PART 2. CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Translate these words and expressions.
humidity
осадки
pressure
устаревший
vapour
влага, сырость
saturation
надвигающийся, близкий
drizzle
град
sleet
только, просто
rotation
прогноз погоды
clockwise
оболочка
scientific
карта
envelope
сравнивать
to surround
изобара
earth
постоянный
duration
существовать
dimension
пар
to operate
капля
surface
устаревший
pattern
огромное влияние
to establish
слоистый
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basis
кучевой
daily conditions
перистый
particular point
принимать во внимание
distinctive
измерять
to define
класс, вид
height
ценный источник
principal guide
при определённых обстоятельствах
to plot
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Test 1
1.……. is the scientific study of the atmosphere:
a)visibility; b) pressure c) meteorology d) temperature
2.These result in the ……. experienced by an observer on the surface of the earth:
a)weather; b) climate; c) atmosphere; d) humidity.
3.…….. is the more general pattern of weather established by analyzing, on an annual basis:
a)atmosphere; b) meteorology; c) temperature; d) climate.
4.For the standard atmosphere there are ……. the layers:
а) 2; b) 3; c) 4; d) 5.
5.Surface of the earth to 12 km is ……. :
a)mesosphere; b) stratosphere; c) troposphere; d) atmosphere.
6.Tropopause to 47 km is ……… :
a)mesosphere; b) stratosphere; c) troposphere; d) atmosphere.
7.Stratopause to 80 km is …… :
a)mesosphere; b) stratosphere; c) troposphere; d) atmosphere.
8.A set of readings of this element taken at different locations at internationally agreed times known as …….. :
a)atmospheric pressure; b) synoptic hours; c) clouds; d) humidity.
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9.Lines drawn on the chart joining points having the same pressure value are:
a)intervals; b) isobars; c) synoptic hour; d) weather conditions.
10.…… is collection of water droplets or ice crystals, or combination of these two states of water, suspended in the atmosphere:
a)fog; b) vapour; c) ice; d) cloud.
11.There are …… basic genera or characteristic forms of clouds:
a)6; b) 10; c) 9; d) 3.
12.The internationally agreed cloud classification is related to the ……. of the cloud base above the surface:
a)genera; b) humidity; c) height; d) meteorology.
13.Flattened or layered types of clouds are …… :
a)cirriform; b) cumuliform; c) stratiform.
14.Heaped types of clouds are …… :
a)cirriform; b) cumuliform; c) stratiform.
15.Hair or thread-like types of clouds are …… :
a)cirriform; b) cumuliform; c) stratiform.
16.……. should always be taken into consideration in voyage-planning and when underway:
a)port of destination; b) temperature; c) weather conditions; d) humidity.
17.The scientifically used, also referred to as the absolute scale is …… :
a)Celsius-scale; b) Kelvin-scale; c) Fahrenheit-scale.
18.Also referred to as obsolete scale is …… :
a)Celsius-scale; b) Kelvin-scale; c) Fahrenheit-scale.
19.Water can exist in the atmosphere in the following states:
a)fog, rain, snow; b) vapour, liquid, solid; c) humidity, visibility, layer.
20.…… is the envelope of gases surrounding the earth in which a number of processes varying in duration and dimension operate:
a)atmosphere; b) meteorology; c) temperature; d) climate.
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Test 2
1.The atmosphere exerts a pressure on the surface of the Earth owing to its ….. :
a)temperature; b) density; c) weight.
2.Pressure depends on …… ;
a)density of the air; b) humidity; c) moisture of the air.
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3.Pressure is measured in …… :
a)millibars; b) hectopascals; c) degrees.
4.Pressure …… with height:
a)reduces ; b) increases; c) rises.
5.Observing stations use a …… to compare the pressure:
a)mean level; b) high level; c) standard level.
6.When corresponding pressure is calculated …… to apply a “correction”:
a)it is normally; b) it is important; c) it is inadmissible.
7.……. usually flows from high to low pressure:
a)air; b) temperature; c) humidity.
8.Flowing air creates ……. :
a)pressure; b) wind; c) precipitation.
9.……. causes the flow to be deflected:
a)Earth’s rotation; b) Coriolis force; c) Coriolis interaction.
10.If the air approaches an area of …… it forms an antic lockwise circulation with winds:
a)atmospheric pressure; b) high pressure; c) depression.
11.Isobar is …… :
a)a line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure;
b)a line of equal depths; c) unit in which atmospheric pressure is measured.
12.In the South hemisphere air is…… in an anticlockwise circulation:
a)converging; b) diverging; c) flowing.
13.Friction between the air and the Earth’s surface causes a ……. :
a)reducing the pressure; b) wind strengthening; c) wind weakening.
14.…… deflects air flows to the right in the N hemisphere and to the left in the S hemisphere:
a)roughness of the terrain; b) Coriolis force; c) turbulence.
15.……. is governed by the pressure gradient:
a)the wind speed; b) the wind direction; c) the air flow.
16.Pressure gradient is a physical quantity that describes at what rate ……. the most rapidly around a particular location:
a)the pressure decreases; b) the pressure changes; c) the pressure increases.
17.The closer spacing between isobars ……. :
a)the stronger wind; b) the weaker wind; c) the colder wind.
18.The Beaufort Scale gives a description of …… :
a)wind direction; b) wind force; c) pressure level.
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