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What is atmometer

It measures water evaporation.

It measures water evaporation.

It measures water evaporation.

It measures water evaporation.

It measures water evaporation.

It measures water evaporation.

A tropical depression can become more powerful by

A tropical depression can become more powerful by gaining energy from the moisture that evaporates from warm water, and be developing a more well-defined circulation.

An air mass that originates over land in Canada is most likely

cold and dry

What is the layer of atmosphere that reflects radio waves

the lonosphere

In the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis effect makes winds

bend to the right of their motion

A front forms where two of different temperature meet each other

air masses

Clouds form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools to

Its Dew Point

What are the different forms in which text may be presented

Font, font size, font colour, italic, bulleted list, left aligned, right alined, centred

Is the Intertropical Convergence Zone also known as the doldrums

Question: The doldrums happen in a zone known as the what?

Answer: intertropical convergence zone

What determines the amount of water that can be held in the air

The temperature determines the amount of water vapor that can be held in the air. The warmer the air, the greater the amount of water that the air can hold.

As an air mass increases in temperature what does it's dew point do

Apex anwers

unchanged

As a result or as the result

it should be as a result

Which layers are not visible unless there is a total solar eclipse

The corona, the suns atmosphere.

What is spaced closely together on a map to show there is a drastic temperature change over a distance

Isotherms

What is the colour normally assosiated with Saint patric's day

GREEN!

What planet in our solar system features the runaway greenhouse effect

venus

What process adds carbon dioxide the atmosphere

Transpiration

What statement is true about true of jet streams

The polar jet stream is generally stronger than the subtropical jet stream

the ____ side of a mountain range normally has a dessert

leeward

as a result of the coriolis effect an air mass moving from the north pole toward the equator will

Turn towards the right

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