Gone with Wind
These are the most common winds in the U.S.
What are Prevailing Winds?
What are Prevailing Westerlies?
These are two methods that move gas from the atmosphere into the ocean.
What are Bubble mediated and Direct diffusion?
This instrument is used to measure air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Tornadoes start from this type of storm.
What is a thunderstorm?
These are the wind speeds for a Category 1 Hurricane.
What are winds between 74-95 mph
This is the name of a violent tropical storm with strong winds in the Atlantic Ocean.
What is a hurricane?
These are the two parts of the dynamic model for waves.
What are plunging breaker and spilling breaker?
This is the name of the center of the hurricane’s rotation.
What is the eye of the storm?
Winds between 96-110 mph
What are the winds speed for a Category 2 Hurricane?
These can measure the slopes generated by winds.
What are satellite altimeters?
This chemical form is the carbon that enters the ocean from the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
Or CO2
All planets from our solar system receive energy from this___________.
What is the sun?
The direction in which the winds of a tropical storm blow in the northern hemisphere?
These are the wind speeds for a Category 3 Hurricane.
What are winds between 111-130 mph?
These types of winds are the ones that blow in the same direction over large areas.
What are prevailing winds?
The greenhouse effect is the process by which the atmosphere traps this.
What is heat?
The name for the condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time.
What is weather?
This is needed for a tropical cyclone to form.
What is a tropical cyclone forms when areas of low pressure over the warm ocean draw in air from surrounding higher pressure areas?
What is the ocean water needs to be at least 80 degrees F?
Winds between 131-155 mph
What are the wind speeds for a Category 4 Hurricane?
This is what happens when a cold front and a warm front meet.
What is precipitation/rain?
These additional components are needed when modeling air-sea gas transfer.
What are Dissolved Gas Model, Bubble Gas Model and Dynamic Model?
This is the name of the atmospheric conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
This part of the hurricane has the strongest winds.
What is the hurricane's eye wall, the area closest to the center.
When the conditions that are conducive to the development of tornadoes in and close to the watch area.
What is a Tornado Watch?