Atmosphere
Explain frontal wedging.
Two fronts come together, the cold front is denser causing it to sink and the warm front rises.
Continental
forms over land
How does a thunderstorm develop?
When warm air and humid air rise in an unstable environment.
Theory about how did the universe began?
The big bang theory
4.6 billion years
Mountain lifting
Air moving toward a mountain, as the air strikes the mountain it will move up and over the mountain.
Maratime
forms over water
When do hurricanes most often develop?
In the late summer
How do we know the universe is expanding?
Galaxies and groups of galaxies are steadily moving apart in the universe.
what is the sun composed of
hydrogen and helium
What is Convergence
When different air flows meet along the surface of the Earth, the convergence of these different flows causes the air to rise.
polar
Cold air
What is a storm surge?
The abnormal rise of the sea along a shore as a result of strong winds.
In what shape do planets orbit the sun?
An ellipse
what are the 4 inner planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Explain lifting by heating
When the sun heats the ground so intensely that the air directly above becomes warmer.
Tropical
Warm air
Geocentric view
Earth is a sphere that remains motionless at the center of the universe.
Perihelion
closest to the sun
What are the 4 outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
temperature inversion
A reversal of the normal behavior of temperature in the troposphere, in which a layer of cool air at the surface is overlain by warmer air.
Stationary fronts
Stationary: not moving
Who was the first Greek to believe in the Heliocentric model?
Aristarchus of Samos
Aphelion
furthest from the sun
What are the 3 requirements to be a planet
1. Has to be rounded by gravity
2. Has to orbit a star
3. Has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit