LAMECOW
Wind
Forms of Energy
Jet Stream
El nino and La Nina
100
How does elevation affect temperature?
What is the higher up the colder.
100
What is the Coriolis effect?
What is makes the wind curve and not travel in a straight line from the poles to the equator
100
What is energy?
What is the ability to cause change
100
what is the jet stream
What is strong upper level winds
100
What is el nino?
What is makes the water warmer
200
What does lamecow stand for?
What is L is latitude, A is air pressure, M is mountain barrier, E is elevation, C is continental location, O is ocean currents, and W is wind.
200
Wind travel from areas of _______pressure to areas of ____pressure
What is high and low
200
whats kinetic energy?
What is energy a moving object has because it's in motion.
200
what is the subtropical jet stream?
What is forms between tropical and subtropical air masses. Forms in winter.
200
What is La nina?
What is makes the water colder
300
What causes land and sea breezes?
What is water heats and cools more slowly, while land heats and cools more quickly. The differences are what causes the breezes.
300
Which way does the wind curve in the northern hemisphere?
What is right
300
what is potential energy?
What is energy stored in an object
300
why is the jet stream so important?
What is it controls our weather
300
how often do these occur?
What is every couple of years
400
Explain anticyclones
What is winds blow out of high pressure cells and curves to the right creating a clockwise circulation
400
What are calm spots?
What is where air is rising or falling
400
what are the other forms of potential energy?
What is elastic, chemical, and gravitational
400
what if the jet stream is north of you?
What is it will pull arctic air to you
400
what is one thing that happens doing these?
What is the air pressure flips changing wind direction
500
How are winds named?
What is they are labeled from the direction they COME from
500
List the order of the winds starting with polar easterlies.
What is Polar Easterlies, westerlies,horse latitudes, Ne trade winds, doldrums, Se trade winds, horse latitudes, westerlies, polar easterlies
500
what are the two parts of the law of conservation of energy
What is Part 1, energy cant be created or destroyed. Part 2, It can only change to different forms, or transfer.
500
what happens if the jet stream is very wavy?
What is expect more extreme weather conditions
500
How long do they last?
What is 9 to 12 months
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