1. METEOROLOGY, PART 2 REVIEW

2. What are the two characteristics of an air mass?

3. Temperature Moisture

4. Describe the characteristics of an air mass designated as mP

5. Moist cold

6. Name the four types of air masses

7. mP (maritime Polar) mT (maritime Tropical) cP (continental Polar) cT (continental Tropical)

8. What is formed when two air masses meet?

9. front

10. Name the 4 types of fronts

11. Cold Warm Stationary Occluded

12. What is this?

13. Occluded front

14. And this???

15. Stationary front

16. A storm that generates lightning and thunder is known as a ???

17. Thunderstorm

18. Tornadoes are measured using which scale?

19. Enhanced Fujita scale

20. Hurricanes are measured using which scale?

21. Saffir-Simpson Scale

22. Describe the greenhouse effect?

23. When certain gases in Earth’s atmosphere prevent infrared rays from escaping …. Thus, warming our atmosphere and providing a stable day/night temperature range.

24. How is the greenhouse effect related to global warming?

25. When too many greenhouse gases are added to the atmosphere, even more heat (infrared rays) are trapped here. As a result, the planet heats up …. Global warming.

26. Name 6 factors affecting climate

27. 1.Latitude 2.Elevation 3.Topographic features 4.Large bodies of water 5.Atmospheric circulation 6.Vegetation

28. Name the system used to classify global climates

29. Köppen climate classification system

30. According to the Koppen Classification System, Cary NC has what type of climate?

31. Humid sub-tropical

32. List some natural causes of climate change

33. Volcanic eruptions Ocean circulation Solar activity Earth’s motions

34. What are some of the human causes of climate change?

35. 1.Increased CO 2 from burning fossil fuels 2.Destruction of vegetation/forests

36. What is this?

37. Climatograph

38. What two types of information are given on a climatograph?

39. Temperature Precipitation

40. NAME THAT BIOME: broadleaf evergreen forests with a warm annual mean temperature, high humidity, and heavy rainfall almost daily

41. Tropical Rain Forest

42. NAME THAT BIOME: an area where evaporation EXCEEDS precipitation and precipitation levels do not exceed 25 cm per year.

43. Desert

44. region with enough average precipitation to allow grass to prosper, but with precipitation so erratic that drought and fire prevent large stands of trees from growing. NAME THAT BIOME:

45. Grassland

46. NAME THAT BIOME: where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The vegetation is mostly small plants and lichens.

47. Tundra

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