Air Pressure
What pressure is Red?
Low Pressure
What is in the middle of a Hurricane?
Eye
What has to happen for a cloud to be a tornado.
It has to touch the ground.
What latitude are the trade winds located?
0-30
What greenhouse gas is H2O?
It's Just Water.
What pressure is Blue?
High Pressure
How many categories can a Hurricane be?
what is a tornado called when its on water
Tornadic waterspouts
In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow?
From west to east.
What Greenhouse gas is O3?
Ozone.
What instrument measures air pressure
Barometer
What part of the Hurricane does the most damage
Eye Wall
What is a tornado?
A tornado is a tube of violently spinning air that touches the ground.
What causes wind?
Convection currents.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere?
What causes differences in air pressure?
Uneven heating of the earth's surface
When does hurricane season start?
May-November
What is a Tornado measured with?
Tornadoes are measured with the Fujita Scale.
What kind of winds are between 0 and 30 north?
North trade winds.
What Greenhouse gas is CO2?
Carbon Dioxide
When is air pressure the greatest at?
Sea Level
What is a Hurricane
A Tropical Cyclone
What states are in Tornado alley? Name Five.
Oklahoma, Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, Nebraska, eastern South Dakota, and eastern Colorado.
What direction do the polar easterlies blow?
East to West.
What greenhouse gas is CFCs and HCFCs?
Chlorofluorocarbons