Heat transfer
An example of this type of heat transfer would be touching a hot pan with your hand
What is conduction?
Winds can be characterized by their location and speed. These are narrow bands of high-speed winds that blow in the upper atmosphere
What is the jet stream?
These two things are important in transferring energy across the globe
What are wind and ocean currents?
If I am testing how different types of liquid affect plant height, this variable would be the height
What is the dependent variable?
Along with temperature differences, this causes density to change which in turn causes deep ocean currents to form
What is salinity?
This method of heat transfer can occur in a vacuum and transfer through empty space
What is radiation?
This wind is in mid latitudes and travels from the west to east
What are the westerlies?
This type of system would result in lots of rain
What is low pressure?
In a physics lab, you roll balls down ramps of different heights to measure how fast they go. Speed is this type of variable.
What is the dependent variable?
The Coriolis effect greatly affects the paths of air circulation on Earth. This causes the Coriolis effect
What is the Earth's rotation?
When you live in a two-story house, the upstairs is hotter than downstairs because of this.
What is convection?
Cold air is more of this than hot air is, causing it to sink
What is dense/density?
This type of wind pattern can move weather from one location to another
What is the jet stream?
During a scientific experiment, you purposely change this variable to study how it affects the experiment.
What is an independent variable
This type of heat transfer most directly causes wind
What is convection?
You feel heat from a campfire because of this
What is radiation?
When the land cools down faster than the ocean at night, it causes this type of breeze to form
What is a land breeze
This occurs when a cold air mass pushes against a warm air mass resulting in some precipitation at its boundary
What is a cold front?
In a plant growth experiment, all plants get the same soil, water, and type of pot. These are examples of this type of variable.
What are constants?
Sometimes in the early morning, water vapor condenses over land and is difficult to see through. This is the effect observed by a difference in temperature between land and water.
What is fog?
When a metal block and wooden block which are the same temperature are placed in your hands, the metal block feels cooler because it is this
What is a conductor?
Wind is caused by differences in air pressure. This is ultimate source of energy for wind
What is the sun?
The eastern part of the United States typically has more humidity than the western part of the United States. This is because this current brings warm water from the equator to the eastern part of the US.
What is the gulf stream?
You're testing if a new drug lowers blood pressure. The group that receives no treatment is called this.
What is the control? (or placebo)
This produces surface ocean currents
What is friction from wind?