Explain why a cold, dense air mass forces a warm air mass upward when they collide along a weather front. Refer to density dynamics in your answer.

A tropical cyclonic weather system in the Atlantic is classified as a hurricane once its maximum sustained wind speeds reach at least:

An air parcel at 75 degrees F holds 10 grams of water vapor per kilogram. At this temperature, its maximum water vapor capacity is 20 grams per kilogram. What is its relative humidity?

How does the angle of the Sun above the horizon (solar altitude) affect the intensity of solar radiation (insolation) striking Earth’s surface?

Which gas is released in the largest overall volume during volcanic eruptions?

Which of the following is NOT a goal of socialization?

In 3-4 sentences, define and give one example EACH of material and nonmaterial culture.

George Herbert Mead believed that the self develops as it learns to take the perspective of an abstract community. What term describes this concept? 

Situation 2: You are treating a 127.6  lb female who is presenting with non-rate-dependent frequent multi-focal PVC’s.  You are ordered to administer to the patient a lidocaine bolus IV push of 1 mg/kg, followed by a lidocaine drip at a dosage of 2 mg/min. What is the patient’s weight? [A1] kg   The pre-filled syringe for the lidocaine bolus comes packaged as “100 mg/10 ml..” What is the concentration of lidacaine? [A2] mg/ml   How many ml of lidocaine do you push? [A3] ml   You have a 500 ml bag of D5W to which you add 2 gm of lidocaine.  Your IV tubing is a mini-drip solution set. What is the concentration of lidocaine? [A4] mg/ml   How many gtt/min do you give? [A5] gtt/min

Situation 15: You are treating a 132-lb 78-year-old female who is complaining of profound weakness.  Your patient appears to be in good health, but you are unable to detect a BP.  The patient, who is conscious, alert, and oriented, states that she had severe chest pain about 2 hours ago, but now “it’s just a solid lump feeling.”  The monitor shows sinus tachycardia with an occasional unifocal PVC.  She also persistently complains of a feeling of needing to move her bowels. You start an IV of NS at 20 gtts/min, using a mini-drip solution set. How much fluid (ml) will have infused in 3 minutes? [A1] gtt/min   You contact your base physician who is familiar with this patient, and believes her to be in cardiogenic shock.  She asks that you do a fluid challenge of 20 ml/kg. What is the patient’s weight? [A2] kg   How much NS do you administer? [A3] ml   At wide-open, your micro drip set runs 3000 gtts/min. How long does the infusion take? [A4] min    Your patient’s condition does not improve with the fluid challenge.  The physician asks you to hang a dopamine drip to run at 8 mcg/kg/min.  You add 400 mg of dopamine to a 250-ml bag of D5W.  You use a mini-drip solution set. What is the concentration of the dopamine mixture? [A5] mcg/ml   How many gtt/min do you run the dopamine mixture? [A6] gtt/min