Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Unit 6 meteorology
nina
24
Science
10th Grade
12/16/2015

Additional Science Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
118.layers of atmosphere[image]
Definition

Def.Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere


Sent.Airplanes fly in the stratosphere to get radio service.


Examples.troposphere/mesosphere

Term
119.changing states of water
Definition
def.
Term

120.latent

heat[image]

Definition

def. Energy let go and taken back by a body or thermodynamic system


Sent.who would have thought that the pretty dark earth ,was latent in the seed we planted?

 

Examples; melting/Evaporation

 

Term
121. saturation Point[image]
Definition

def.no more of something that ccan be absorbed or accepted.

 

Sent.The Earth's soil is saturated with nitrogen.

 

Examples:the solutions temperture/The solutions pressure

Term
122.relative Humidity[image]
Definition

Def.how much percentage in the air is water.

 

Sent.The relative humidity varies alot.

 

Examples:30 degrees/20 degrees

Term
123.Hydrometer[image]
Definition

def.a tool to measure gravity

 

Sent.i used a hydrometer when i was on the airplane

 

Examples:linear density /constant density

Term
124.dew Point[image]
Definition

def.the atmospheric temperature 

Sent.The dew point in texas is 70 degrees

Examples;80 degrees/90 degrees

Term
125.Adiabatic rates [image]
Definition

def.temperture fall but increases in altitude

Sent.i was mad when the adiabatic came because it was hot and all but the wind messed up my hair.

Examples;humidity/rainfall

Term
126.clouds[image]
Definition

def. water vapor floating in the atmosphere in the sky

Sent. i was looking at the beautiful clouds in the sky

Examples;mashmellow/white smoke

Term
127.Air mass[image]
Definition

def. a large amount of air pressure, temperture and humidity

Sent.we had air mass flow sensory promblems.

Examples;smoke/heat

 

Term
128.Air pressure[image]
Definition

def.the pressure exterted bt the atmosphere

sent

Term
129.barometer [image]
Definition

def.something that measures atmospheric pressure  

 

 

Sent.In the northern region, where the barometer rises o 38 in.



Examples;meter/compus

 

Term
130.wind[image]
Definition

def.natural movement of air

Sent.The wind blew so hard it flipped the pages in the book outside.

 

Example;pv array/wind generator 

Term
131.isobar map[image]
Definition

def.a line on a map connecting points the atmosphere pressure ata certain time.


sent.is class we learned how to read a isbor map

 


Examples;topographic/climate

Term
132.factors affecting winds[image]
Definition

def.pressure gradient forces,coriolis effect and friction

 

Sent.i was about the factors affecting winds

 

Examples;convection current/opposite rotations

Term
133.condensation nuclei[image]
Definition

def.cloud seeds

 

sent.I knew we had to use condensation nuclei to make the clouds work better for are science project

 

Examples;CCN/small particles,cloud droplets

Term
134.cyclones[image]
Definition

def.a system of winds rotating inward


sent. the wind pulled her into the cyclones and she died.


 examples:tsunami/tornadoe

Term
135.anticyclones[image]
Definition

def.a weather system with high atmospheric pressure at its center, around which air slowly circulates in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. Anticyclones are associated with calm, fine weather.


Sent.Anticyclones are opposite to cyclones


example;cycle/high pressure area

Term
136.cold front[image]
Definition

def.When cooler dense mass is being replaced with warmer.

 

sent.There was a cold front located in chicago

 

Example:seasons /putting food in the fridge

 

 

Term
137.warm fronts[image]
Definition

def.the warm sector of a low-pressure system


sent.warm fronts goes on top of the cold fronts


Examples:

Term
138.stationary front[image]
Definition

def.a cold air mass and a warm air mass is stationary


Sent.A wide variety of weather can be found along a stationary front,


Examples;heat/ac

Term
139.Occluded front[image]
Definition

def.a composite front formed when a cold front overtakes a war front and forces it move.


sent.An occluded front is formed during something called cyclogenesis


Examples;39degrees ferihiet /cold air receding

Term
141.El nino[image]
Definition

def.an irregularly occurring and misunderstanding series of climatic changes affecting the equator Pacific region and  every few years

Sent.The El Niño of 1997-98 was the worst on record.



Examples;pacific climate change

Term
144.ozonelayer[image]
Definition

def.something that  absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun.


sent.airplanes fly under theozone to get better signal


Example;tropospher/stratosphere

Supporting users have an ad free experience!