Weather Patterns: Understanding Tropical Storms and Tornadoes

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What is the term for the massive outbursts of charged materials that are part of the solar wind?

  • Solar flares
  • Solar cycle
  • Sunspots
  • Coronal Mass Ejections (correct)

What is the average insolation received at the thermopause when Earth is at its average distance from the sun?

  • Insolation patterns
  • Solar radiation
  • Solar Constant (correct)
  • Thermopause

Which atmospheric layer absorbs cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-rays, and shorter wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation?

  • Troposphere
  • Stratosphere (correct)
  • Ionosphere
  • Mesosphere

What is the point on the Earth's surface where insolation arrives perpendicular to the surface?

<p>Subsolar point (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which magnetic storms cause disturbances on the surface of the sun?

<p>Sunspot formation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the layer of the atmosphere where gases are blended, except for the ozone layer?

<p>Homosphere (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the study of the distribution of plants and animals?

<p>Biogeography (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water?

<p>Eutrophication (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of breaking down rock into smaller particles through mechanical or chemical means?

<p>Weathering (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of wearing away rock through the action of wind, water, or ice?

<p>Erosion (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the type of glacier that forms in a mountain range?

<p>Alpine Glacier (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of creating a new landform through the deposition of sediment?

<p>Depositional Landform (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the layer of unconsolidated rocky material covering bedrock?

<p>Regolith (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the angular distance north or south of the equator, measured from the center of the earth?

<p>Latitude (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of a glacier losing mass through melting, calving, or sublimation?

<p>Ablation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the study of the form and function of streams and the interaction between streams and the landscapes around them?

<p>Fluvial Geomorphology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of heat can be sensed by humans as temperature?

<p>Sensible heat (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary mechanism of heat transfer in Radiation?

<p>Electromagnetic waves (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the horizontal movement of winds from land to sea and sea to land?

<p>Advection (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the percentage of insolation that is reflected by a surface?

<p>Albedo (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the energy that reaches the earth's surface after scattering?

<p>Diffuse Radiation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the rate at which the temperature drops with an increase in altitude?

<p>Normal Lapse Rate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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