14th Edition

ISBN: 9781305079137

Author: James Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson, Charles A. Higgins, Omar Torres

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Ideal gas law states that the product of pressure and volume of a gas directly varies with the product of the number of moles, the universal gas constant, and the temperature of the gas.

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Chapter 19, Problem FM

KEY TERMS

1. atmospheric science (Intro)
2. meteorology
3. photosynthesis (19.1)
4. troposphere
5. weather
6. stratosphere
7. mesosphere
8. thermosphere
9. ozone (O₃)
10. ozonosphere

11. ionosphere
12. insolation (19.2)
13. Rayleigh scattering
14. greenhouse effect
15. barometer (19.3)
16. relative humidity
17. dew point
18. psychrometer
19. anemometer
20. wind vane

21. rain gauge
22. Doppler radar
23. wind (19.4)
24. air currents
25. isobar
26. convection cycle
27. Coriolis force
28. jet streams
29. clouds (19.5)
30. lapse rate

For each of the following items, fill in the number of the appropriate Key Term from the preceding list.

f. _____ Buoyant masses of visible water droplets or ice crystals

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