Coriolis effect Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

WX 201 Exam 2 with correct Answers (Graded A) An unsaturated air parcel cools or warms at what rate? Dry adiabatic lapse rate (DALR) A saturated air parcel cools or warms at which rate? Moist adiabatic rate (MALR) If the environmental lapse rate is greater than the dry adiabatic rate, the atmosphere is: Absolutely unstable Surface cooling and warm air advection aloft generally do what to the atmosphere? Make it more stable An air parcel starts to rise freely when it firs...

14: Thermocline thin layer where temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below pynocline is the cline or layer where the density gradient is greatest within a body of water source of sea salts chemical weathering of rock what factors control the salinity of seawater? precipitation and evaporation what factors control the density of seawater? temp and salinity 15: beach drift Type of erosion where sediment moves in a...

PUBH 6011unit 2 Exam Questions with Correct Answers What are the Hadley cells and why are there rainforests near the equator? - Answer-Six cells around the earth in a slinky coil with airflow from around the ocean and down to the equator bringing in humidified air in a circular pattern. This is why there are rain forests at the equator. Equatorial sun heats ocean - humidified air, the hot air rises and cools, water vapor condenses from colder air and then it rains à leads to rain forests ...

METEOROLOGY CPAER Exam Questions with Correct A order of the layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest - Answer-troposphere stratosphere mesosphere thermosphere Where is the ozone layer located? - Answer-upper stratosphere (49,000ft - 115, 000ft) what are the parameters of the troposphere? - Answer-50- 65,000 ft at the equator 25- 35,000 ft at the poles what type of radiation is absorbed by the earth? - Answer-short wave radiation what type of radiation is absorbed by the a...

Science Olympiad Meteorology Latest Update Graded A+ air mass a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height and a source region. Remember cP, cT, mP, mT, cA continental polar (cP) cold, dry stable air mass that forms over land continental tropical (cT) unstable, warm, dry air mass that forms over land Winter - warm and dry Summer - Hot and dry maritime polar (mP) unstable cold, moist air mass that forms over cold oceans-- Winte...

Natural Science Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded A+. A "shooting star" is really a ________ passing through the Earth's atmosphere. a. collection of dark matter b. ball of burning gases c. meteoroid d. dense patch of solar wind 2) What is the purpose of sphygmomanometer? a. To measure blood pressure b. To measure hypertension c. To measure body temperature d. To measure heart beat 3) The amazon river flows into which body of water? a. The Atlantic Ocean b. Lake...

Levels of atmosphere (Bottom to top) - ANSWER-Troposphere, Tropopause, Stratosphere Troposphere altitudes - ANSWER-Surface to 30,000ft Tropopause altitudes - ANSWER-30,000-60,000ft Stratopause altitudes - ANSWER->50km Troposphere Environmental temp lapse rate - ANSWER-2*C(1.98*C)/1000ft Troposphere Environmental pressure lapse rate - ANSWER-1hPa/30ft Tropopause convection remarks - ANSWER-Tropopause marks the point where convection weakens as the air no longer cools with hei...

Why do we study Mars? We study Mars to understand the evolution of the solar system An activity would encourage students to think about the vegetation in an ecosystem. Have students create and maintain. When answering question like this choose the question with the highest level of critical thinking according to booms taxonomy Bloom's Taxonomy remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, creating stomata (stoma) are small pores on underside of leaf The f...

In the northern hemisphere, cyclones rotate clockwise. - ANSWERFalse The Coriolis effect causes air to flow from the equator to the poles in a straight line. - ANSWERFalse Warm air that rises in the tropics creates the intertropical convergence zone. - ANSWERTrue Midlatitude cyclones last for months and are responsible for most everyday weather events in the polar regions. - ANSWERFalse Thunderstorms develop over land when an updraft of warm, humid air releases latent heat very quick...

Marine Biology Latest 2023 Graded A Coriolis force The force that, owing to the rotation (spin) of the earth, deflects objects to the right (clockwise) in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left (counter-clockwise) in Southern Hemisphere. Thermocline In water, a distinctive temperature transition zone that separates an upper layer that is mixed by wind (the epilimnion) and a colder, deep layer that is not mixed (the hypolimnion) 2. before 1000 m line Three properties of seawater 1. temperature...