Energy and Atmosphere
This celestial body is the fundamental driver of Earth's weather and climate.
What is the sun?
This term describes the long-term pattern of weather in a specific region.
What is climate?
This type of front occurs when a cool air mass moves toward a warm air mass.
What is a cold front?
These massive storm systems form over warm tropical waters and can be called hurricanes or typhoons.
What are tropical cyclones?
These are caused by global winds and affect ocean temperatures.
What are surface currents?
This phenomenon describes the change in wind direction due to Earth's rotation.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Locations closer to this imaginary line receive more direct sunlight.
What is the equator?
This front leads to increasing chances of rain followed by warmer, clearer weather.
What is a warm front?
This is the primary energy source for tropical cyclones.
What is warm ocean water?
This type of current helps to carry cold water toward the equator.
What are cold water currents?
These currents carry warm water away from the equator.
What are surface ocean currents?
This effect moderates the temperature of coastal cities compared to inland cities.
What is the moderating effect of water?
This type of front occurs when two air masses meet but neither moves the other.
What is a stationary front?
This process involves warm water evaporating, causing the air above to become warmer and more humid.
What is the evaporation process?
The movement of these currents can influence local climate conditions.
What are ocean currents?
This energy transfer chain begins with energy from the sun and ends with the atmosphere.
What is Energy from the sun -> Hydrosphere -> Atmosphere?
This current affects local climates by making them warmer and more humid.
What is warm surface current?
This type of front can result in cloudy weather and precipitation due to a warm air mass caught between two cold air masses.
What is an occluded front?
Once a cyclone makes this, it loses its energy source.
What is landfall?
The energy from the sun is transferred to this sphere before affecting the atmosphere.
What is the hydrosphere?
The uneven heating of Earth causes air to rise, resulting in this atmospheric condition.
What is lower pressure?
Coastal cities like Monterey, CA are cooler than inland cities like Tulsa, OK due to their proximity to this.
What is the ocean?
The Jet Stream primarily moves these atmospheric phenomena from west to east.
What are air masses?
After making landfall, this happens to the storm as it loses its energy source.
What is the storm weakens?
This interaction between different "spheres" leads to complex weather patterns.
What are energy, atmosphere, and ocean interactions?