MSCI B210 Study Guide - Final Guide: E-Science, Atmospheric Pressure, Water Cycle

• School: University of South Carolina-Beaufort
• Department: Marine Science
• Course: MSCI B210
• Professor: HEATHER THORNTON

Document Summary

The lakes and rivers evaporate into the atmosphere. The particles that evaporated from the lakes and rivers form clouds. Then precipitation falls from the clouds in the atmosphere: as elevation increases, atmospheric pressure ___. As elevation increases, atmospheric pressure decreases: the saffir-simpson scale categorizes hurricanes based on their ___, surface wind speed, atmospheric pressure, size, storm surge. Granite slightly blue and ice too big to allow petri dish to close. No change with blue water or granite, but ice began melting and produced bubbles and condensation. The food dye seemed to separate from the water and condensation and bubbles were all that was left of the ice cube. The water cycle process not represented in my model was precipitation and transpiration. The model could include precipitation if there were holes in the bottom of the petri dish. Increasing the amount of land might change the weather conditions by soaking up more of the dye.