Vocabulary
The amount of water vapor or moisture content in the air
Humidity
What are the three ways in which thermal energy is transferred?
Conduction, convection, and radiation
How is a high-pressure system represented on a weather map?
How is a low-pressure system represented on a weather map?
Represented by a blue H
Represented by a red L
What is one condition necessary for a hurricane to form?
Warm ocean water
The boundary between a fast moving cold air mass and a receding warm air mass.
Cold front
Weather
What is the source of the thermal energy that heats the atmosphere?
The sun
How would you know which direction weather fronts are moving?
The triangles and half-circles will point in the direction that a front is moving.
Which direction would a hurricane in the northern hemisphere rotate?
Counterclockwise
The boundary between a slower moving warm air mass and a receding cold air mass.
Warm front
The directional movement of ocean water.
Ocean currents
What is the area in which convection currents occur on Earth?
The atmosphere and oceans
What is the most common type of heat transfer in our atmosphere.
Convection
Which pressure system is associated with a hurricane?
Low-pressure system
An air mass with greater atmospheric pressure than the surrounding air masses. Usually associated with fair weather and clear skies.
High-pressure system
Force exerted by the atmosphere on the Earth's surface. Weight of the air.
Air Pressure
What is one effect of the uneven heating of Earth caused by the sun?
The generation of wind
What are the three factors that influence our daily weather patterns?
Air temperature, air pressure, and moisture in the air (humidity)
If a hurricane never makes landfall, how does it die out?
By entering cold water or wind shear
An air mass with less atmospheric pressure than the surrounding air masses. Usually associated with cloudy skies and stormy weather.
Low-pressure system
Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids.
Convection
What causes the Coriolis effect?
The rotation of Earth on its axis
Name at least one piece of info that a weather map provides?
Temperature, weather front, wind direction, wind direction, wind speed, air pressure, and amount of precipitation
What is the main benefit of hurricanes?
Maintain global heat balance
The boundary where a cold air mass and a warm air mass move together.
Occluded front