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Chapter 22 Study Guide
• 1. Seasons, latitude, and elevation
• 2. True
• 3. occurs when Earth’s atmosphere traps the
sun’s energy
• 4. caused by human-made chemicals known
as CFC’s
• 5. increase in Earth’s average surface
temperature
• 6. includes photosynthesis and respiration
• 7. mesosphere
• 8. troposphere
• 9. troposphere
• 10. increase
• 11. False
• 12.chloro fluorocarbons, CFC’s
• 13. troposphere
• 14. the process by which plants contribute
large amounts of water vapor into the air
• 15.curve clockwise
• 16. curve counterclockwise
• 17. the region where warm air masses meet
cold air masses
• 18. liquid, solid, gas
• 19. the pressure gradient
• 20. midwest
• 21. cumulonimbus
• 22. tropopause
• 23. stratosphere
• 24. cars, power plants, machinery
• 25. oxygen
• 26. the process by which water changes from
a liquid to a gas
• 27. solar radiation
• 28. False
• 29. False
• 30. True
• 31. oxygen
• 32. CO2 carbon dioxide
• 33. it goes through precipitation
• 34. it compares the actual amount of water
vapor in the air with the maximum amount
possible at that temperature
• 35. True
• 36. rising barometric pressure
• 37. layered and sheet like
• 38. have interactions that greatly influence
weather
• 39. average weather in an area over long
periods of time
• 40. the rise and fall of land surfaces
• 41. caused by intense low pressure
• 42. Differences in air pressure
• 43. supersonic expanding air
• 44. tornado
• 45. tropical depressions
• 46. the sun’s rays are almost perpendicular to
the equator all year
• 47. the region where electrically charged ions
are formed as a result of the absorption of
solar radiation
• 48. at warm temperatures
• 49. when it has a relative humidity of 100%
• 50. Air will always flow from an area of high
pressure to an area of low pressure. Because
the low pressure is in the east and the high
pressure is in the west, the wind will blow out
of the west toward the east.
• 51. Earth’s rotation causes the deflection of
wind to the right or left of its direct path
• 52. funnel clouds
• 53. During the process of outgassing, volcanic
eruptions emitted the gases that founded the
primitive atmosphere
• 54. Earth’s tilt affects the seasons
• 55. Tornadoes are high-speed rotating winds that
extend downward from thunderclouds. Tornadoes
form along the front between air masses with
distinctly different temperature and moisture
characteristics on either side of the front. Cold, dry
air is very dense and sinks. As cold dry air encounters
warm, moist, rising air from the South, the warm air
is forced to rise faster. As the warm air rises, it may
begin to spin, potentially becoming a strong, rotating
thunderstorm that can spawn a tornado.
• 56. troposphere gets colder (decreases) as
altitude increases
• Stratosphere gets warmer (increases) as
attitude increases
• Mesosphere gets colder (decreases) as
altitude increases
• Thermosphere gets warmer (increases) as
altitude increases