Winds
The movement of air caused by the uneven heating of Earth's surface.
What is wind?
the shape of the Earths orbit around the Sun.
What is an ellipse?
A violently rotating tunnel of air that may happen during thunderstorms, connecting the air with the clouds
What is a tornado?
the study of celestial object, space, and the universe as a whole is called
what is Astronomy?
The closest point in the orbit to the sun.
What is perielion?
This is the degree that the Earth's axis is tilting.
What is 23.5 degrees.
strong winds that form due to temperature differences between a landmass and an adjacent ocean or sea are known as ________.
What are monsoons?
A similarity between Aristotle's and Ptolemy's model of the universe is that they both put earth:
What is at the center?
Earth and water according to Aristotle move naturally towards
What is the center?
The boundary between high and low pressure systems is a _________
What is front?
The seasons are caused by the ________ of the Earth's __________
What are typhoons?
Aristotle stated that stellar objects revolve around the Earth in perfect ____________orbits.
What is circular?
What is backward movement?
This is the result of Earth turning on its axis, where wind systems turn counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
What is the coriolis effect
December 21st.
What is the winter solstice?
If you hear this sound during a thunderstorm, you know that there was a sudden expansion of air nearby.
What is thunder?
Ptolemy incorporated ________ into his model to address the concern of _____________ ___________.
what wind zone is cool and blows from the east at the poles?
What are polar Easterlies?
What are trade winds.
Days and night are equal length here and the Earth is not tilted towards or away from the sun.
What is an Equinox.
When stray electrons get built up in an area, this is created.
What is static charge?
These were the five fundamental bodies that make up everything:
what is earth, water, air, fire, and aether
Ptolemy wrote a book called _________, while we read an excerpt from Galileo's ___________ ___________.
What is the Almagest and starry messenger?