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| Astronomy | The study of the universe |
| Geology | The study of the Earth |
| Meteorology | The study of the atmosphere & weather |
| Oceanography | The study of the oceans |
| 3 Things Eratosthenes needed to calculate the circumference of the Earth | Exact time of noon on June 21st, Distance between the 2 cities. The angle of the shadow from the obelisk in one city. |
| Degrees of a circle | 360 degrees |
| Oblate Spheroid (def) | A sphere that is flighted at the poles and bulges at the equator |
| Geo- | prefix meaning Earth |
| Mass (def) | The amount of matter in an object |
| Volume | The amount of space taken up by an object |
| Density | The amount of matter in a given space |
| Formula for Density | D=m/v |
| 1ml = ___ cubic centimeters | 1ml= 1cubic centimeter |
| Metric Prefix meaning one hundred | Hecto |
| Metric Prefix meaning one thousand | Kilo |
| Person credited with the first use of the displacement method of dtermining the volume of an irregularly-shaped obj. | Archimedes |
| Latitude (def) | Angular distance in degrees north or south of the equator |
| Latitude of the North Pole | 90 degrees N |
| Latitude of the South Pole | 90 degrees S |
| Synonym for Latitude | Parallels |
| Latitude of the Equator | 0 degrees lat. |
| Synonym for Longitude | Meridians |
| Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer | 23.5 degrees N |
| Latitude of the Arctic Circle | 66.5 degrees N |
| Longitude of the Prime Meridian | 0 degrees long. |
| Longitude of the International Date Line | 180 degrees long. |
| Place where the Prime Meridian is located. | Greenwich, England |
| Cirrus Clouds (def) | Clouds are thin, feathery, very high & always made of ice crystals. These are easy to see when planes fly by & leave a jet trail |
| Stratus Clouds (def) | Low sheets or layers of cloud formed from horizontal air movement |
| Cumulus Clouds (def) | Clouds formed by vertically rising air currents piled in thick, puffy masses |
| Meaning of the prefix Nimbo- | Rain Cloud |
| Windward (def) | Side of a mountain where rising air cools, water condenses and falls as rain |
| Leeward (def) | Side of a mountain where air is compressing and the sinking air is dryer. |
| Anemometer (def) | Instrument that measures wind speed |
| Weather/Windvane (def) | Instrument that shows wind direction |
| How are winds named? | For the direction the wind comes from |
| What causes winds to curve to their right in the northern hemisphere? | Coriolis Effect |
| Sea Breeze (def) | Cool breeze off of the ocean due to air on land heating up and rising away |
| Land Breeze (def) | Warm breeze off of the land due to cool air sinking over the land at night |
| Name the 4 types of fronts | Warm, Cold, Stationary, & Occluded |
| Air Mass (def) | A large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops |
| Front (def) | Boundary between two air masses; storms & precipitation occur here |
| What does a fully darkened station model circle represent? | A completely overcast sky |
| What does a flag (pennant) represent on a station model shaft? | 50 knots |
| What does one long feather on a station model shaft represent? | 10 knots |
| What does a short feather on a station model shaft represent? | 5 knots |
| Which direction does the shaft of a station model point? | Into the wind. This example has the wind coming from the SE |
| Where in the atmosphere do tornados usually form? | Usually form along a front |
| Meteorologist (def) | Person who studies the weater |
| Station Model (def) | Symbols used by (NWS) the National Weather Service to depict current weather in one particular area |
| Station Model symbol that means rain | Dots |
| Station Model symbol that means fog | 3 Horizonal lines like an = sign with an extra line |
| Station Model symbol that means snow | Asterick * |
| Weather Watch (def) | A cautionary statement issued by the NWS indicating that atmospheric conditions are favorable for the development of a particular weather or hydrologic phenomenon. |
| Weather Warning (def) | A cautionary statement issued by the NWS indicating that a specific hazardous weather or hydrologic event is imminent or actually occurring |
| Why does hot air rise? | Hot air is less dense than the air around it |
| What city has clear skies and warm weather? | St. Louis |
| Which state has stormy weather: NY or Wisconsin? | NY. It has the L for low pressure |
| Whis letter represents the leeward side of the mountain? | B |
| What direction does Mill flow? | NE contour lines bend & point up stream, river flows downstream |
| Chloroflurocarbons (def) | CFC's; destroy the Ozone layer in stratosphere |
| Which cools more slowly: water or land? | water |
| Which heats more quickly: water or land? | Land |
| Why does the Equator have a hotter climate than NJ? | The Equator gets more days of direct concentrated sunlight |
| What kind of weather is predicted when a barometer rises? | High pressure = good weather |
| What kind of weather is predicted when a barometer falls? | Low pressure = Bad weather |
| Sea Breeze (def) | Occurrs when warm air over land rises and is replaced by cool air of the ocean |
| Land Breeze (def) | Occurs when warm air over the ocean rises and is replaced by cool air from land |
| List the layers of the atmosphere from the Earth up. | Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere |
| low sheet of rain clouds | nimbostratus |
| tall puffy thunderclouds | cumulonimbus |
| Fog is a _______ cloud that forms near the ground | stratus |
