Ocean Currents
Weather Factors
Weather
Climates
Miscellaneous
100
What are the 2 kinds of ocean currents?
SURFACE currents and the DEEP OCEAN current
100
What makes the equator the HOTTEST part of the Earth?
The DIRECT intense sunlight rays.
100
The density pyramid shows that air pressure is HIGHEST (the most) at the ______________.
bottom
100
Climates are based mostly on which 2 weather phenomena?
temperature and precipitation
100
What is WEATHER?
The short-term conditions of the atmosphere in a specific place at a specific time.
200
What causes/creates SURFACE currents?
WIND
200
What makes the North and South Poles so COLD?
The INdirect sunlight (angle).
200
If you live near the equator, your weather on most days should be ___________ and ____________.
hot and humid
200
The farther a location is AWAY from the equator, the ____________ the climate will be.
colder
200
What is CLIMATE?
The average long-term atmospheric (air) conditions of an area over longer periods of time.
300
Where does ocean water WARM UP?
At the equator
300
How can precipitation change based on which side of a mountain you live?
The west side gets a lot of precipitation, and the east side gets very little precipitation.
300
If you live near an ocean where a WARM surface water current travels, your weather and climates may be ______________ than other areas farther away from the ocean.
warmer
300
The higher the elevation (altitude), the _____________ the climate.
colder
300
Why does Tallassee, Florida have more mild, stable temperatures than Nashville, Tennessee?
Tallahassee, Florida is near the ocean and Nashville is not, so the ocean currents will regulate the temperatures in Tallahassee but not in Nashville.
400
Where does ocean water COOL DOWN?
The North and South Poles
400
What do 'elevation' and 'altitude' mean?
How HIGH UP something is on the Earth
400
Where is the least amount of air pressure? At the TOP or the BOTTOM of a mountain?
TOP
400
TRUE or FALSE: Ocean currents can make climates warmer or colder.
TRUE
400
As hot air rises, what happens to it?
The molecules become less dense, and the temperature gets colder.
500
What 2 things cause different densities in the deep ocean?
temperature and salinity
500
The 5 factors that create weather are: temperature, humidity, clouds/precipitation, __________, and __________.
air pressure and wind
500
What makes the Earth's weather?
The oceans and the atmosphere.
500
Climates of places near the oceans stay more stable than other locations because of what?
The temperature of the ocean currents.
500
What happens to air pressure if you go high up in the atmosphere, like flying in an airplane?
It decreases.