Which optical phenomena are formed by water droplets?
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Rainbows
Why is the sky blue?
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Gas molecules scatter blue light more than other colors
How many tornadoes strike the U.S. in an average year?
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770
What is the name of the scale used to measure tornado damage?
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Fujita scale
Closely spaced isobars indicate
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Steep pressure gradient
Changing from a gas to a solid
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deposition
Which optical phenomena are formed by ice crystals?
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, Solar pillars, sun dogs, and halos
Tornadoes are the most common type of severe weather.
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false
What is the source of most of the earth's water vapor?
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Oceans
Explain the difference between freezing rain and sleet.
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Freezing rain falls as a liquid and then freezes on impact. Sleet freezes
before hitting the ground.
If a psychrometer reads 85°F for the dry bulb and 77°F for the wet bulb, what is the
relative humidity?
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, 69% (look at chart)
What units are used to measure air pressure?
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inches of mercury, millimeters of mercury, or millibars.
Which of the following mechanisms of heat transfer uses the movement of mass from
one location to another to transfer heat?
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Convection
What two characteristics define an air mass?
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Temperature and moisture content
hat are the four idealized pressure zones?
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Rainbows
Why is the sky blue?
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Gas molecules scatter blue light more than other colors
How many tornadoes strike the U.S. in an average year?
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770
What is the name of the scale used to measure tornado damage?
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Fujita scale
Closely spaced isobars indicate
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Steep pressure gradient
Changing from a gas to a solid
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deposition
Which optical phenomena are formed by ice crystals?
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, Solar pillars, sun dogs, and halos
Tornadoes are the most common type of severe weather.
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false
What is the source of most of the earth's water vapor?
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Oceans
Explain the difference between freezing rain and sleet.
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Freezing rain falls as a liquid and then freezes on impact. Sleet freezes
before hitting the ground.
If a psychrometer reads 85°F for the dry bulb and 77°F for the wet bulb, what is the
relative humidity?
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, 69% (look at chart)
What units are used to measure air pressure?
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inches of mercury, millimeters of mercury, or millibars.
Which of the following mechanisms of heat transfer uses the movement of mass from
one location to another to transfer heat?
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Convection
What two characteristics define an air mass?
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Temperature and moisture content
hat are the four idealized pressure zones?
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