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Chapter 22 Test ?'s Earth/SpSci
Chapter 22 Test ?'s
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12th Grade
05/18/2010

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Avg. temp. are lower near the poles bc sunlight strikes the ground at angle:
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smaller than 90 degrees
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The narrow bands of high-speed winds that blow in the upper atmostphere
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jet streams
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Winds that extend ove rdistances of less than 100 km are:

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Breezes

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Solar radiation that is not relflected back into the atmosphere
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is absorbed by surface materials
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Albedo is the fraction of solar radiation reaching Earth that is
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reflected
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Prevailing winds that blow throughout the contiguous U.S. are called
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Westerlies
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Which processes remove water vapor from the air
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Condensation and precipitation
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The warming of the surface adn lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases in the air absorb and reradiate infrared radiation:
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Greenhouse effect
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The two most abundant compounds in the atmosphere are carbon dioxide and
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water vapor
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A delay b/w Earth's absorption of solar energy and an increase in temp. makes the warmest part of a day
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afternoon
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As elevation increases in the troposphere, what changes happen with the temp. and air pressure
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As elevation increases, temp. and pressure both increases
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What are the two most abundant elements in the Earth's atmosphere
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nitrogen and oxygen
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What uses the bending sides of a sealed metal container to measure atmospheric pressure
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aneroid barometer
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One harmful effect of temp. inversions is
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smog
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What two things are not components of the Earth's atmosphere
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atmospheric pressure/gravity
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