Heat/Energy
Water Cycle/Weather
Weather
Mapping
100
What provides energy for all life processes?
The SUN
100
What process creates clouds?
Condensation
100
How does an increase in greenhouse gases affect temperature?
Temperature Increases
100
What is the contour interval on the map below?
100 ft
200
What type of energy conversion occurs in a solar panel to allow it to power a radio?
Light -> Electrical -> Sound
200
What is the name for evaporation that occurs off of trees/plants?
Transpiration
200
Name a greenhouse gas?
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
CH4 - Methane
H2O - Water Vapor
200
What direction is fish creek flowing?
East
300
What type of energy transfer occurs through direct contact?
conDuCtion
300
What type of pressure system is associated with rainy/bad weather?
(lousy) LOW pressure
300
What type of front is shown below?
Warm Front (Wedge)
300
Which side of the Mountain is the steepest (compass direction)?
NE
400
What type of energy transfer occurs due to density differences and causes the movement of currents in water or air?
conVecton
400
What type of front is shown below?
Cold Front = Curved
400
What type of temperature and moisture characteristics would form over the maritime tropical air mass below?
Warm Temp & Wet Conditions
400
What is the highest possible elevation of X?
1699 ft
500
Heat always flows from ______ to ______
Hot (heat source) to Cold (heat sink)
500
What layer of Earth is all water vapor (and thus weather) found?
Troposphere
500
What direction does all weather move across the United States?
Weather moves to the NE
500
What is the correct order when you are writing the coordinates of a location?
Latitude, Longitude