Weather Fronts
Where cold air rushes under warm air
What is a cold front?
The most common element in the air
What is Nitrogen?
The purpose of the Rain Gague
What is measuring precipitation?
The winds we live in
What are the Prevailing Westerlies?
When two solids transfer heat
What is Conduction?
Where warm air rushes above cold air
What is a Warm Front?
What is 21?
The direction the curves in the southern hemisphere due to the coriolis effect
What is counterclockwise (left)?
A great example of this would be butter on a hot pan
What is Conduction?
Clouds that most commonly form from Warm Fronts
What is Stratus or Cirrus?
What is the Troposphere?
What is measuring precipitation direction?
This type of heat transfer is usually by waves
What is Radiation?
The front that most commonly forms Cumulus clouds
What is a Cold Front?
The layer in which the ozone layer is located in
What is the Stratosphere?
The units of a barometer
What is millibars?
The latitude degrees at which the polar easterlies lie
What is 60-90?
A great example of this is earth being heated by the sun
What is Radiation?
The most violent front
What is a Occluded Front?
The hottest layer
What is the Thermosphere?
The purpose & units of a ceilometer
What is Cloud Height in meters?
The process in which warm air is heated by the ground, rises and cools down high in the troposphere, and sinks back to earth rushing to low pressure areas, creating wind.
What is Convection Currents?
A great example of this would be feeling the warm air wafting from fresh brownies
What is Convection?