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What process of the water cycle forms clouds?
Condensation
What causes local winds?
Local geographic features (mountains, shoreline, etc.)
What is it called where two air masses meet?
Front
What tool measures air pressure?
Barometer.
The Earth's rotation causing wind to curve is called the?
Coriolis Effect
What powers the water cycle?
Sun
What direction does a land breeze blow? During the day or night?
From land to sea. It occurs at night.
A curved line with red half circles on it is the symbol for a ?
Warm front
What is the force that pushes on air molecules?
Air pressure?
The global wind that affects the weather in the U.S.
Prevailing westerlies.
Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are examples of?
Precipitation
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.
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.
Differences in air pressure would cause what?
Wind.
What global winds did sailors use for direction to sell goods?
Trade winds
What do the words maritime, continental, polar, and tropical mean?
Wet (humid), dry, cold, and warm.
Mountain and Valley breeze are caused by?
Differences in temperature and elevation.
This type of front brings many days of cloudy, wet weather.
Stationary front.
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time
Weather
What direction does the Polar Easterlies blow?
East to West
This cloud is large, dark and high in the sky. It is associated with bad weather such as thunderstorms.
Cumulonimbus
What causes differences in air pressure around the world?
Warm air rises at the equator (low pressure). Cold air sinks at the poles (high pressure).
Warm air mass meets and rises above cold air masses during this kind of front
Warm front.
A large body of air with similar temperature, humidity and air pressure that forms over land or water.
Air mass
Narrow bands of winds at the top of the troposphere and the bottom of the stratosphere that can reach high wind speeds of 400km/hr are?
Jet stream