Weather systems
Elements of Weather #1
Elements of weather#2
Weather and climate
Miscellaneous
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What does ITCZ stand for?
Inter-Tropical Convergent Zone
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What is the condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a certain time and place?
Weather
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What causes wind?
When air moves from high pressure to low pressure. The greater the difference, the stronger the wind.
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Used to measure precipitation?
Rain gauge
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The winds in a northern hemisphere cyclone blow in this direction.
anticlockwise
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How does a cold front form?
When a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forcing the warm air mass to rise.
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What is the measure of how hot or cold something is?
Temperature
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What kind of weather does a low pressure system bring?
cold, cloudy, rainy
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Cloud cover is measured in ________.
Oktas
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The term used to describe why inland areas have hotter summers and colder winters?
Continentality
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List two weather conditions associated with the passage of a tropical wave
A slight drop in temperature
Increase in wind speed
Heavy thundershowers
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What is the amount of water vapor in the air?
Humidity
600
What is the force of the atmosphere on the surface of the earth?
Atmospheric pressure
600
Climate is the average weather conditions over a period of __________
30 years.
600
What type of graph is this?
Climograph
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Tropical waves are areas of ________ atmospheric pressure
low
800
What forms when water vapor condenses in the atmosphere?
Clouds
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What happens when air is warmed or heated by the sun?
It rises/evaporates
800
Summer, rainy season, continentality, are terms related to?
Climate
800
What type of rainfall is shown in the image?
Relief rainfall
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What type of weather system is shown at Y?
Anticyclone/high-pressure system
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What is used to measure air pressure?
Barometer
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What causes a low pressure system?
warm air rises and condenses as it cools
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The main difference between weather and climate is
Time
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Winds that blow constantly over an area that greatly affects its climate.
Prevailing winds