Match the following using the words in the box below. Not all words will be used

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Match the following using the words in the box below. Not all words will be used. 1. The sinking of air 2. A gencral term for metcors, asteroids, metcoroids, and comets 3. It holds a planet's atmosphere close to its surface 4. The Sun emits radiation with greatest percentage in this region of the spectrum 5. Objects that selectively absorb and emit radiation 6. The horizontal transfer of any atmospheric property by the wind 7. Protects instruments from the weather elements 8. Used as an index for fuel consumption 9. Indicates the percent of time the wind blows from different directions 10. Steam fog and Arctic sea smoke are a form of this type of fog 11. The maximum pressure that water vapour would exert if the air was saturated 12. These particles serve as surfaces on which water vapour may condense 13. The process by which an air parcel expands and cools or compresses and warms with 15 no interchange of heat with its surroundings 14. An elongated high pressure area 15. Type of uplift that occurs as air is lifted over a mountain barrier k) gravity p) selective absorberbon dioxide a) ridge b) bolide e heating degree-dayh hurricane d) lapse rate e instrument sheltersat. vapour pressure troposphere v) upslope fog water vapour m) visible n) wind rose g) adiabatic r) condensation nuclei ) asteroid i) nitrogen x) advection oinversion t) evaporation-mixing fog y) subsidence

Explanation / Answer

1.sinking of air is g. Inversion

2.b. Bolide. Common term for extra terrestrial fireballs that explode

3.k. Gravity holds the atmosphere to its surface.

4.m. Visible spectrum is emitted by sun greatly.

5.p. Selective absorber

6.x. Advection

7.e. Instrument shelter

8.i. Nitrogen

9.n. Wind rose

10.t. Evaporation mixing fog

11.j. Saturation vapor pressure

12.r. Condensation nuclei

13.g. Adiabatic

14.

15.orographic

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