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Atmosphere Part III Study Guide Ms. Clancy List the order of Earth’s atmospheric layers from bottom to top. ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ __________________ causes clouds to reflect a portion of sunlight back into space. Earth’s albedo value is ___________________. What is the difference between weather and climate? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Solar radiation heats up ____________ surface. This heating is concentrated at the ______________. The air is then ____________ into the atmosphere. ________________ air is dry and has very low ______________. Define: ELR (Environmental Lapse Rate) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ DALR (Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ SALR (Wet Adiabatic Lapse Rate) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Condensation Level ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Relative Humidity ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Clouds form at _______% relative humidity. Precipitation ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Orographic Lifting ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Coriolis Effect ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Due to the Coriolis Effect deflected air moves ____________ in the southern hemisphere and ________________ in the northern hemisphere. List and define the four different types of weather fronts. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What are the differences between a Stable and Unstable Air Mass? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Label the above diagram with the following terms: Leeward, windward, adiabatic heating, adiabatic cooling, DALR, SALR, wet side, dry side, air rising, air sinking, condensation level What is DALR rate? ________________ What is SALR rate? ________________ Describe and explain the process that is happening in the diagram above. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Describe and explain how Dew Point and Relative Humidity are related to cloud formation and cloud base altitude? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________