1. Suggest some of the challenges that lie ahead for using wind power on a large scale.
2. What is the study of the atmosphere called?
3. List five conditions used to describe weather.
4. The weight and density of atmospheric gases have the greatest effect on which of the measurable weather conditions?
5. What two things happen to air in the atmosphere when it cools?
6. What is the average sea level pressure (1 atm) measured in millibars? in pounds per square inch?
7. What is the most common form of precipitation? List three other forms.
8. Compare absolute humidity with relative humidity.
9. Dry air can be the same temperature as more humid air, but it feels cooler.
Why?
10. (True or False) When a weather forecaster says that there is a low-pressure air mass moving through your area, you can expect the air temperature to drop when it arrives.
