Weather is the condition of earths atmosphere at a certain time and place.
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What are the four parts of the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff
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What is climate
Climate is weather overa long period of time.
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True or Flase: Tectonic plates move and cause long-term climate change
True
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What are La Nina years?
During La Nina years ocean temperatures are cooler than normal in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean
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What is temperature and how is it measured?
Temperature is the measure of how hot or cold something is and it is measured with a thermometer.
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What is air mass?
Air mass is a large volume of air in which temperature and moisture content are nearly the same throughout.
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What affects climate?
Climate is determined by temperature, precipitation, latitude, wind patterns, elevation, location of mountains and large bodies of waters, and nearness ocean currents.
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What part of the water cycle comes after precipitation?
Runoff
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Name the four types of precipitation
Rain,sleet,snow, and hail are the four main types of precipitation.
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What do low pressure systems produce?
They produce rainy weather
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What is Latitude?
The anguar distance in degrees north and south of the equator.
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What is the greenhouse effect?
Process by which gases in the atmosphere absorb and radiate energy as heat back to earth.
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Does warm air rise or lower?
Rise
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what is the dew point?
the dew point is the temperature at which more condensation than evaporation occurs
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What do high pressure systems produce?
Clear weather
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What is elevation?
The height of an area above or below sea level
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What is El Nino?
During El Nino years temperatures are higher than usual in the tropic pacific ocean.
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True or False: Air moves in jet streams with speeds that are at least 52 kilometers per hour
False: 92 kilometers per hour
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what are the three main types of clouds?
Stratus, Cirrus, And Cumulus.
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What are jet streams?
Jet streams are long distance winds that travel above global winds for thousands of kilometer.
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What is topography?
influences wind patterns and transfers energy in an area
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What are some greenhouse gases?
the main greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide
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What 2 pairs of Air Jordan's came out Saturday December 12th?
Air Jordan 12 "Public School New York/PSNY," and Air Jordan 11 "72-10."