Weather
Charles in Charge
Growing Pains
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Johnny Thunderfingers
100

  • Large body of air with similar temperature and moisture

  • Forms over specific regions (like oceans or deserts)

  • Takes on characteristics of the area where it forms

Air Masses

100

What is something you can’t see, but you can feel?

Water Vapor (humidity) 

100

Which layer of the atmosphere has air that's breathable?

Troposphere

100
Climate is the __________________ weather over long periods of time. 

average

100

During the summer, large bodies of water absorb a lot of _______________.  

Heat/Warmth

200

Air masses move based on wind patterns, Earth's Rotations, and _____________________. 


Temperature Differences 

200

Warm air produces what type of pressure?

Low Pressure

200

Is atmospheric pressure higher or lower near

the ground?

Higher 

200

As latitiude increases temperature tend to be warmer or colder?

Colder

200

This is when rain starts out in a cloud and is rain in its smallest form.



Droplet



300

Name 2 things that happen when air masses meet.

  • They create weather fronts

  • They can cause precipitation

  • Temperature changes occur

  • Clouds often form

300

Air that is closer to the equator is ______________. 

Warmer

300

Air has weight as ______________ pulls it down.

Gravity 

300

At the______________, the temperatures are highest because these areas get more direct sunlight

Equator

300

This instrument measures the amount of rainfall.

Rain Gauge

400

Cold air pushes under warm air this is called a _________ front. 

Cold 

400

A ________ breeze is when the air moves from the sea to the land during the daytime.

Sea Breeze 

400

There is less ___________ at higher altitudes. 

Oxygen

400

This is the 5th layer of the atmosphere.

Exosphere

400

This is the temperature at which condensation begins.

Dew Point

500

These instruments measure air pressure.

Barometers

500

This is the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place. It's affected by many different variables, including temperature, precipitation, wind, and air pressure. 




Weather

500

At higher altitudes, the atmospheric pressure

__________________.

Decreases

500

Because earth is a sphere, this influences wind patterns, which influences how ocean currents move.  


Coriolis Effect 

500

Deep ocean currents happen because there are differences in seawater densities due to temperature and what else?

Salinity (salt content) 

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