This is where fresh water flowing from a river would be found after entering the ocean.
What is on top?
100
This is the reason that air rises when it is heated.
What is it becomes less dense?
100
This has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it forms.
What is an air mass?
100
This is the speed at which a tropical storm forms and is given a name.
What is 39 mph?
100
This scientist studies atmosphere and focuses on forecasting and weather processes.
What is a meteorologist?
200
These ocean currents are caused by wind.
What are surface currents?
200
During the day the air above land heats up faster than the air above water. The heated air then rises and the cooler air from above the ocean moves in to take its place.
What is a sea breeze?
200
This is the term given to weather of a region over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
This is the characteristic that both a hurricane and tornado share.
What is a low pressure system?
200
These are the major ocean currents found on the 1)western coast and the 2)eastern coast of the United States.
What is the 1)California Current and the 2)Gulf Stream?
300
This occurs when water moves to the west coast of a continent and bounces back bringing deep water rich in nutrients to the surface.
What is upwelling?
300
This occurs at night and is due to the fact that land and water have very different specific heats.
What is a land breeze?
300
This is shown with blue triangles and occurs when cold air advances towards warm air lifting the warm air up.
What is a cold front?
300
One forms over water and the other forms over land
What is the major difference between a hurricane and a tornado?
300
This is the area 5 degrees North and South of the Equator that have little to no winds.
What is the Doldrums?
400
This is where an object with a density of 3.5 g/ml would be found when added to a glass of water.
What is on the bottom?
400
This is the reason that water heats up slowly and cools down slowly.
What is a high specific heat?
400
This tells you whether a cold front is moving towards your area.
What is the direction that the triangles point?
400
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What was the deadliest hurricane?
400
This is the climate region that receives the least direct sun's rays.
What are the polar regions?
500
These two processes would cause the salinity of water to increase.
What is freezing and evaporation?
500
This is the unit used to measure energy when discussing specific heat.
What are joules?
500
This occurs when colder air forces warm air upward, closing off the warm air from the surface.
What is an occluded front?
500
warm dry air mass, warm moist air mass, cold dry air mass and circular motion
What are the components needed for a tornado to form?
500
This is the difference between a Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm and Hurricane.