Weather
Air masses over the continental US move in what direction
What is west to east
Increase in the concentration of this primary gas can lead to climate change
What is CO2?
Side of a cyclone that carries the most damaging winds?
What is the northeast?
Primary source of energy for ocean currents
What it the sun?
Most abundant gas in the atmosphere
What is Nitrogen?
Lines on a map that connect points of equal temperature
What are isotherms?
Pressure = isobars.
Name at least 2 other gases that can lead to climate change.
What is Water Vapor, Methane, Nitrous Oxides, and Fluorinated Gases?
Atlantic cyclones need what two ingredients to develop
What is warm water and thunderstorm activity?
Primary cause of surface currents and the force associated with them
What is wind and friction?
Layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
Pressure system associated with rainy weather and cloudiness
What is a Low Pressure system?
Graphical interpretation of climate information that includes average temperature and precipitation.
What is a climograph?
Name of the current Hurricane expected to cause widespread devastation to Jamaica starting today.
What is Hurricane Melissa?
Force that moves water from streams to rivers to oceans.
What is gravity?
Layer of the atmosphere that is the hotest
What is the Thermosphere?
Name of line that divides two air masses.
What is a front?
What process contributes the most to the greenhouse effect?
What is the use of fossil fuels?
Direction most Atlantic hurricanes move
What is East to West or Coast of Africa to the Caribbean/Greater Antilles.
Difference between ocean gyres in Northern Hemisphere vs Southern Hemisphere
What is the direction of the gyres (Northern - Clockwise and Southern - Counterclockwise)?
Two things that happen to incoming solar radiation
What is reflection and absorption?
Air masses are defined by these
What is temperature and humidity?
Name at least one natural occurring phenomenon that leads to both negative and positive climate changes
What is sunspot activity, volcanic activity, orbital cycles, current changes (El Nino/La Nina)?
Most dangerous part of a cyclone
What is storm surge or flooding?
The two phenomenon that influence climate between SE Asia and the Western coast of South America in approximately 5-7 year cycles?
What is El Nino and La Nina?
This would not occur if Earth was not tilted relative to the plane of its orbit
What are seasons?