Energy and The Ocean
This landform helps to keep coastal areas cooler during the summer and warmer during the winter. It keeps temperatures very average because it absorbs solar radiation like a sponge
What is the Ocean?
This Front is made by a cold air mass pushing in and bumping into a warm air mass.
What is a Cold Air Front?
Th day to day temporary changes in the atmosphere.
What is weather?
This Weather Factor is increased by the amount of solar radiation
What is temperature?
For a Rain Shadow effect to happen you need these two landforms...
what is a ocean/sea and a mountain?
This type of energy transfer is responsible for moving air masses around and ocean currents around like hot water in a pot
What is Convection?
This Front is made by a warm air mass pushing in and bumping into a cold air mass.
what is a warm front?
The long term average weather patterns for an area that repeat year after year.
What is Climate?
This Weather Factor requires water vapor to cool down and condense
What is Amount of Cloud Cover
This side of mountains has dry air, low precipitation, and desserts.
What is the leeward side or side opposite the ocean?
This type of energy transfer is responsible for heating air masses and the Ocean
What is Solar Radiation?
This front is represented by blue lines and triangles on weather maps
what is a cold front?
A large body of air that is defined by its consistent air pressure, temperature and humidity. This moves from West to East.
What is an Air Mass
This Weather Factor is the amount of water vapor found in the air. Due to evaporation it is high near the equator. In places with little water like a dessert it is low.
What is humidity?
this was shown by the Ice Water cups!!!
This side of mountains has warm moist air, high precipitation and higher growth of forests and farm crops.
What is the windward side or side of the mountain facing the ocean?
This place has the highest amount of evaporation because of high solar radiation and is the source of warm ocean currents
what is the equator?
This Front is known for causing warm but light rainy weather
What is a warm front?
The boundary between two different air masses
What is a Front?
This weather factor is created by convection and the movement of air masses
What is wind?
Spinning paper spiral!!!!
This Air Mass has room for high moisture, and fast spread out air molecules
what is a warm moist air mass?
These type of Ocean currents are more dense, travel away from the poles and help to create cold air masses
what is a cold ocean current?
This Front is known for causing cold stormy weather
What is a cold front?
A continuous and directional movement of water due to temperature, wind, salinity, and the spinning of the earth.
What is an Ocean Current?
This Weather Factor is the force of the weight of air molecules. In the upper atmosphere it has less force and near the ground it has more force.
What is Air Pressure?
We used this to crush a can!!!
Air masses that move up a mountain change their air pressure to this and are forced to rain.
What is low air pressure?
All changes from high to low air pressure cause precipitation