senior Meteorology and Oceanography final

What device measures wind speed?

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Psychrometer

• Thermometer

What are dust or other particles in the air that provide a surface for water vapor to condense called?

• Condensation nuclei

• Frost

• Dew

• Anemometer

The _____________________is a vast and diverse community of plants and animals that live inside and around the living coral. The coral is symbiotic in nature, as microscopic plants thrive inside the coral and they exchange nutrients.

• freshwater wetlands

• coral reef biome

• estuary

What is the relative humidity if the temperature is 14 degrees and the difference between the two thermometers is 5 degrees?

• 50%

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

What is another name for cumulonimbus clouds?

• Thunderheads

• Cirrostratus

• Stratus

• Nimbostratus

What instrument measures relative humidity using a dry bulb and wet bulb thermometer?

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Psychrometer

• Thermometer

Which of the following is evidence of Erath's revolution?

• Foucault pendulum

• Coriolis Effect

• night and day

• constellation movement

True/False: The deeper you go into the ocean the more well lit the ocean is.

• True

• False

Where on Earth can you experience entire days of darkness?

• The equator
• The poles
• The Tropic of Cancer
• The Tropic of Capricorn

Earth is closest to the Sun at which of the following points in its orbit

• aphelion

• perihelion

• equinox

• solstice