weather and climate past quizes 1+2

What does "Geo" mean?

Earth

What is the study of the atmosphere (day to day conditions)?

Meteorology

Latitude runs from

East to West

What does GPS stand for?

Global Positioning System

name basic map projection types

	Sinusoidal
	Cylindrical
	Conic
	Planar

A map scale of 1:50000000 is described as what type of scale?

Small Scale

Contour lines are lines of what?

equal elevation

can contour lines cross each other

Never

types of data collected from remote sensing?

Satellite imagery

doppler radar

sonar

LIDAR

name advantages of GIS map

They are interactive

Can be continually refined to explore different questions

Each layer has a specific purpose and contributes to analytic goals

true or false: A Thermostat is an example of a negative feedback loop

true

true or false: the earth is a perfect sphere

false

true or false: Longitude ranges from 0-180° E and W

true

Which country has the greatest variety of weather of any country in the world?

United States

___________________ is the scientific study of the atmosphere and the phenmoena that we usually refer to as weather and is a day to day process.

Meteorology

What stages are included with the evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere?

Primordial Stage

Evolutionary Stage

Living Stage

Modern Stage

True or false: Air is a mixture of gases

true

Roughly how much of the current composition of the atmosphere is Oxygen?

21%

Condensation occurs when?

Water vapor changes to liquid

True or False: The Montreal Protocol had nothing to do with CFCs.

False

____% of the atmosphere is found from Earth's surface up to about 32 km (approx. 20 mi)

99%

True or False: The heterosphere is the inner atmosphere layer

false

Which of the following altitudes above Earths surface would be in the troposphere?

6km

what of the following is found in the Stratosphere?

Ozone layer

What does Meso stand for in mesosphere?

middle

The thermosphere is the _________ layer in the atmosphere and ___________ temperature with height.

Highest; Increases

True or False: The gas with the highest composition in the atmosphere is Argon

false