Jet Streams & Ocean Currents
Direction in which jet streams travel.
What is west to east?
It is sunny outside.
What is weather?
Another term for heat transfer.
What is thermal energy?
Clear skies, calm conditions, dry weather, high daytime temperatures, and low nighttime temperature. (Think happy weather.)
What is high air pressure?
Do this when a storm is coming.
What is seek/find shelter or go inside?
Brought by tropical ocean currents.
What is warm air temperature?
Florida is typically warm and sunny during May.
What is climate?
There are three types of heat transfer.
What are radiation, conduction, and convection?
Cloudy skies, windy conditions, wet weather, and followed by colder weather. (Think lousy weather.)
What is low air pressure?
Causes property damage from hurricanes.
What is flooding?
Brought by polar ocean currents.
What is cold air temperature.
Needed for evaporation to occur.
What is energy from the sun?
Type of thermal energy the sun is an example of.
What is radiation?
1.) Reason for clouds and steady rain showers.
2.) Reason for strong winds and thunderstorms. Can cause tornados and blizzards.
1.) What is a warm front?
2.) What is a cold front?
How to protect yourself from the sun.
What is wear clothing to cover your skin, a hat, and sunglasses?
Influences weather by separating warm and cool air, and pushing air masses around the globe.
What are jet streams?
Limitation of weather models.
What is predications are not always accurate.
When gases in the troposphere touch the ground.
What is conduction?
Main cause of global winds.
What is unequal heating of Earth's surface?
Three causes of storms.
What is the heating of the sun, water in the air, and the spinning of the Earth?
Streams of water within the ocean that move in regular patterns.
What are ocean currents?
Oceans have a greater impact on weather than the continents.
What is oceans transfer more heat?
The shape convection currents make when transferring heat.
States of matter in which convection transfers heat.
What is in a circular motion?
What is through liquid and gas?
Causes air temperature differences between locations.
What is proximity (how close) to a large body of water?
What are affects world weather patterns, mysterious area of warm weather in the Pacific, and causes more powerful storms?