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Global Wind
100
What process of the water cycle forms clouds?
Condensation
100
Name this cloud and it's weather.
What is a cirrus cloud and expect a change in 12-24 hours.
100
What is it called where two air masses meet?
Front
100
What tool measures air pressure?
Barometer.
100
DAILY DOUBLE
The Earth's rotation causing wind to curve is called the?
Coriolis Effect
200
What powers the water cycle?
Sun
200
What direction does a land breeze blow? During the day or night?
From land to sea. It occurs at night.
200
A curved line with red half circles on it is the symbol for a ?
Warm front
200
What is the force that pushes on air molecules?
Air pressure?
200
The global wind that affects the weather in the U.S.
Prevailing westerlies.
300
Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are examples of?
Precipitation
300
What direction does a sea breeze blow. Does a sea breeze occur during the day or night?
From the sea to land. During the day.
300
The weather forecast indicates that the weather will be turning cold very quickly with the chance of a tornado. What type of front would cause this?
Cold front.
300
Differences in air pressure would cause what?
Wind.
300
What global winds did sailors use for direction to sell goods?
Trade winds
400
Daily Double
What do each of the words maritime, continental, polar, and tropical indicate when describing an air mass?
Wet (humid), dry, cold, and warm.
400
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This is what we say the air is when evaporation can no longer occur.
What is saturated?
400
This type of front brings many days of cloudy, wet weather.
Stationary front.
400
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time
Weather
400
What direction does the Polar Easterlies blow?
East to West
500
This cloud is large, dark and high in the sky. It is associated with bad weather such as thunderstorms.
Cumulonimbus
500
This is a tornado that forms over water.
What is a water spout?
500
Warm air mass meets and rises above cold air masses during this kind of front
Warm front.
500
A large body of air with similar temperature, humidity and air pressure that forms over land or water.
Air mass
500
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Narrow bands of wind at the top of the troposphere and the bottom of the stratosphere that can reach high wind speeds of 400km/hr are?
Jet stream
600
This layer is the coldest layer of the Atmosphere.
What is the Mesosphere?
600
This tool measures wind direction and strength and is often seen on airport runways.
What is a wind sock?
600
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These are the two seasons that produce the most severe weather events.
What are spring and summer?
600
The three ingredients needed for a thunderstorm to form.
What is moisture, unstable air and lift?
600
Winds are named based on this.
The direction the wind starts.
700
Beautiful curtains of light that occur in the Thermosphere.
What are auroras?
700
DAILY DOUBLE
Isobars close together indicate this.
What is strong winds?
700
Name this front.
What is an occluded front?
700
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At this speed spiraling funnels of wind become classified as a tornado
What is 65 mph?
700
This is the area with the most direct sunlight and the calmest winds.
What is the equator?