Earth's Spheres
Heat Transfer
The Water Cycle
Weather and Climate
Wind and Ocean Currents
100
The sphere that is made up of living things.
The Biosphere
100
How does the surface of water heat the air in contact with it?
Conduction
100
This is responsible for the energy that drives the water cycle.
The Sun
100
Can change from minute to minute, day to day or week to week.
Weather
100
Strong, fast currents of air found high up in the atmosphere.
Jet Streams
200
The 2 main gases found in the atmosphere.
Nitrogen 78%
Oxygen 21%
200
Heat flows from _______ to _________.
Hot to cold.
200
When water falls to the ground.
Precipitation
200
It is usually hot and rainy during the summer in Tampa.
Climate
200
What causes wind?
Differences in air pressure
300
The 5 spheres.
Biosphere
Geosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Cryosphere
300
When heat is transferred by warm air or water rising and cold air or water sinking.
Convection
300
When water heats up and turns to vapor.
Evaporation
300
The temperature and precipitation in Tampa today.
Weather
300
How are winds named? Give an example
From the direction that they come from.
Westerlies - West to East
Easterlies - East to West
400
The 4 layers of the Atmosphere from lowest layer to highest layer.
Thermosphere (highest)
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere (lowest)
400
If the sun is shining, how does heat energy flow through a glass window and warm up a room?
Radiation
400
When vapor cools and turns into liquid.
(this is how clouds form)
Condensation
400
2 factors that determine climate.
Temperature and Precipitation
400
What is the Coriolis Affect?
Rotating of Earth causing wind and ocean currents to move in a curved path.
500
Forest fire burning.
What 2 spheres are interacting?
Answers will vary.
500
By which process does water transfer heat from the equator to the poles?
Convection.
(Convection happens in moving air and moving water: Convection Currents)
500
Small amounts of water that flow along the land into bodies or water.
Runoff
500
Why do areas near the poles have a colder climate?
Because of the tilt of the Earth, the sun hits the poles at a reduced angle
500
What are 3 causes of Surface Ocean Currents?
1. Wind
2. Coriolis Affect
3. Continental Deflection