Exam 19: The Atmosphere

The inventor of the mercury barometer was

Radio waves are reflected by which of the following ion layers?

Wind speed is measured by means of

Meteorologists commonly measure and report (on radio and television) pressure in units of ______________.

Land and sea breezes result from

A phenomenon that occurs in the ionosphere is

The relative humidity (for a given volume of air), expressed as a decimal fraction, is

Nimbus means

The cloud root name meaning "heap" is ______________.

The ______________ lies below the stratosphere.

The second most abundant gas in the atmosphere is

The relative humidity is 100% at the ______________ temperature.

Ions trapped in Earth's magnetic field give rise to

The bottom of the stratosphere is called the

Some of Earth's artificial satellites orbit in the

The rate of temperature decrease with altitude is called the ______________.

The fraction of incident light that a body reflects is called its ______________.

The principal greenhouse gases are ______________ and ______________.

A normal lapse rate of 2.7 °F/1000 ft is equivalent to

Radio waves, of sufficient frequency, pass through which of the following ion layers?