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2. Compare the types of weather that are brought by a high-pressure versus a low-pressure.
high - sunshine and fair weather - clouds and precipitation
29. The farther you live from the ocean, the more likely your climate will be a ___ climate.
continental
11. Climate are classified by two major factors: ___ and ___.
temperature and precipitation
31. The land on the ___ side of a mountain range is in a rain shadow.
leeward
40. Describe what a doppler radar is used for.
detects precipitation and small particles which can be used to approximate wind speed
30. Explain seasons.
short periods of climate change due to amount of solar energy an area receives during the year
37. Long, warm periods that occur between ice ages are called ____.
interglacials
temperature and moisture
39. During he ice ages, much of Earth was covered by ____.
glaciers
12. Describe the kinds of technology meteorologists use to help predict the weather.
weather satellites, weather balloons, computers
38. Explain what a microclimate is.
small area with climate condition that differ from those around them
33. Regions that receive less than 25 centimeters of rain annually are called ___.
deserts
15. A ____ is a wind circulation pattern that changes directions with the seasons.
monsoon
35. An occasional climatic event that occurs every 3-8 years in which trade winds weaken and reverse normal patterns of pressures across the Pacific Ocean is ___.
El Nino
8. Describe a cyclone. What type of weather does it bring?
swirling center of low air pressures; storms and precipitation
34. Explain three types of evidence scientists use to study climate changes in history.
ice cores, fossilized pollen, ocean sediment, growth rings on trees
25. Rain or snow is usually associated with ___ air pressure.
falling
23. The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not easily mix is called a(n) ___.
front
36. Humans add the greenhouse gas ___ to the atmosphere by burning wood, oil, natural gas and coal.
carbon dioxide
26. Describe two different ways humans have impacted climate change.
fossil fuels, deforestation, aerosols
20. Explain who Wladimir Koppen is.
21. At a warm front, warm air meets and moves ____ cold air.
over
7. Funnel-shaped clouds that touch Earth's surface are called ____.
tornadoes
19. Average temperature on Earth has been increasing for past 100 years which is often referred to as ____.
global warning
5. An air mass that forms over an ocean is called ___.
maritime