Vocabulary
The energy emitted by the sun
Solar Radiation
A boundary between different air masses that have different temperature
What is front?
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
The salt content of a substance
What is salinity?
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of ________________.
What is precipation?
a measurement that compares the amount of matter an object has to its volume
What is Density?
What kind of front results in thunderstorms?
What is cold front?
The diagram shows the Earth's movement around the Sun. What is this diagram demonstrating?
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What is the seasons?
The circulation of hot and cold fluids (liquids and gases)
What is convection?
The hydrologic cycle is a continuous process driven by energy from the ...
the curving of the path of a moving object caused by Earth's rotation
What is Coriolis effect?
What weather front is this?
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What is Warm front?
The spinning movement on it axis is called __________.
What is Earth's rotation?
Surface Ocean currents are primarily caused by
What is wind?
Which stage does ground water try to return to the ocean or soak into the ground?
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What is runoff?
Measurement on a globe or map of a location’s distance east or west from the prime meridian indicated by lines that bisect the globe through the north and south poles
What type of front is over Texas?
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What is warm front?
4. When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?
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What is summer?
Deep Ocean currents are primarily caused by?
What is temperature and salinity
Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?
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What is evaporation?
the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems, and flowers
What is transpiration?
What front is this?
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What is a stationary front?
Why is it warmer in the summer?
More direct light from Earth's tilt
Which of these characteristics will produce the most dense water?
A. high salinity, high temperature
B. high salinity, low temperature
C. low salinity, high temperature
D. low salinity, low temperature
A. high salinity, high temperature
B. high salinity, low temperature
C. low salinity, high temperature
D. low salinity, low temperature
What is B?
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What is condensation?