Exam 19: Atmospheric Effects

The cloud root name meaning "heap" is ______________.

A phenomenon that occurs in the ionosphere is

Which of the following gases, is a trace natural constituent of the air?

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

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

Which of the following gases is a trace natural constituent of the air?

The blueness of the sky results from ______________.

The troposphere derives energy by means of

The ozone layer lies in the

The rate at which the temperature decreases with altitude is called the ______________.

For normal household temperatures, a comfortable relative humidity is

Doppler radars at airports are capable of detecting dangerous, downward ______________.

The inventor of the mercury barometer was

The principal greenhouse gases are ______________ and ______________.

The horizontal movement of air is called

After nitrogen and oxygen, the major constituent of the air is___________.

The atmospheric division that lies directly above the stratosphere is the ______________.

A type of cloud composed of ice crystals is the

Stratocumulus clouds belong to the ______________ cloud family.

The stratosphere and the troposphere account for ______________ of the mass of the atmosphere.