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Cold front
What Does A Barometer Read ?
Air Pressure
What happens when water freezes ?
It expands
El Nino Bring What Kind Of Weather ?
Warm and More Rain
How strong a hurricane is comes from what?
Wind Speed
What Makes Jet Streams Move ?
Air Temperature
What is a stationary front ?
Where a cold and warm front meet and stay in the same place
What is radiation ?
Transfer of heat by eletric rays
What affects the coast of NC ?
What determines a drought ?
Rainfall measurements and water levels
During the sea breeze cycle what does the weather feel like?
Cool, because the air comes from the ocean to land
What is physical change ?
When something returns back to its same form before or after the change
How does wind affect thunderstorms ?
Increases speed and changes direction
What makes a hurricane ?
humid air falling over the ocean
What is convection ?
Less dense material rising , more dense material sinking
The closer to the water , what is the temperature like ?
Warmer
What causes wind to change direction in a sea breeze ?
The land becomes a different temperature
When the air pressure is low the weather is ....
Clouds and Precipitation
When the air pressure is high the weather is ...
Cool dry air and clear skies
How do you find climate data ?
Data over time looking at the climate factors
What Is La Nina and How Does It Effect The Weather ?
Cooling the ocean surface and making the weather cooler
When two air masses form , what happens ?
A front is made
Cumulonimbus clouds equal what kind of weather ?
thunderstorms , rain
What makes winds blow ? and what kind of winds do we have in the US ?
Prevailing Westerlies
Uneven heating of the earth axis
Rotation of the earth
When at high elevation how is the weather and air pressure
Temperature and air pressure is lower