Earth's Atmosphere
Air Current and Wind
Oceans and Air Temperature
Severe Weather
Bonus
100
As you climb a mountain the becomes
What is less dense
100
What happens when air s heated unevenly?
What is air pressure of the heated air decreases, and the cooler air moves lower creating winds and breezes
100
How do oceans affect the weather and climate of nearby land?
Ocean water moderates the temperature and makes the temperature stay the same.
100
What causes storms?
What is storms are caused by the collision of air masses with different characteristics.
100
What causes force of atmoshperic pressure on a blimp?
What is presses on all sides
200
The Earth's atmosphere helps protect us from
What is from harmful radiation from the Sun
200
What is the average weather conditions of a place called.
What is climate
200
Tornados and hurricanes are examples of?
What is cyclones
200
In which season does California receive the most direct sunlight?
What is summer
300
What would Earth be like without the atmosphere?
What is cold, Earth would be like a large rock.
300
Captains use Global Winds because the winds
What is blew steadily over long distances
300
What is an ongoing movement of water in the ocean?
What is high tide
300
What is a storm surge?
What is a bulge of water in the ocean
300
In which process does the atmoshpere release heat?
What is condensation
400
What properties does air have?
What is weight that presses on all of the objects it surrounds.
400
What is convection?
the transfer of heat through motion
400
Oceans affect the temperature on Earth by?
What is moving heat
400
Fog that forms when warm, humid air flows over cold ground or water is?
What is advection fog
400
Describe a cold front
What is the leading edge of a cold air mass
500
The height above Earth's surface
What is altitude
500
Temperatures are different around the world. Why?
What is The Sun's rays strike more directly in other area . Earth's shape,
500
Why is it dangerous to swim far away from the shore of the ocean?
What is People can be pulled into deep water by waves and currents.
500
One theory about how lightening is caused.
What is moving air that causes particles of ice and rain that rushing upward against particles that are rushing downward.
500
How does a hurricane form?
What is Warm air rises over warm ocean water and becomes less dense. Surrounding air begins to spin in a counterclockwise direction
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