Places and Terms
Notes I
Notes II
Main Ideas
Geographic Thinking
100
Falling water droplets in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail.
What is precipitation
100
The latitude lines that mark the summer and winter solstices.
What are the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer?
100
By moving heat and moisture to different parts of the globe.
How do moving air masses create weather?
100
This type of extreme weather usually doesn't occur outside of tropical climates.
What is a hurricane?
100
One identifies the short term conditions for a location, and the other identifies conditions for the long term.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
200
Weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time.
What is climate
200
2 factors that cause the seasons.
What are the earth's tilt and rotation?
200
75 mph.
What is the minimum airspeed for a storm to qualify as a hurricane?
200
These areas of the U.S. experience blizzards because their climates have more moisture and because their latitude is higher than other places.
What are the Great Lakes and North Eastern Coastal Plains?
300
The day on which the sun shines directly overhead at noon; in summer it’s the longest day of the year; in winter, it’s the shortest.
What is a solstice?
300
Solar energy, water vapor, cloud cover, landforms and bodies of water, and air movement.
What are the factors that cause weather?
300
Heavy rains, powerful winds, storm surges, tornadoes.
What are the 4 dangers of hurricanes?
300
Where you can find orographic precipitation systems in the U.S.
What is the Pacific Northwest?
400
The event in which day and night all over the world are the same length; marks the beginning of spring or autumn.
What is an equinox?
400
Where tornadoes mostly occur in the U.S.
What is Tornado Alley?
400
Where in the U.S. you can find frontal precipitation systems.
What are the Great Plains?
500
The land on the leeward side of a mountain which receives little rainfall due to descending dry air.
What is a rainshadow?
500
Evaporation and condensation.
What are the 2 major factors that cause storms to form?
500
Where in the U.S. hurricanes are most likely to occur.
What are the Coastal Plains?
500
Where in the U.S. you can find convectional precipitation systems.
What are the Coastal Plains?
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