Weather General
What refers to the short-term changes in the atmospher?
Weather
It brings high winds, heavy rains, lightning and sometimes hail.
Thunderstorm
It is a huge body of air that forms over ocean or land in tropical or polar regions of the Earth.
Air Mass
What is kind of front moves in such a way that colder air replaces warmer air?
Cold front
A breeze comes from the sea is __________ while it land breeze if it comes _______.
Sea Breeze, land
It is the average weather in a location over a long period of time.
Climate
They are huge powerful storms that form out of over the ocean.
Hurricanes
A kind of air mass that originates in warm tropical region.
Tropical air mass
A front that moves in such a way that warmer air replaces colder air.
Warm front
Dry, cold prevailing winds from the high-pressure areas of the polar highs at the north and south poles towards low-pressure areas within the Westerlies at high latitudes
Polar Easterlies
What measure atmosphere pressure?
Barometer
They are violent column of wind that spin very fast.
Tornadoes
If an air mass is formed over ocean it is called________.
Maritime
It is a kind of front which is stationary or nearly so.
Stationary front
Prevailing __________ , are prevailing winds in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude, blowing from the high pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the poles.
Westerlies
What are the different climate zones?
Polar, Temperate ,Tropical
What are other names for tornadoes?
Cyclone, Funnel, Twister
What is responsible for the unevenly heating of the Earth?
Sun
A composite of two fronts as a cold front overtakes a warm front or stationary front.
Occluded front
Permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region
Trade winds
What is the importance of weather forecasting?
To plan the day and to prepare for the severe weather.
What makes severe weather dangerous?
They can bring big disaster such damaging properties and kill lives.
Enumerate the 4 types of air masses
Continental Polar, Continental Tropical,
Maritime Polar, Maritime Tropical
What are the 4 kinds of fronts?
Cold, warm, occluded and stationary fronts
What is Coriolis Effect?
The Coriolis effect is an apparent deflection of a course of motion that occurs because Earth is a sphere that is spinning on its axis (the daily rotation that gives rise to day & night).