Define the following terms in the space provided. Resume:

In response to a temperature gradient, heat flows from where it is warmer to where it is colder. This behavior illustrates

The air temperature rises throughout the night. This unusu­al event is explained by

All other factors being equal, this afternoon’s air temperature will be highest if the ground is

At night, the ground surface often is cooler than the air immediately over the ground. In that case, heat is conducted from the ______ to the ______.

As a rule, which one of the following is the best conductor of heat?

Air mass advection occurs when winds blow _________ regional isotherms.

On a global and annual average within the troposphere, the rate of radiational heating ____________ the rate of radiational cooling.

The heat conductivity of a fresh snow cover is the same as the heat conductivity of an old snow cover.

In response to a temperature gradient, heat flows from where it is warmer to where it is colder. This behavior illustrates