Atmospheric Regulation
Not all heat which enters the atmosphere is reflected back into space.
What is greenhouse effect?
The cause of wind.
What is air moving from a higher pressure area to a lower pressure area?
These two factors are required for hurricane formation.
What is warmth and water?
Weather over a long period of time.
What is climate?
Something which changes between test groups in an experiment.
What is a variable?
Easterly wind belt near the equator.
What is tradewinds?
This factor can be calculated by comparing the temperature of a wet thermometer to a dry one.
What is relative humidity?
These are measured using the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
What are tornados?
This biome is characterized by four seasons and plentiful flora and fauna.
What is temperate forest?
The formula for density.
What is mass/volume?
Wind in the Northern hemisphere is deflected off to the right.
What is Coriolis Effect?
This is higher at lower elevations and decreases as elevation increases.
What is air pressure?
This part of the United States is referred to as "Tornado Alley."
What is the mid-west?
The tilt of the Earth's axis causes seasons because...
What is the varying angle of the sun's rays?
The third, or middle layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is the mesosphere?
The temperature of land which is near large bodies of water experiences less fluctuation.
What is high heat capacity of water?
This will happen when a warm front catches up to a cold front.
What is the warm front will rise up and over the cold front (inversion?)
This is the result of a difference in charge between two parts of a cloud.
What is lightening?
ENSO
What is El Nino Southern Oscillation?
The data which is collected from the test groups in an experiment.
What is the independent variable?
The term for the amount of light reflected back into space.
What is albedo?
An air mass that forms over warm oceans.
What is maritime tropical?
This causes it to be "clear in the eye of the storm," referring to tornados.
What is high pressure?
Causes of global warming that are caused by humans.
What is anthropogenic?
The origin of the first oxygen in the atmosphere.
What is cyanobacteria?