Weather & Climate
Clue: What do we call the atmospheric conditions occurring over a short period of time?
What is weather?
Clue: What is the layer of gases surrounding Earth called?
What is the atmosphere?
Clue: What is the boundary where two different air masses meet?
What is a weather front?
Clue: What is the main cause of Earth's seasons?
What is the tilt of Earth's axis?
Clue: What is the main cause of Earth's seasons?
What is the tilt of Earth's axis?
Clue: What describes the usual weather conditions of an area over a long period?
What is climate?
Clue: What is the amount of water vapor in the air called?
What is humidity?
Clue: Which type of front occurs when cold air pushes warm air upward?
What is a cold front?
Clue: About how many degrees is Earth's axis tilted from its vertical position?
What is 23.5 degrees?
What process changes liquid water into water vapor?
What is evaporation?
Clue: What is the term for long-term changes in Earth's usual weather patterns?
What is climate change?
Clue: What generally happens to atmospheric pressure as altitude increases?
What is a decrease in atmospheric pressure?
Clue: Which type of front forms when warm air moves over cooler air?
What is a warm front?
Clue: What is the name for the side of a mountain facing the incoming wind?
What is the windward side?
Clue: What process changes water vapor into liquid water droplets?
What is condensation?
Clue: What happens to glaciers as Earth's average temperature increases?
What is melting?
Clue: At what temperature does air become saturated with water vapor and condensation can begin?
What is the dew point?
Clue: What type of front forms when neither air mass moves forward?
What is a stationary front?
Clue: Which side of a mountain is often drier and receives less precipitation?
What is the leeward side?
What cycle describes how carbon moves through Earth's systems?
What is the carbon cycle?
Clue: What are the gases released by burning fossil fuels that trap heat in Earth's atmosphere called?
What are greenhouse gases?
Clue: What type of air is generally associated with low pressure and rising air?
What is warm air?
Clue: What is the apparent curving of moving air or water caused by Earth's rotation?
What is the Coriolis effect?
Clue: What is the distance of a location north or south of the equator called?
What is latitude
What process allows plants to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
What is photosynthesis?