QUIZ

Week Four. More than 1/3 done. Hang in there!

Remember, if you get the answer wrong, the computer will insult you. But hidden in the insult is a clue to the correct answer! The question of the hour is "Can you find the hidden clue?????"



1. What is the condition that occurs when the skin freezes?

2. What is the cycle through which water goes as it circulates from one "sphere" to another?

3. About what percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

4. What is it called when water changes from a vapor to a liquid phase (or state)?

5. What is it called when equal number of water molecules move into the air as return to liquid water?

6. Two things increase the speed of evaporation. Tell me either of them.

7. What kind of humidity is shown by the mass of water vapor in a parcel relative to the volume of air?

8.What kind of humidity is being measured when the mass of water vapor in the air is measured relative to the total mass of air?

9.What is the general term used for an instrument that measures humidity

10. The change of either of two things in the air will change the relative humidity. Once again, if you can write the term in the space

Answers to the Last Game

1. Which direction do things move in the northern hemisphere as a result of the Coriolis effect?
ANSWER: right

2. What is the term used for the sum of scores divided by the number of scores?
ANSWER: mean

3. What term is used for lines that connect places with the same temperature?
ANSWER: isotherms

4. What is it called when temperatures rise as one ascends?
ANSWER: temperature inversion

5. When does the coldest time day usually occur?
ANSWER: (around) sunrise"

6. What is likely to block a temperature inversion that causes lower air to mix with upper air?
ANSWER: wind

7. What term is used to determine the amount of time needed for a specific crop to grow to maturity
ANSWER: growing degree days

8.In what kind of earthly environment does one find the greatest temperature variation?
ANSWER: high desert

9.What are small bubbles of rising air called, which occur near the surface and begin to redistribute heat to higher levels?
ANSWER: thermals

10. What term is used for a prolonged period of cold which extends for a long area for a while?
ANSWER: freeze