Convection Cells
What is wind?
Air that moves horizontally.
The continental United States is located in which global wind zone?
Prevailing Westerlies
Places with a low angle of insolation experience what kind of temperatures?
Cooler temperatures
What is a front?
Where two air masses meet.
What two factors are used to describe both weather and climate?
temperature and precipitation
Warm, rising air creates what kind of pressure?
Low
How do weather systems generally move in the United States?
west to east
What happens to temperatures as you ascend a mountain?
Temperatures decrease
What two adjectives describe the temperature and the moisture in a Maritime Polar air mass?
cold, moist
In what layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur?
If you were standing on the beach at night, what type of breeze would you expect?
land breeze
Warm, rising air at the equator creates what global wind zone?
Trade Winds
When you experience a northerly wind, where is high pressure located?
To the north
What type of weather is generally associated with the passing of a warm front?
light, steady precipitation followed by warmer temperatures
What season would you experience in Australia in July?
winter
Increasing air pressure in one location while keeping air pressure the same nearby would have what effect on winds?
Increased wind speed
Which global wind zone is located from 60 degrees latitude to the poles?
Polar Easterlies
Cirrus clouds indicate what type of weather?
Fair, pleasant weather (no precipitation)
What type of severe weather forms in the warm air ahead of a cold front?
thunderstorms
On the night my daughter was born it rained briefly. Is this an observation of weather or climate?
weather
If you were at the coast, why would you notice the winds change at night?
Land cools off faster than water
What effect does the Coriolis effect have on winds in the Northern Hemisphere?
Winds curve to the right
A falling barometer indicates what type of weather?
Rainy, stormy, lousy, weather
What type of front is indicated by a line of blue triangles on a weather map?
cold front
What effect does Earth’s tilt have on its climate?
produces seasons