Weather Predictions
Convection
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Inquiry
100
shows weather data from one location
What is a station model?
100
the main cause of land and sea breezes
What is convection?
100
a warm ocean current that affects the climate of the Eastern Atlantic Coast
What is the Gulf Stream?
100
these winds blow east to west
What is the Polar Easterlies?
100
If an airplane design is not working, the team should...
What is redesign and retest?
200
This tool is best for showing warm and cold fronts.
What is a weather map?
200
This causes convection currents in the atmosphere are caused by temperature differences at these two areas.
What is the equator and the poles?
200
the convection region that begins at the equator and extends to about 30 degrees N and S latitude
What is the tropical region?
200
This effect causes global winds to curve.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
200
After looking out at a wet sidewalk, you say, "It must have rained." This statement is an....
What is an inference?
300
Data about cloud patterns and movements is provided by this weather tool
What is a weather satellite?
300
A circular current of air
What is a convection current?
300
temperature, surface currents and convection regions all affect
What is climate?
300
These move along with the jet stream.
What is weather systems?
300
a quantity that is measured in a scientific investigation
What is an observation?
400
lines on a weather map that show areas of high and low pressure systems
What are isobars?
400
When heat is trapped in the atmosphere it is called..
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
400
a cold ocean current that affects the Western Pacific Coast
What is the California Current?
400
this global wind belt blows weather systems across the USA from west to east
What are the westerlies?
400
a student should immediately do this if he or she spills a liquid from a test tube in the lab
What is tell the teacher?
500
Images by this tool can be used to detect cloud cover; rainfall or storm location, intensity and movement; and the potential for severe weather
What is radar?
500
land and water heating up at different rates cause these
What is land and sea breezes?
500
the convection region that extends from 30 degrees to 60 degrees
What is the Temperate Region?
500
Global winds appear to curve because the Earth is spinning on this
What is its axis?
500
a question
What is the first step in a scientific investigation?
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