Definitions
Global Winds
Local Winds
Extreme Weather
Water Cycle
100
Which word means "the atmospheric conditions at a certain place at a certain time"?
What is weather?
100
What area on Earth has no global wind because it only has warm air that is rising?
What are the doldrums (near the equator)?
100
What is wind?
What is the horizontal movement of air?
100
What is the FIRST STEP in the development of a thunder cloud?
What is WARM, MOIST air rising?
100
What causes the water cycle?
What is the Sun's heat energy?
200
Which word means "the PATTERN of atmospheric conditions over a long period of time"?
What is climate?
200
What area on Earth has no global wind because it only has cold air that is sinking?
What are the horse latitudes?
200
Which heats up AND cools down faster: soil or water?
What is soil?
200
What is the air pressure like in the eye of a hurricane?
What is LOW PRESSURE?
200
What is evaporation?
What is when a liquid turns into a gas?
300
What is an updraft?
What is warm air moving up?
300
Which global winds are between the equator and the horse latitudes and are good for sailing?
What are trade winds?
300
What happens during a sea breeze? Be specific! Use the words hot, cold, ocean, sand, air.
What is: cold air over the ocean moves toward warm air over the sand?
300
What is the main ingredient of a hurricane?
What is warm ocean water?
300
What is condensation?
What is when a gas turns into a liquid?
400
Cold air has what kind of pressure?
What is HIGH pressure?
400
What is the name for very fast moving bands of air moving west to east?
What are jet streams?
400
What happens during a land breeze? Be specific! Use the words hot, cold, ocean, sand, air.
What is: cold air over the sand moves toward warm air over the ocean?
400
What causes a tornado to form?
What is different speeds of air that create a sideways tornado?
400
What is precipitation?
What is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground?
500
Warm air has what kind of pressure?
What is LOW pressure?
500
Why do global winds curve instead of move in a straight line?
What is because of the Earth's rotation OR the Coriolis Effect?
500
What causes wind? (NOT what direction it moves in, but what causes it in the first place?)
What is differences in air pressure, which is mainly caused by unequal heating of land and water by the Sun?
500
What causes hail?
What are strong updrafts that shoot water droplets back up into the top of a cloud where they freeze?
500
What is an example of condensation?
What is a cloud, a cold glass of water "sweating", dew, etc.?
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