precipitation
any form of water that falls from the atmosphere
what is precipitation?
a powerful rotating funnel of air associated with sever thunderstorms
what is a tornado?
The difference between weather and climate
What is weather is conditions in the atmosphere at a given place and time and climate is the typical patterns of weather in a place over a period of years?
this is the study of processes by which the lithosphere plates move over the asthenosphere
what is plate tectonics?
the energy that is released from an earthquake
what is seismic waves?
dry conditions that occur on the leeward side of a mountain barrier
what is a rain shadow?
Two types of air that collide to form a tornado
What are cool dry air and warm humid air?
This man made a system to classify climates.
Who is Wladimir Koppen?
these are three types of plate boundaries
what are divergent, convergent, and transform
this is the spot where most earthquakes occur
what are faults?
this happens when air reaches its saturation point
what is it cannot hold any additional water vapor- clouds form, and water is released as precipitation?
Tornadoes have ___ concentrated energy than any other kind of storm
What is more?
this hurricane destroyed and flooded new orleans
what is hurricane katrina
these are the plate boundaries in which subduction occurs
what are convergent plate boundaries?
this scale measures earthquakes, and is very accurate
what is the moment magnitude scale?
this causes the evaporation of water from tropical parts of the ocean
what are high surface temperatures?
These are giant rotating tropical storms with winds of at least 118km/hour
What are tropical cyclones?
these are the six climate zones
what are humid equatorial, dry, humid temperate, humid cold, cold polar, and highland climate
when two plates move apart
what is divergent plate boundary?
the three locations that volcanoes occur at
what are subduction zones, spreading plates, and above hot spots?
this is earth's wettest spot
what is Mount Waileale, Hawaii
What are global atmospheric patterns and vertical wind sheer?
these are the three types of humid temperate climates
what are no dry season, dry winter, and dry summer
when plates move horizontally in opposite but parallel directions
what is a transform plate boundary?
two side effects of earthquakes
what are landslides and tsunamis?