Fronts
Fronts 2
Wind
Weather
Random
100
This front occurs when 2 air masses stop advancing
Stationary Front
100
This front has warm, light air slowly advancing over heavier, cold air.
Warm Front
100
This breeze starts in the ocean and heads toward land
Sea Breeze
100
Weather is caused by the _________ of Earth
Uneven heating
100
The variable that you change in a lab
Independent Variable
200
This front is represented by blue triangles on a weather map
Cold Front
200
A boundary between two air masses of different ________, ________, or _________is called a front. (Give 2)
Density Moisture Temperature
200
This type of breeze occurs at night
Land Breeze
200
Fog is an example of what type of cloud?
Stratus
200
The variable that changes as a result of what you change
Dependent Variable
300
This type of front actually involves 3 air masses
Occluded
300
This front is represented by a purple line on weather maps
Occluded
300
Wind always moves from regions of ____________ to regions of ____________
High Pressure to Low Pressure
300
Clouds form through which process?
Condensation
300
What is the format for writing a hypothesis? (3 words)
If Then Because
400
How many major air masses affect the weather in the United States?
Six
400
An air mass that forms over the Sahara will be________
Dry and Warm
400
The rotation of Earth causes what effect?
Coriolis Effect
400
The ozone layer is in which layer of the atmosphere?
Stratosphere
400
Something that changes in a lab
Variable
500
A bear is an example of what type of consumer? -Herbivore -Omnivore -Decomposer -Carnivore
Omnivore
500
What does "occluded" mean?
Closure
500
During a sea breeze, the high pressure is over the Land or Sea?
Sea
500
A ________ ________ is the flow of a fluid or air due to heating and cooling of the fluid or air. IE: Hot air rises. Cold air falls.
Convection current
500
Something that doesn't change in a lab
Constant
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