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| How does weather and climate differ ? |
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| Weather is the events occuring now and climate is weather that occurs years long |
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| List the items found in the atmosphere along with its percentages. |
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| Nitrogen-78% Oxygen-21% other gases-2% |
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| Explain the difference between primary pollutants and secondary pollutants. |
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| Primary pollutant- pollutants that enter the atmosphere from a visible, secondary pollutant-pollutants that enter the atmosphere through other methods |
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| Where is ozone found ? What is its purpose ? |
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| Ozone is in the stratosphere-purpose is to lock in the heat |
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| What happens to pressure and temperature as you increase in altitude ? |
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| Pressure and temperature decreases |
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| Explain the differences between rotation and revolution. |
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| Rotation spinning on its axis (day and night) and revolution is the revolving around a body (365.25 days) |
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| List the layers of the atmosphere in order from the earth's surface upward. |
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| Troposphere,stratosphere,mesosphere,thermosphere |
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| Explain the difference between solstice and equinox. |
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| Solstice-winter(shorter day,longer nights),summer(longer day,shorter night) |
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| Differentiate between the three ways heat is transferred. |
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| Conduction,radiation,convection |
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| What happens to solar radiation ? |
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| 50% is absorbed on earth,20% is absorbed in clouds,30% is reflected off clouds |
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| Explain the difference between reflection and scattering. |
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| Reflection- rays bouncing off clouds,scattering-rays are moving in all directions |
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| List the ways temperature can vary on Earth. |
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| Land heats up quick and cools quickly,water heats up slowly and cools slowly,as you move up a mountain temperature cools off,as you move up in altitude temperatures cool down,clouds help lock in the temperatures at night and reflect off radiation during the day |
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| How do temperatures vary from land to sea ? |
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| Land heats up quick and cools quickly,water heats up slowly and cools slowly |
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| What is albedo and how does it change from day and night ? |
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| Clouds help lock in temperature at night and reflect off radiation during the day |
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| How does altitude affect temperatures ? |
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| As you move up in altitude temperatures cool down |
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| Explain air pressure.What unit do we measure pressure ? |
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| Air pressure in a force exerted in all directions,measured in millibars |
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| What is a barometer ? List the two types |
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| Tool measuring air pressure,mercury and aneroid |
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| Sun and pressure differences |
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| Winds move from a ____to____pressure systems |
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| Describe an isobar: What happens if they are closely spaced together ? Far apart ? |
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| Isobars are lines of equal pressure,closely spaced lines are low pressure and widely spaced lines are high pressure |
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| Describe a high and low pressure system.Include weather conditions too. |
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| High pressure system-good weather(anti-cyclone moving clockwise),low pressure-stormy weather(cyclone-counterclockwise) |
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| What direction does the Coriolis effect spin the Northern Hemisphere ? |
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| How does friction affect wind ? |
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| What direction does the jet stream travel in the Northern Hemisphere ? |
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| Where do you find friction at its strongest point ? |
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| Describe the movement of cyclones and anticyclones. |
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| cyclones move conterclockwise,anticyclones move clockwise |
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| Describe the movement of trade winds,westerlies and polar easterlies |
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| trade winds move east to west,westerlies-move west to east,polar easterlies move east to west |
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| Explain the differences between land and sea breezes |
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| Land breezes occur at night where wind moves from land to sea,sea breezes occur during the day where wind moves from the sea to land |
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| What instrument is used to determine the direction of the wind ? |
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| How do you classify the direction of the wind ? |
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| By the direction it came from |
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| What instrument is used to measure the speed of wind ? |
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