The Pressure's On!
Global Winds and Calm Regions
Climate Factors
Potpouri
Weather Tools
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It's the type of weather associated with clear, calm, dry, sunny days.
What is high pressure?
100
Which global winds move weather across the United States?
What are the prevailing westerlies?
100
These type of air masses bring moist air and plenty of preciptiation.
What are maritime air masses?
100
It is where the sun's rays hit Earth most directly.
What is the equator?
100
This tool measures wind direction.
What is wind vane?
200
They are lines on a weather map connecting areas of equal pressure.
What are isobars?
200
It is a low pressure calm area near the equator.
What are the Doldrums?
200
This side of a mountain gets the most rain.
What is the windward side?
200
They are the three methods of heat transfer
What are radiation, conduction, and convection?
200
This tool measures windspeed.
What is an anemometer?
300
It is a tool used to measure atmospheric pressure
What is a barometer?
300
It is the curve of Earth's wind caused by Earth's rotaion.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
300
This side of a mountain gets little precipitation.
What is the leeward side?
300
It is the reason coastal areas have mild climates.
What is nearness to large bodies of water or marine climates.
300
This tool measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
400
It's the direction wind blows between pressure systems.
What is from high to low pressure?
400
Many of Earth's deserts are found in this high pressure region.
What are the Horse Latitudes?
400
These seasonal winds bring heavy rainfall from the ocean towards the continent.
What is a summer monsoon.
400
This climate factor is responsible for very cold climates even when near the equator.
What is altitude?
400
This tool has sensors that can measure conditions high in the troposphere.
What is a weather balloon?
500
It is another word for a high pressure system.
What is an anticyclone?
500
When it is summer in the southern hemisphere, this is the length of daylight in hours in the South Pole.
What is 24 hours.
500
Winds and __________ are responsible for distributing global heat from the equator toward the poles.
What are ocean currents?
500
It is the direction wind moves around a cyclone in the southern hemisphere.
What is clockwise?
500
This tool measures relative humidity.
What is a psychrometer?
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