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APES Atmosphere And Renewable Energy
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1. The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area

2. Local climatic conditions that differ from the general climate of a region

3. The change of energy from one form to another form to another - such as light to heat or the movement of energy from one object to another such as heat from a stove moving to your hand

4. The global winds that blow constantly from the same direction

5. Prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator

6. A measure of how cold it feels based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by cold and wind

7. The outer layer of the thermosphere - extending outward into space.

8. The middle atmospheric circulation cell in each hemisphere air in these cells rises at 60 degrees latitude and falls at 30 degrees latitude

9. One langley or one calorie per square centimeter

10. An effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation

11. The layer closest to Earth - where almost all weather occurs; the thinnest layer

12. The uppermost layer of the atmosphere - in which temperature increases as altitude increases

13. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

14. An instrument used to find the temperature of a material

15. A colorful - glowing display in the sky caused when particles from the sun strike oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the ionosphere; also called the Northern Lights

16. The ratio of the amount of water in the air at a give temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature

17. A high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere

18. The atmospheric circulation cell nearest the equator in each hemisphere. Air in these cells rises near the equator because of strong solar heating there and falls because of cooling at about 30 degrees latitude

19. Prevailing winds that blow from west to east between 30 degrees & 60degrees latitude in the hemisphere.

20. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

21. Toward the direction from which the wind blows.

22. The mass of air surrounding the Earth

23. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time

24. The meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

25. The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer; temperature increases as you go up