Winds
The Ocean
Weather
Climate
Atmosphere
100
Wind blows from ___ pressure to ___ pressure.
What is high pressure to low pressure?
100
Warm water currents start in this location.
What is near the equator?
100
High pressure areas are usually associated with which kind of weather?
What are clear skies?
100
This warm water current brings heat to western Europe, making its climate warmer than is typical for its latitude.
What is the Gulf stream?
100
The atmosphere is made up mostly of this gas.
What is nitrogen?
200
An example of a global wind.
What are westerlies, trade winds, or polar easterlies?
200
Surface currents are pushed by ___.
What is the wind?
200
The boundary between two air masses.
What is a front?
200
One way in which climate is different than weather.
What is long-term average weather conditions as opposed to short-term conditions?
200
The two lowermost layers of the atmosphere. State the bottom-most layer first.
What are the troposphere and stratosphere?
300
DAILY DOUBLE
Draw a sea breeze.
300
The direction that gyres spin in the northern hemisphere, and the direction that gyres spin in the southern hemisphere.
What is clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere?
300
A large body of air that has uniform temperature, pressure, and humidity.
What is an air mass?
300
DAILY DOUBLE
Name two factors that affect climate.
300
The atmosphere is mainly heated by this type of heat transfer.
What is convection?
400
Wind is caused by this.
What is uneven heating of Earth, which causes pressure differences?
400
The upward movement of cold water from the ocean bottom which brings nutrients to the surface.
What is upwelling?
400
Which kind of front produces severe thunderstorms?
What is a cold front?
400
An example of a short-term climate cycle.
What is El Nino, La Nina, or the seasons?
400
What happens to temperature as you increase in altitude in the troposphere?
What is "it decreases"?
500
What causes global winds to curve, AND which direction do the winds curve in each hemisphere?
What is the Coriolis effect? Clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.
500

For the purpose of this class, how many oceans did I say there were on Earth?

What is ONE?

500

Name three variables that affect weather. Double the points if you name all six!

What are temperature, precipitation, air pressure, humidity, cloud cover, and wind?

500

An example of microclimate. You will need to explain how the microclimate is different from the surrounding climate.

What is a city (warmer than surrounding) or a forest (cooler than surrounding)?

500

Two reasons why the atmosphere is important to life on Earth.

What are 1) protects against harmful rays; 2) protects against meteors; 3) provides essentials gases for life; or 4) helps maintain a stable temperature range?

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