses.
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puffy fair weather clouds frequently seen over florida are what?
cumulus.
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thunderstorm clouds are called what?
cumulo nimbus
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fog is what cloud and catagory?
stratus.
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rising air, continues to rise at a ______ situation. a small change of tempertature with height means the atmospshere is______
unstable, stable
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hail must have a ______ and is not a _____season type of precipitation.
thunderstorm, winter.
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what is opposing motion?
FR, friction
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what force deflects to the right?
CO, coriolis.
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what force pulls downward?
G, gravity.
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what is the driving force?
pressure
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what force always acts from high to low pressure?
Pg
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what forces are fictitious?
CO, and CE.
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the balance between the pressure gradient and coriolis forces is what kind of wind?
geostrophic
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the U.S is under which part of the earths general circulation?
westerlies
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weather systems that affect florida come from which direction?
- cold winter= westerlies
- hot summer= summer tradewinds.
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what is seabreaze?
warm rising land air is replaced by cool ocean air.
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how much land does a hirricane cover?
100 miles
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ehat kind of condition is need to form a hurricane?
warm water.
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how strong are hurrican winds.
75 mph and up
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whats the state hit most by hurricanes?
florida
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how much land does a tornado cover?
100 yards.
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how does a tornado form?
cold, dry air over warm, humid air.
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how strong is a tornado?
strongest recorded, 300 mph winds.
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what state is number one for number of tornadoes?
texas
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what state is number is number one for tornado deaths?
mississippi.
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what state is number one for sevarity?
oklahoma.
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what state is number one for frequency?
florida
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advancing continental polar air is ____and____ and is led by a __________ with _______
cold, dry, cold front, quick rain
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what kind of weather is experienced nehind a warm front?
- warn
- cumulus clouds
- southwest wind
- maritime tropical air
- 40% chance of rain
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