Pressure Systems
Fronts
Water Cycle
Atmosphere
Ocean Currents
100
The wind blows from a ____ pressure to a ____ pressure.
What is high ; low
100
A ___ front pushes warm air.
What is cold.
100
Examples of this include Hail, Rain, and Snow.
What is precipitation
100
How many layers are in the atmosphere? (include Exosphere)
What is 5.
100
Which way do currents move in the southern hemisphere?
What is counterclockwise.
200
Air rises in a ___ pressure system.
What is low
200
Is it warm or cold after a cold front passes?
What is cold.
200
Respiration occurs when water evaporates from these.
What are animals.
200
What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
What is Troposphere.
200
Ocean currents flow in this direction under the prevailing westerlies.
What is from west to east?
300
Sinking air has this type of pressure.
What is high
300
A ____ front has high humidity.
What is warm.
300
This process is when plants lose water from leaves.
What is transpiration
300
Which layer is the ozone in?
What is Stratosphere.
300
These two factors create surface currents.
What are wind direction and rotation of the Earth?
400
How much air molecules push on you.
What is air pressure.
400
Boundaries where the air masses meet.
What is fronts.
400
This would happen to the energy of particles during evaporation.
What is increase?
400
What are the layers of the atmosphere? (in order)
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere.
400
These two factors create deep water currents.
What are temperature and salt?
500
The ____ layer has the highest air pressure in the atmosphere.
What is Troposphere.
500
A ____ front results in slow air movement.
What is stationary
500
This process occurs when a gas turns into a liquid.
What is condensation?
500
What layer(s) do planes fly in and why?
What is the high Troposphere and low Stratosphere; To avoid weather.
500
This is the basic cause of both winds AND ocean currents.
What is uneven heating of earth's surfaces?
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