QUIZ

DESPITE THE FACT WE ARE IN SPRING BREAK - THERE ARE STILL GAMES TO PLAY!

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 smallest scale of motion used?

2. What is the simplest form of turbulance?

3. On which side of an object do eddies form?

4. What term is used when the wind aloft suddenly changes speed or direction (or both) very abruptly?

5. What is the term used for the distance over which wind travels without interruption?

6. Although properly used for any downhill winds, what term is used for downhill winds faster than breezes?

7. What are strong warm winds that slip down the eastern slopes of the Rockies are known as?

8. With what kind of pressure centers are cyclonic winds associated?

9. By what term in internal friction produced by whirling eddies is known?

10. What kind of turbulence is cause by surface heating?

Answers to the Last Game

2. What is the term is used for the force generated by neighboring unequal pressures?
ANSWER: pressure gradient force

3. What unit does the US use to measure pressure?

ANSWER: millibars

4. As a general rule, in metrics, what is the rate of change for pressure for every 100 meters?
ANSWER: 10 millibars

5. At what pressure is the upper air map created where 1/2 the atmosphere is above you and half below you?
ANSWER: 500mb

6. At what interval are isobars drawn?
ANSWER: 4 mb

7. What happens to the speed of the winds when they cross isobars that are closer together?
ANSWER: increases or speeds up

8.What term is used for winds that move parallel to straight isobars?
ANSWER: Geostrophic

9. What factor that affects wind speed is avoided by moving to higher altitudes?
ANSWER: friction

10. What unit is the SI unit for measuring pressure?
ANSWER: pascals