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How are winds named?
By the direction that they come from.
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Wind always blows from areas of _____ pressure to _____ pressure.
High; Low
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Does land or water cool off SLOWER?
Water
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What kind of front is pictured here?
Warm front
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What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
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What kind of water powers a hurricane?
warm water
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What layer of the atmosphere does ALL weather occur?
Troposphere
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What kind of front is pictured here?
Cold front
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Would a hurricane be more likely to form during December or August? Why?
August, warmer
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What kind of pressure is occurring here?
low pressure
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What kind of weather do high pressure systems create?
sunny and clear skies
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Where air masses meet but do not mix due to different temperatures and densities will become a ______.
Front
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As altitude increases, what happens to pressure and density?
They go down.
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What is the hottest layer of the atmosphere?
Thermosphere
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What is the function of the ozone layer?
protects against the sun's harmful radiation
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What is the SECOND most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Oxygen
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The sun transfers heat to the land through _________.
Radiation
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What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
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What causes global winds to curve?
The Coriolis Effect
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Land heats ______ than water.
Faster
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What kind of front is pictured below?
Stationary Front
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It is warmer at the equator than at the poles, because the equator receives more _______ sunlight.
direct
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Land and water heat differently. This is known as _______ heating.
unequal
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Strong wind and rising warm, moist air will definitely create a ________ and possibly a _________.
Thunderstorm; Tornado
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What 2 things cause a hurricane to lose power?
land and cold water
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What kind of wind is shown here? 
Sea Breeze
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What kind of thunderstorm will bring tornadoes?
Supercell
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When a cool air mass moved in pushing the hot, humid air up, that is known as a ________ front.
Cold
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What kind of air pressure would you expect over land when it is heated up?
Low Pressure
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What happens to temperature in the mesosphere as altitude increases?
Goes down