Heat
What is Solar Energy
Energy from the Sun
Meteorologists
People who study the Earth's atmosphere and they monitor, study and forecast weather.
Precipitation
The heavy Water droplets fall as rain, sleet, snow or ice.
3 states of matter
1. Liquid
2. Solid
3. Gas
Climate
Is the long term weather patterns in a region.
What are 3 ways heat is transferred
2. Conduction
3. Convection
Climatologists
Atmospheric scientists or climate scientists.
Collection
When rain falls down and rolls downhill and collects in a low area creating a river, lake, pond, ocean etc.
4 main types of air masses.
1. Continental polar cP
2. Continental Tropical cT
3. Martime Tropical mT
4. Martime Polar mP
Fall/ Spring Equinox
When the days and nights are equal in length.
Radiation
Is when heat is transferred through electromagnetic. radiation Such as light. This is how the Sun heats Earth.
Oceanographers
people who study the ocean.
Evaporation
A body of water heats up the water and turns into a gas and rises up into the sky forming a cloud.
Main Systems of earth
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
geosphere
Biosphere
What is the reason for the change of seasons
Tilt of earth's Axis
Conduction
Is when heat is transferred by direct contact between two objects.
Geologists
People who study the history and structure of the earth as it is recorded in rocks.
Condensation
The gas( Water in gas form) presses together to make a cloud. When the clouds get "full" of water droplets, they begin to get to0 heavy.
Weather has 3 elements.
Precipitation
Wind
Temp
Weather
Is the state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
COVECTION
Is when heat is transferred by movement of gases and liquids. A hair dryer transfers heat to your hair by convection.
4 main groups of air masses based on temp and moisture.
Tropical- Ordinate in warm regions T
polar- originate in cold regions P
Continental- originated over land C
Maritime- Originated over water M
Heat
Measure of how much energy there is in a system