Atmosphere
Thermodynamics
Winds
Water
Air Masses and Fronts
100
As you rise upward in the atmosphere the pressure _____
What is Decreases?
100
Heat transfer between two substances that are in contact is called ___________________.
What is Conduction?
100
Winds are caused by differences in ______ ________.
What is Air Pressure?
100
The freezing point of pure water on the Celsius scale is ____ degrees C.
What is 0?
100
Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from ________ _________ air masses.
What is Polar Continental?
200
The less mass in a given volume of air the _____ dense the air.
What is Less?
200
Heat from the sun reaches you by ________________.
What is Radiation?
200
Global winds generally blow in specific ___________ over long distances.
What is Directions?
200
Two conditions are required for the formation of clouds and they are the cooling of the air and the presence of ________ in the air.
What is Particles or Dust?
200
What kind of weather would continental tropical air masses that formed over northern Mexico bring to the southwestern United States _____ and ______.
What is dry and hot?
300
Earth's atmosphere traps heat from the sun, which allows _____ to exist as a Liquid?
What is Water?
300
Convection takes place because cold air is __________ dense than warm air.
What is More?
300
Earth's rotation makes global winds curve. This is called the _______________.
What is Coriolis?
300
Any form of water that falls from clouds is called __________.
What is Precipitation?
300
When a rapidly moving cold air mass overtakes a slow-moving warm air, the result is a _____ front.
What is Cold?
400
When climbing a high mountain, you get out of breath easily because the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere ________.
What is Decreases?
400
Cool air tends to be more _______ and flow under warm air.
What is Dense?
400
The prevailing westerlies, the major wind belts over the continental United States generally push air masses from _______ to East.
What is West?
400
Hurricanes typically form over ___________ ocean water?
What is warm?
400
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move, the result is a __________ front.
What is Stationary?
500
Scientists who study weather and try to predict it are called __________.
What is Meterologists?
500
The suns rays are least direct near the ________.
What is Poles?
500
Easterly winds start from the _______________.
What is East?
500
The boilding point of water on the Celsius scale is _____ degrees C.
What is 100 degrees?
500
When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass, it forms a ______ ________.
What is warm front?
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