What Do You Know About Environmental Science Terms for Beginners Flashcards

What do you know about environmental science terms? Our environment is affected by a lot of things both positively and negatively, and by using the flashcards below, you will get a chance to review what you know about living things and their interaction with the environment they exist. How about you give the quiz a try and see how well you will do!

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What has higher density warm or cold air?
Cold air
How does an air parcel cool?
By expansion, responding to the reduced air pressure at higher latitudes
Water covers approximately what percentage of Earth’s surface?
71%
According to the text, the present quantity of water on Earth, functioning in the hydrologic cycle, was achieved approximately ___________________ years ago.
Two billion years ago
The major portion of freshwater today is located in:
Ice sheets and glaciers.
Relative humidity refers to:

The amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature and pressure, expressed as a percentage of the moisture capacity of the air
The measure of humidity given as grams of water per kilogram of air is called:
Specific humidity
Clouds that have strong vertical development and produce precipitation are called:

Cumulonimbus.
The dry adiabatic rate (DAR) is:

10C° per 1000 m (5.5F° per 1000 ft).
Maritime tropical Pacific (mT) air and maritime tropical Gulf and Atlantic (mT) air:
Are different from one another, since they occur over cool and warm ocean surfaces, respectively
This cloud type is specifically a good indicator of an arriving storm, say within the next 24 h:

Cirrus
The wettest average annual place on Earth is located
Hawaii
The wettest average annual place on Earth is located
Given the necessary physical requirements, orographic precipitation is usually the most consistent type of the three.
Tornado development is associated with:

Mesocyclone circulation.
Afternoon thundershowers in the southeastern United States are more than likely a result of:

Convectional lifting.