WIND AND
AIR PRESSURE
AIR PRESSURE
What do we call a large area of the atmosphere where pressure is LOWER than the surrounding areas and air tempratures are warm?
What is LOW PRESSURE
What is a large, river-like movement of water in the ocean?
What is an ocean current
The area of gasses that surround Earth is called
What is ATMOSPHERE
A global wind that forms from 60 degrees to 90 degrees north and south latitude and blows from the east toward the west.
What is the POLAR EASTERLIES
What direction does air move in relation to high pressure and low pressure areas?
What is from HIGH to LOW
How can a cold ocean current, such as the California current, affect the costal area climate of Las Angeles?
What is, it will make the climate cooler.
Which process transfers energy from the Sun to Earth by electromagnetic waves?
The movement of air is called
What is WIND
A global wind found around the equator that was often used by sailers in the 1800's to help bring goods across the Atlantic Ocean
What are the TRADE WINDS
The phenomenon responsible for making wind and water travel in curved paths on Earth.
What is Coriolis Effect
Ocean currents are responsible for moving this around the Earth.
What is HEAT
When two objects touch and transfer heat between them is called
What is CONDUCTION
The distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
What is Latitude
A global wind that moves weather systems across the United States and affects us in TN.
What are the PREVAILING WESTERLIES
Name the global wind found between 30 degrees N and 30 degrees S latitudes and blows from east to west toward the equator line.
What are the Trade Winds
In some areas wind blows across the surface of the ocean which pulls cold, nutrient rich water from the deep ocean to the top. What is this called?
What is UPWELLING
Hot air _____________ and cold air _____________.
What is RISES and SINKS
A breeze that occurs at night when High Pressure forms over land and low pressure forms over the ocean
What is a LAND BREEZE
What type of air pressure forms around the Polar Easterlies?
What is HIGH PRESSURE
What is wind
What is the GULF STREAM
Why does areas of LOW air pressure form at the EQUATOR?
What is because the Sun hits it more directly and warms temperatures.
A local wind that occurs during the day when High pressure forms over the ocean and Low pressure forms over the land
What is a SEA BREEZE
When cold air from the poles sinks and travels to the equator while warm air at the equator rises and travels toward the poles, this creates a huge
What is GLOBAL CONVEYOR BELT