Water Cycle
Role of Air & Water
Meteorology
Global Climate Patterns
Global Warming and Human Impact
100

The continuous movement of water on the planet Earth

What is the water cycle?

100

Air masses moving due to pressure differences

What is weather?

100

True or False: Weather predictions are often accurate and based on probability.

What is true?

100

Climate

What is a region's long-term weather pattern?

100

Any gas that absorbs radiation and prevents it from radiating out to space

What is a greenhouse gas?

200

The part of the water cycle affected first if the sun's energy was blocked.

What is evaporation?

200

Cloudy, rainy weather is associated with this type of front

What is a low-pressure front?

200

This effect causes air masses and ocean currents to move in predictable ways.

What is the Coriolis effect?

200

This is created by a combination of energy from the sun and Earth's tilted axis.

What are global climates?

200

A type of non-renewable resource that contributes greatly to climate change and the greenhouse effect

What are fossil fuels?

300

The process of condensation.

What is water changing from a gas into a liquid?

300

In the U.S., air masses usually move in this direction, from ______ to _______.

What is west to east?

300

Areas closer to the equator generally have higher temperatures because of this.

What is receiving move solar energy due to more direct light?

300

These circulate energy around the globe and create climate patterns.

What are air and water currents?

300

A natural contributor to greenhouse gases

What are volcanoes?
400

Changes in thermal energy

What causes water to evaporate, condense, or become a solid?
400

These are the boundaries between air masses.

What are fronts?

400

An area of high-pressure air typically has this kind of weather.

What is sunny and warm?

400

Smaller temperature changes occur here.

What is oceans?

400

True OR False: Human activities such as burning fossil fuels contribute to climate change.

What is true?

500

Global climates, local climates and regional climates

What are the things the water cycle affects?

500

The winds, landforms, ocean temperature, and currents all affect this.

What is the local weather?

500

Precipitation, air temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and humidity

What are the 5 characteristics of weather?

500

Proximity to oceans, elevation, landforms, and distance from the equator

What effects a locations climate?

500

Wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro

What are types of clean, renewable energy?

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