Climatology Questions
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Large amounts of smoke, ash, and other particles; comes from factories and car exhaust
If more energy leaves the Earth than comes into it, the Earth would _____________.
The relationship between the Earth's surface and the incoming solar energy is called the __________, which is equal to the angle of the Sun above the Earth's horizon.
A __________ is described as a rising funnel of air connecting the cloud with the ground.
__________ is (are) caused by large amounts of smoke, ash, and other particles in the atmosphere.
Thunderstorms begin as __________ movements which originate from the heating of the Earth's surface.
Actual length of time that the Sun's rays are hitting the Earth's surface
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C is called its __________.
__________ have at least one of the following three characteristics: tornados, hail that is larger than three-quarters of an inch, or winds that are greater than 58 mph.
A large, circulating updraft inside a supercell is called a __________.
A temperature inversion prevents the __________ currents that would carry pollutants up into the atmosphere.
If more energy comes into the Earth's atmosphere than leaves the Earth, the Earth would ____________.
A (An) __________ can form when there is an increase in temperature in higher elevations.
Stage one of the formation of a thunderstorm has very little rain and occasional lightning and is called the __________.
Can form when there is an increase in temperature in higher elevations
__________ takes much longer to heat up, but once it does, it retains its heat longer than the land.
The __________ uses wind speed, degree of destruction, and the duration to classify the intensity of a tornado.
God created the Earth to be in perfect _______.
In the __________ there is more air cooling and sinking, and the downdrafts fan out over the Earth's surface, further cooling it.
A low-pressure cyclonic system that has winds in excess of 35 mph, temperatures less than -7°C (19.4°F), and reduced visibility is called a __________.