DENSITY
Warm air rises because it is ___________.
What is LESS DENSE
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
What is NITROGEN
DURING THE DAY, THE _________ WARMS UP QUICKLY AND AT NIGHT COOLS DOWN FAST.
What is LAND
THESE WINDS TRAVEL SHORT DISTANCES USUALLY WHERE LARGE BODIES OF WATER AND LAND MEET.
What is LOCAL WINDS
THESE WINDS BLOW FROM 30 degrees NORTH/SOUTH TOWARDS THE EQUATOR AND MEET AT THE DOLDRUMS.
What are TRADE WINDS
When air is cold it is _______________
What is MORE DENSE (OR DENSER)
THE CYCLE OF RISING AND SINKING AIR CREATES ______________.
What is A CONVECTION CURRENT (Convection Cell)
SINKING AIR CREATES AN AREA OF _______ PRESSURE
What is HIGH
THIS LOCAL WIND BLOWS COOL AIR FROM THE OCEAN TO THE LAND DURING THE DAY.
What is A SEA BREEZE
This term explains why winds seem to deflect, or curve, to the right or left as they move across Earth.
What is the CORIOLIS EFFECT
AIR THAT IS DENSE WILL _____________.
What is SINK
What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?
What is the MESOSPHERE
Extreme differences in air pressure can cause this.
What is a HURRICANE
A LAND BREEZE BLOWS COOL AIR FROM THE LAND TO THE OCEAN DURING THE _________
What is NIGHT
These are areas at the equator that experience little to no wind because of the low pressure.
What are DOLDRUMS.
__________ AIR REPLACES WARM, RISING AIR IN A CONVECTION CURRENT.
What is COLD (More Dense)
AIR THAT MOVES SIDEWAYS/HORIZONTALLY AND IS CAUSED BY A DIFFERENCE IN AIR PRESSURE IS CALLED
What is WIND
RISING AIR LEAVES BEHIND AN AREA OF ______ PRESSURE.
What is LOW
Local winds like, sea and land breezes, result from differences in ________________ caused by uneven heating
What is AIR PRESSURE
DUE TO THE CORIOLIS EFFECT, WHICH WAY DO WINDS DEFLECT (CURVE) IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE?
LEFT
AIR BECOMES __________ WHEN WARM SURFACE OF EARTH TRANSFERS ITS HEAT TO THE AIR ABOVE IT.
What is LESS DENSE
What is the Earth's natural heating process?
What is the GREENHOUSE EFFECT
WIND IS CAUSED BY DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE AS AIR MOVES FROM __________TO _________ PRESSURE.
What is HIGH TO LOW
How are many local and global winds named? Ex: sea breeze, land breeze, westerlies, easterlies
What is Named after the direction they come (start) from.
These global winds blow across most of North America and the United States.
Prevailing Westerlies