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What is the characteristic of the tropopause?
What is the characteristic of the tropopause?
Which phenomenon occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer?
Which phenomenon occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the Tropic of Cancer?
What is latent heat?
What is latent heat?
What is the primary difference between the dry and moist adiabatic rates?
What is the primary difference between the dry and moist adiabatic rates?
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Which of the following correctly defines isotherms?
Which of the following correctly defines isotherms?
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Which process causes atmospheric instability?
Which process causes atmospheric instability?
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What is the primary type of fog associated with temperature inversion?
What is the primary type of fog associated with temperature inversion?
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What is the environmental lapse rate?
What is the environmental lapse rate?
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Which of the following processes is NOT a method of heat transfer?
Which of the following processes is NOT a method of heat transfer?
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What distinguishes stable air from unstable air?
What distinguishes stable air from unstable air?
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Study Notes
Exam 3 Review: Chapters 16 & 17
- Know the major atmospheric gases and their percentages
- Know the atmospheric layers and their characteristics
- Understand tropopause and stratopause
- Know Earth-Sun relationships, solstices, and equinoxes
- Understand Tropics of Cancer/Capricorn and their latitudes
- Know the Antarctic/Arctic circles
- Understand pressure decrease with altitude
- Know mechanisms of heat transfer
- Know radiation transmission, scattering percentages
- Understand the greenhouse effect
- Know what isotherms are
- Know factors affecting temperature (windward/leeward, upwind/downwind, bodies of water)
- Understand phase changes of water and heat absorption/release
- Know what latent heat is
- Know relative humidity and methods to change it
- Know dew point temperature
- Know sling psychrometer use
- Know adiabatic cooling
- Understand dry and moist adiabatic rates and their use
- Know environmental lapse rate
- Know processes that lift air
- Distinguish between stable and unstable atmospheres & associated clouds
- Know what an inversion is and where it occurs in the atmosphere
- Know cloud types classified by form and height
- Know different types of fog and their formation
- Know precipitation formation processes and locations
- Know different types of precipitation and characteristics
- Know how to calculate temperature ranges and mean temperatures
- Know how to find relative humidity and dew point from dry and wet bulb readings
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Prepare for your Exam 3 with this comprehensive review focusing on key concepts from Chapters 16 and 17. This quiz covers atmospheric gases, layers, temperature factors, and essential concepts like the greenhouse effect and humidity. Test your understanding of Earth's atmospheric dynamics and relationships with the Sun.
