Weather Systems
Vocabulary
Convection
Currents
Trivia
100
Causes a decrease in temperatures and possibly severe weather (like thunderstorms). Draw the symbol too.
What is a cold front?
100
The amount of salt in water. How does it affect the density of water?
Salinity; Makes water denser
100
Name two other methods of heat transfer
Conduction; Radiation
100
What causes waves and surface currents?
Wind (Uneven heating from the sun counts too)
100
Which state has the most hurricanes on average?
Florida
200
Causes clear and sunny weather. Draw the symbol too.
What is a high pressure system?
200
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
200
Which part of Earth receives the most direct sunlight year-round? What is its latitude?
Equator; Latitude = 0
200
What causes deep ocean currents?
Differences in the density of water
200
Which state has the most tornadoes on average?
Texas
300
Causes an increase in temperatures and sometimes gentle rain. Draw the symbol too.
What is a warm front?
300
The team that beat the Cowboys on Sunday, October 8th
Green Bay Packers
300
What provides the energy that drives convection on Earth? What life stage is it in?
What is the sun? Main Sequence
300
The name of the high altitude, fast moving current of air that blows west to east over the United States?
Jet Stream
300
What is deadliest hurricane in US history?
1900 Galveston Hurricane (between 6,000 - 12,000 deaths)
400
Rising air that results in cloudy weather and possible precipitation. Draw the symbol too.
What is a low pressure system?
400
Mass divided by volume
What is density
400
Why do colder fluids sink relative to warmer fluids?
Colder fluids are denser
400
What is the name of the warm water current on the east coast of the United States and what ocean is it located in?
Gulf Stream; Atlantic Ocean
400
Only two states have never recorded a temperature of over 100 degrees. Name one of the two.
Alaska and Hawaii
500
Due to the jet stream, weather systems in the United States typically move in which direction?
West to East
500
A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans
What is a typhoon?
500
The transfer of heat as warmer fluids rise and cooler fluids sink.
What is convection?
500
What is the name of the polar water current on the west coast of the United States and what ocean is it located in?
California Current; Pacific Ocean
500
What is Dallas' record low temperature: 3, 0, -8, -13, or -20 degrees?
-8*F
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