Local Winds
Global Winds
Energy in the Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
100
At the beach, this substance heats up and cools off much more slowly than land.
What is water?
100
If you were in a plane traveling from west to east, you would get there ________ than if you travel from east to west.
Faster! Double Jeopardy!!!!
100
Which direction do jet streams in the United States generally blow?
West to East
100
Though most of the world no longer uses it, this temperature scale is still the one that is most commonly used in the United States.
What is the Fahrenheit scale?
200
During the day, the land is much warmer than the ocean which results in this type of wind that blows from the water onto the land.
What is a sea breeze?
200
This easterly wind belt is caused by air moving toward the equator.
What are the trade winds?
200
The Coriolis effect causes ___________.
Wind to curve
200
This type of heat transfer occurs when hot air rises and cooler air sinks.
What is convection?
300
This type of local wind happens when the water is warmer than the land.
What is a land breeze?
300
High pressure air from the poles heads toward the equator causing this global wind belt.
What are the polar easterlies?
300
Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
High to Low- Quadruple Jeopardy!!!
300
This type of heat transfer happens when heat moves directly between objects when the molecule collide with each other spreading the energy.
What is conduction?
400
What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form?
Sea Breeze- Daytime
400
This wind belt located between 30 and 60 degrees latitude is most responsible for the movement of weather patterns across the United States.
What are the prevailing westerlies?
400
What causes global winds and convection in the atmosphere?
unequal heating of the Earth by the sun
400
This is a lava lamp. When the light bulb heats the wax, the wax rises. When the wax cools, it falls. This cycle of rising/falling is an example of:
Convection. Double Jeopardy!
500
In this type of coastal wind, the air pressure is higher over the water than on the land.
What is a sea breeze?
500
This phenomenon causes winds in the Northern hemisphere to curve to the right due to the earth's rotation.
What is the Coriolis effect?
Triple Jeopardy!
500
Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.
Less- Double Jeopardy!!!
500
What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun heats your body?
Radiation