Clouds
What are clouds made of?
Condensed water particles
What are the TWO most abundant chemicals in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
Why do winds not flow in a STRAIGHT line?
The earth rotates on its axis.
Pressure always flows from ____ to _____ pressure.
high to low
Which heats and cools faster: Land or Water?
Land
Name 3 types of clouds
What is cumulous, stratus and cirrus
Which trace gas is the most abundant and can contribute most to global warming?
Carbon Dioxide
Warm air rises at the ______ and sinks at the _______.
equator; poles
Moderate temperatures are characteristics of what climate zone?
temperate
During the day, the land heats up _______ the water, so a breeze will blow from the sea to the land, called a sea breeze.
What type of cloud is wispy and feathery
What is cirrus
The ___ contains most of the ozone of the atmosphere.
stratosphere
Warm air rises at the ______ and sinks at the _______.
equator; poles
What is the relationship between temperature and latitude?
The lower the latitude, the warmer the region becomes. The higher the latitude, the colder the area becomes. The relationship is inverse (opposite).
What area of Earth experiences the least amount of temperature variation or change during a year?
areas near water
what type of cloud appears as a blanket covering the sky?
What is Stratus
Which layer of the atmosphere is the hottest, yet feels the coldest to us?
Thermosphere
In what direction (N,S,W,E) would an object in Earth's atmosphere be deflected as a result of Earth's rotation in the Southern Hemisphere?
East
What are FOUR of the SIX factors of weather?
temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation and cloudiness
Which city, Bismark, North Dakota or Seattle, Washington would have a HIGHER difference between day and night temperatures?
Bismark
Which clouds do you make shapes out of on a SUNNY day?
cumulous
List the layers of the atmosphere from the bottom to the top.
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
Describe the two reason why wind blows on our Earth. (two reasons for the Coriolis effect)
Unequal heating of the air particles (high pressure vs. low pressure) and the rotation of Earth on its axis.
Finish the Sioux City weather ball slogan:
Red as fire – the temperature is going _______.
Blue – colder weather will ________. White – precipitation is in ______. Green – forecast says no change in ______.
Higher; ensue; site; sceen
The city near land would have a larger temperature difference from day to night and the city near water would have less of a temperature difference from day to night.