Pressure and Air Masses
A giant area of air that takes on the classifications of the area it is over
Air mass
Water molecules heat up, change their state of matter, and rise into the atomosphere
Evaporation
The earth is the hottest at this location.
The equator
Atom
The earth rotates on its
Axis
Where two air masses meet
Weather Front or Front
Water molecules in the atmosphere cool off and slow down and turn back into water
Condensation
Weather in the USA typically moves from
As particles heat up they move _____________.
faster
During this phenomenon the Earth's shadow is cast on the moon
Lunar Eclipse
High pressure is associated with this kind of weather.
Hot and clear weather
Clouds get heavy and eventually the water molecules fall back to earth
precipitation
What are the three main states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
The moon is becoming more visible in the nights sky
Waxing
Name all 4 types of fronts.
Cold, Warm, Occluded, Stationary
Water is stored after runoff. This is called ___________.
Collection
The movement of water that heats the Eastern USA and other areas is called the....
Gulf Stream
The three types of heat transfer
conduction, convection, radiation
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What causes the jet stream and the winds to move the way that it does?
The uneven heating of the earth and the rotation of the earth.
Evaporation through plants
Transpiration
What is the greenhouse effect?
Sunlight bounces off the atmosphere and gets trapped on earth, heating it up.
Name the 5 parts of the atom we learned about in class
Proton, Electron, Neutron, Nucleus, Electron Shell
The 3 classifications of a planet
1. Orbits the sun/star
2. It has a clear path
3. Enough mass/gravity to be round