Weather or Climate
This is the day-to-day variation in atmospheric variables.
What is weather?
The process when clouds form when water (as a gas) changes to a liquid
What is condensation?
Type of heat transfer without touching
What is radiation?
The two characteristics of air masses.
What are temperature and moisture?
Alternates between blue triangles and red half circles that point in alternating directions
What is the symbol for a stationary front?
The average weather pattern of an area over time is called ___________.
What is the climate?
The process that requires heat from the sun
What is evaporation?
Convection occurs because cold air is _____ dense than warm air.
What is more?
An air mass that forms over warm water.
An effect that makes winds seem to curve
What is the Coriolis Effect?
This pressure system produces cloudy and rainy weather.
What is low pressure?
Refers to rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What is precipitation?
Type of heat transfer responsible for most of earth’s heating in the atmosphere
What is convection?
The type of front formed when a large mass of warm air takes over the cooler air mass. Usually produce rain, fog, or snow that lis light but steady.
What is a warm front?
The direction in which the wind in the United States pushes weather.
What is west to east?
This atmospheric condition typically helps determine what kind of weather your area will have that day.
What is the wind?
Water in a gas form is called...
Water Vapor
Unequal heating of the atmosphere leads to differences in...
Air Pressure
The boundary where two large air masses (pockets of warm or cold air) meet that can cause weather changes like rain, storms, or temperature shifts.
What is a weather front?
The amount of water vapor in the air is called ________________.
What is humidity?
These are responsible for moving heat throughout the world and therefore determining climate.
What are ocean currents?
Water released into the air from plants.
What is transpiration?
The surface of the earth is heated by _________ from the sun. The surface then heats the air that is in direct contact with the surface through ____________. As the warm air rises, it heats the rest of the atmosphere through the process of ___________.
What are radiation, conduction and convection?
The movement of air from an area of HIGH pressure to an area of LOW pressure
What is wind?
Carries weather instruments as far up as the stratosphere.
What are weather balloons?