Chapter 5 - Weather Systems, Extratropical Storms, and Hurricanes
This phenomenon causes currents of air to travel clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere
The Coriolis Effect
The horizontal movement of air
Wind
This type of large wave is typically caused as a result of underwater seismic activity or near-shore slope failures
Tsunami
The fictional town where Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward, and others live
Bikini Bottom
Nor'easters
Lines that connect points of equal atmospheric pressure on a map
Waves that do not propagate through space
Standing waves
This artist released the album "Channel Orange" in 2012
Frank Ocean
The process that transports cold water southward along the Pacific coast
The California Current
The process that moves warm water northward along the Atlantic Coast
The Gulf Stream
The bending of a wave as it passes through shallow water on its way to the shoreline.
Refraction
This band released the album “Pet Sounds” in 1966
The Beach Boys
The names of the 3 major atmospheric convection cells
Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar
The region of the Earth that receives the most concentrated incoming solar radiation
The equatorial latitudes
3 components of a wave
Amplitude, period, wavelength, trough, crest
The name of the fictional island where the events in the movie “Jaws” take place
Amity Island
Explain the differences between sea breezes and land breezes
Near a coast, warm air rises during the day over land, pulling cool sea air landward.
At night, warm air rises over the sea, pulling cool air cool land air seaward
Tropical storms go by different names depending on which ocean they form in. What are they called in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans?
Atlantic - Hurricanes
Pacific - Typhoon
Indian - Cyclones
What factors influence tides?
Gravitational forces from the Sun and Moon
Seafloor geometry
Local wind and weather patterns
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New Order, Talking Heads, The Clash, Brian Eno, and others were prominent figures in this style of music popularized in the late 70s and early 80s
New Wave