Circulation of Air
The higher the air pressure the _________ (more/less) chance of rain.
What is less?
This will happen if the relative humidity of an air mass reaches 100%.
What is precipitation?
How does the sun cause water to move from the ocean to the atmosphere?
What is the evaporation?
This occurs with a cold front.
What are thunderstorms?
The fastest speed a raindrop can hit you is...
(5 mph, 18 mph, 43 mph, 102 mph)
What is 18 mph?
The global winds that affect us in New Jersey
What are the Prevailing Westerlies?
Boiling water is an example of ___________. This means the hot water goes up and the cold water goes down.
What is convection?
The percentage of Earth's water is in the ocean is...
(18%, 55%, 79%, 97%)
What is 97%?
What is an anemometer?
When is a hurricane considered a category 5?
(48 mph, 123 mph, 157 mph, 304 mph)
What device measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
What causes the movement of water by infiltration in the water cycle?
What is gravitational force?
This is the amount of force created by the weight of air.
What is air pressure?
These types of conditions are associated with low pressure.
The 4th state of matter.
What is plasma?
As air cools the particles move ...
What is closer together and slower?
What water current effects the west coast of Florida the most?
What is the Gulf Stream?
Wind always blows toward this type of air.
Warm moist air and cool dry air meet to create this extreme weather.
What are the tornados?
Town X is in a coastal area near the equator, What effect will the ocean have on the climate?
What are tropical storms, hot and humid climate?
What atmospheric layer has the ozone layer?
What is the stratosphere?
Circle half shaded in, long line coming from the top right, and 2 long lines and 1 short line.
What is the measurement the amount of water in the air?
What is humidity?
This is why is the sky blue.
Gasses and particles reflect blue light more than other colors because it travels in short and smaller waves.