Global Winds
The fall of water from the sky
What is precipitation?
The fuel for a hurricane is (what supplies the energy)
What is warm water at least 80 degrees?
Occurs when surface water temperatures are warmer:
What is El Nino?
Define an air mass?
What is a large body of air with similar temperature and humidity?
Hot air/ liquid rises and cold air/ liquid sinks.
What is convection?
Wind is created by________________
What is pressure differences from hot and cold air
When a hurricane reaches land, it will begin to: (Increase in strength / decrease in strength)
What is decrease in strength?
Occurs when colder water is pushed to the surface?
What is La Nina?
In the northern hemisphere hurricanes rotate
What is counterclockwise?
During daytime on coastline the __________ heats up faster than the water, which creates a _________.
What is land and sea breeze?
What causes a sea breeze to form during the day?
What is cooler air from over the ocean moves toward land due to the land heating up faster than water?
Hurricanes are classified in these categories from weakest to strongest:
What are category 1-category 5?
Hurricanes are formed in this area
What is at the Equator / Near the tropics?
This type of front brings thunderstorms followed by cooler weather.
What is a cold front?
What is the difference between a hurricane, typhoon, and a cyclone?
What is the geographic location of the storm?
What moves the warm water from near the Equator around the earth?
What are ocean currents and wind?
List other names for hurricanes.
What are typhoons and cyclones?
Where do El Nino and La Nina occur?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
In the southern hemisphere, hurricanes rotate
What is clockwise?
This front happens when two air masses meet but neither moves.
What is a stationary front?
What is the jet stream and how does it affect weather?
What is a fast-moving ribbon of air high in the atmosphere that influences weather patterns and storm paths?
The conditions needed for a hurricane to form are...
What are warm ocean water, moist air, and wind?
The trade winds weaken which causes a build up of warm water in the Pacific Ocean. This is also known as ...
What is El Nino?
This kind of weather is associated with a warm front.
What is light rain followed by warmer weather?
A phenomenon that causes moving objects, like air currents or ocean currents, to appear to follow a curved path rather than a straight line due to Earth’s rotation?
What is the Coriolis Effect?