Analyzing Earth from Space
Interactions between the energy produced by the sun and water on Earth produce this.
What is the Water Cycle?
These of water vapor carry thermal energy.
What are molecules?
This is an ocean current that flows eastward from the Gulf of Mexico, around the southern tip of Florida and along the East Coast up to Iceland and Norway.
What is the Gulf Stream?
The height of a location above sea level.
What is elevation?
These are scientists that take everything they know about the water cycle, elevation, altitude and geography, to make predictions about future weather conditions.
What are meteorologists?
The process of a liquid turning into a gas is this.
What is evaporation?
Heat is always transferred fro warmer substances to cooler substances until this is reached.
What is equilibrium?
When this part of the water cycle happens, the ocean is left with saltier and denser water.
What is evaporation?
Areas at higher elevations, generally have these.
What are lower average temperatures?
These are located all over the Earth to gather data about the weather.
What are weather stations?
These two things are constantly in motion around the world.
What are water and water vapor?
These two transfer heat between each other to power storm systems that are carried around the planet by wind.
What are the hydrosphere and atmosphere?
Regions that are closest to this place have warmer temperatures.
What is the equator?
This happens to air pressure as altitude increases.
What is decreases?
Most weather channels and meteorologists use these in their weather forecasts.
What are predictions?
The warm ocean water and water vapor produced here continually carry the sun's energy toward the poles.
What is the equator?
Hurricanes are fueled by this.
What is heat from warm water?
The poles receive the least amount of this and so have cooler temperatures.
What is direct sunlight?
At this level, Earth's atmosphere is pressing against each square inch of you.
What is sea level?
Meterologists do this in order to come up with predictions about the weather.
What is analyze data?
The transfer of heat around the planet regulates Earth's ________.
What is climate?
Air that is pushed into curved paths by the Earth's rotation is called this.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
A location's position relative to the equator is its this.
What is latitude?
Typically, air temperatures decrease -16 degrees Celsuis per every ________.
What are 1,000 feet of elevation?
The amount of weather-related observations made daily by all of the weather stations.
What is more than one million?