Air Masses and Fonts
When two air masses meet
What is front
What is weather
what is the atmospheric condition in an specific time and specific place
What is a surface current
What is ocean currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean?
A streamlike movement of ocean water far below the surface
What is a deep current
Lines going east and west
What is lattitude
When a warm air mass colides and rides over a cold air mass
What is a warm front
What is climate
what is the average weather in a given place over a long period of time.
How can some currents travel
What is across the ocean
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is temputure
Lines going north and south
Longtitude
When a cold air mass slides and colides under a worm air mass
what is cold front
What kind of weather does high pressure bring
What is Heavy weather calm weather and clear skies
How are surface currents created and controlled?
What is continental Deflection, Global Winds, Coriolis Effect, Temp. of air where they form
How tightly packed the molecules in something are
What is density
An imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the North and South Poles.
What is equator
What symbol has a mix of red semi circles and blue triangles
What is a Staionnary front
What kinda of weather does low pressure bring
What is cloudy weather and rainy
True or false do the 4 factors that create a surface current create a pattern?
What is true
the amount of salt in water
What is salinity
Coordinates based on Earth's system of latitude and longitude.
What is coordinate
What is the occuled front symbol
What is warm air stuck in between two cold air masses
What is air circulation patterns within the atmosphere influenced by hot and cold air
What is convection currents
When surface currents meet continents, they are deflected and change directions
What is Continental Deflection
a current caused by the rising of heated water and sinking of cooled water
What is convection current
The north-south line through Greenwich, England, from which longitude is measured.
What is prime meridian