Water Cycle
This is the process where thermal energy from the Sun transforms liquid water on Earth's surface to water vapor in the atmosphere.
What is evaporation?
This is the region located between 0 and 30 degrees latitude. It is the hottest region.
What is the tropic region?
This natural hazard is caused by strong rotating thunderstorms at a low pressure system.
What is a tornado?
Heavy thunderstorms, cold temperatures and possible tornadoes form at this front.
What is a cold front?
This area is located at 0 degrees latitude and receives the most radiant/thermal energy from the Sun.
What is the equator?
This is the main source of energy for the water cycle and for weather and climate.
The Sun (thermal energy)
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This is the region located between 60 and 90 degrees latitude. It is the coldest region.
What is the polar region?
This type of natural hazard is formed over warm ocean water when winds blow in a circular pattern inwards towards a low pressure system.
What is a hurricane?
Warm wind and ocean currents move away from the (equator/poles) and bring warm water and air to the (equator/poles).
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What is moving warm from the equator and towards the poles?
Alaska on average has colder temperatures than South Carolina. This is the reason for the average temperature differences.
Proximity to the equator.
South Carolina is closer to the equator and Alaska is closer to the poles.
This is the force that pulls liquid water back down to Earth's surface during precipitation.
What is gravity?
Which area is likely to have the coldest temperatures?
A. 50 Degrees Latitude N
B. 14 Degrees Latitude S
C. 86 Degrees Latitude N
D. 63 Degrees Latitude S
C. 86 Degrees Latitude N
This natural hazard is caused by the movement of transform tectonic plates and causes the ground to move.
What are earthquakes?
Warm ocean currents on Earth can cause (warmer/colder) temperatures and (more/less) precipitation to nearby land masses.
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What are warmer temperatures and more precipitation?
The uneven heating of the Earth is due to Earth's tilt on its axis. This is a type of current of rising warm air and falling cold air created by unequal heating and Earth's tilt.
What are convection currents?
This is where the majority of water is evaporated from on Earth.
What is the ocean?
This is the region located between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. It had mild temperatures, 24 hour days, and four defined seasons.
What is the temperate region?
States in the midwestern USA (Colorado, Kansas, etc.) would likely get tornados rather than hurricanes because these states are farther away from...
What is water/the ocean?
Due to the unequal heating of Earth, atmospheric convection currents create _____ due to the movement of warm and cold air.
What is wind?
Which of the following readings will likely indicate stormy weather approaching? What weather tool measures air pressure?
A. 1035
B. 990
C. 1015
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B. 990
Barometer
This is the process that creates clouds in the atmosphere by cooling water vapor back into liquid water.
What is condensation?
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is changes at one particular time and climate is long term conditions.
Climate deals with averages.
Storms such as hurricanes, thunderstorms, and tornados form at _____ pressure systems.
What is a low pressure system?
The constant movement of ocean water, in the same direction is called...
What is an ocean current?
The geography of a region affects its weather because the shape of landforms influences the flow of which two types of currents?
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What are Wind and Ocean Currents?