Mystery
Climate v.s. Weather
Severe Weather
What causes weather
Air masses and fronts
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What layer of the earth is the hottest?
Inner core
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Whats the difference between weather and climate
The time. Weather= short term Climate=Long term
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Define Climate
The year by year average variation (change) in the atmospheres condition over a LARGE AREA.
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Define air mass and air front
Air mass: Air Masses are large bodies of air that have the same temperature and humidity (water vapor) throughout.
Air front: The boundary where different air masses meet/collide
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Where are maritime and continental air masses formed?
Maritime are formed over water
Continental are formed over land
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What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Troposphere
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What type of cloud forms when there is severe weather?
Cumulonimbus
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How do scientist determine the climate?
Take the average of daily weather over long periods of time.
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What are the 4 types of weather fronts?
Cold, Warm, Occluded, Stationary
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What does humidity mean?
How much moisture is in the air
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What type of heat transfer happens in liquids and gasses?
Convection
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What are all the climate factors
Elevation, Latitude, Ocean currents, proximity to water, prevailing winds and mountains
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Why is it important to study climate
-predict weather patterns
-look for any changes
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What causes weather?
Unequal heating of earth
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Maritime Polar air masses will bring what type of weather
Wet and cold
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In what layer of the atmosphere does weather happen?
The Troposphere
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What type of severe weather can form from severe thunderstorms?
tornado
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Tell me about the temperate zone.
Variety of Climates here!
Regions closer to oceans vs. Regions closer to large land masses.
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What is the main factor that influences a regions climate?
Latitude
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What is being modeled?
Cold air front
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What is a person called who studies fossils?
Paleontologist
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What do all severe weather events have in common?
Warm air rising.
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Tell me about the polar zone
Polar Zone
Very cold here!
Two distinct subregions are found here
Ice Cap and Tundra
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What word means DRY and HOT air?
Continental Tropical
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How many types of air fronts are there? What are they called?
Cold Front
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Occluded Front
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What is the main gas found in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
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What is being modeled?
Warm air front
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What is being modeled? 
Occluded Front
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How are weather and climate similar?
they both happen because of unequal heating
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What happens when a tropical (warm) and a Polar (Cold) air masses collide to make an air front? Why?
They do NOT mix because Cold air is heavy, has high pressure, and high density and Warm air is light, has low pressure, and low density. Warm air rises and cold air sinks.
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What are the 7 important lines of latitude?
30S, 60S, 90S, 0, 30N, 60N, 90N
0 = equator
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What type of severe weather has to have winds up to 74mph to be classified as severe weather?
Hurricanes
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Why is it warmer at the equator and cooler at the poles?
Direct sunlight vs. indirect sunlight
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What latitude will have a warmer climate
- 10S
- 11N
- 30S
- 60N
10s
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What is the greenhouse effect? Why is it important? What can we do to help stop this increase?
The greenhouse effect is when a layer of gases in the atmosphere absorbs heat from the Earth to keep it warm. It is important because without it, the Earth would be too cold to live on. We are adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect and warming the planet too much.