Environmental Science Questions

hurricanes are measured with the term 'category' as part of the __________ Scale

The main difference between tropical depressions and tropical disturbances are...

hurricanes rarely form between 5° S and 5° N latitude on earth because...

And macro scale cyclonic system that forms in the southern hemisphere of the western pacific ocean is called a

The mesoscale cyclonic system that has sustained winds between 39 and 74 mph is

The strongest winds in a hurricane are in the ...

Most hurricanes in the northern hemisphere form during...

True or False: hurricanes only form where there are contrasting air masses

True or False: hurricanes are an example of a macro scale cyclonic system

True or False: storm surge will create severe flooding near the eye of a hurricane, when it makes landfall

True or False: hurricanes only form in maritime tropical (mT) air masses

The Earth receives energy from the sun by...

_____ air can hold more water vapor than ____ air

How does water vapor enter the atmosphere?

what keeps droplets of water suspended in the air?

What does saturated air have a relative humidity of?

Where does precipitation fall out of clouds from?

What causes the wet bulb temperature to usually be lower than the dry bulb?

water condenses on particles in the air called what?

What happens to pressure as altitude increases in the stratosphere?