Weather
What type of air cell forms at the equator?
Hadley Cell
Temperature
What type of marine storms form when there is a temperature difference between land and sea?
Monsoon
What part a hurricane would be the safest place to be?
Rams and Bengals
What is an air mass defined by? (3 things)
What are the three ways energy is transferred?
What type of marine storm is a large rotating storm?
Cyclone
What is the strongest hurricane ever recorded on Earth?
Hurricane Patricia
When is Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean?
June to November
Which front occurs when a cold front meets a warm from, but there is no movement?
Stationary Front
The ocean absorbs ______% of the sun's radiation
50%
What type of cyclone is found in the Atlantic Ocean?
Hurricane
When is a hurricane warning issued?
Where are the 2022 Winter Olympic games being held?
Beijing
What are the three types of air cells?
Hadley, Ferrell, and Polar
What causes our seasons on Earth? (2 things)
tilt and rotation
What is the storm classification for a cluster of thunderstorms at 38 mph or less?
Tropical Depression
48 hours
What percentage of the ocean has been explored?
5%
What are the four types of weather fronts?
Warm, Cold, Occluded, Stationary
What occurs when the atmosphere absorbs solar energy and radiates the heat and moisture back to Earth's surface?
Greenhouse effect
What wind speed is needed for a storm to be called a hurricane?
74 mph
What is the deadliest hurricane ever recorded on Earth?
Great Galveston Hurricane
What percentage of the Earth is water?
75%