A.10A-Influences of Convection Currents
Occurs when the pressure is low
What is lots of rain, and bad weather
When the pressure is low, the rivers will flow
How does solar energy reach the Earth?
What is: through radiation
Type of tropical cyclones that form in the Atlantic and Northeastern Pacific oceans
What is hurricanes.
Warm fronts move very...
What is slow
This air sinks
Cold air sinks because it is more dense.
Occurs when the pressure is high
What is no rain or storms. Lots of sun
When the pressure is high, the rivers are dry.
Air moves from
What is areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
Tropical cyclones that form over the northwest oceans
What are typhoons
A weather front is
What is a boundary that separates 2 air masses
Earth rotates from
What is West to East
Where is a Jetstream?
What is: it is above surface wind and it is what moves fronts.
Air moves from high pressure to low pressure causing what?
What is wind
These form in the southeast and Indian Oceans
What are tropical cyclones
A cold front moves very
What is fast
Minimum temperature for a hurricane to occur
What is 80 degrees Fahrenheit
What is surface wind?
What is surface wind is what we feel. It is the wind that is near the surface of the Earth.
What do you call a group of winds that occur in the same latitude lines
What is a wind belt
As moist and warm air _____ the pressure ________ (answer with the words for the blanks)
What is rises and decreases
An occluded front is
What is a cold front and warm front that usually brings tornadoes
How many hurricanes were there in 2024?
What is eleven
This air rises
What is warm air because it is less dense.
When Earth rotates winds curve causing...
What is the Coriolis effect
Tropical cyclones form over what kind of water?
What is warm and tropical
What are stationary fronts?
What is stationary fronts don't move and bring many dark and cloudy days.
Cold fronts bring
What is thunderstorms, bad weather, and cold air