WIND BELTS
Doldrums
What is the name of the weak winds at the Equator?
Changing a liquid into a gas goes through this change.
What is Evaporation.
The state of the air at a certain time and place
What is weather?
Gray clouds that cover the lower part of the sky; rain or snow falls from them
What are stratus clouds?
The NFL team that beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52 and the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59.
Who are the Philadelphia Eagles
The wind belts that are were so weak that they once forced sailors stuck there to make some heartbreking decisions.
What are the Horse Latitudes
the measure of water vapor in the air is this word...
What is humidity.
Instrument that shows wind direction
What is a wind vane?
White, puffy clouds that look like piles of cotton; they are known as fair-weather clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
The number of degrees of latitude between the equator and each pole?
What is 90
Cool tropical breezes that travel from the north east
What are the Trade Winds
With Local winds during the day, the warmest area is above this spot.
What is Land
Measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
Thin, feathery clouds that appear high in the sky; they occur on colder but usually clear days.
What are cirrus clouds?
The ozone layer is found in this atmosophere layer.
What is the Stratosphere.
Winds that bring cold Northeastern storms onto the U.S. Atlantic coast; travel from the northeast.
What are the Polar Easterlies
The transfer of heat between a fluid (liquid and/or gas)
Convection
The increased cooling from wind.
What is wind chill
The tiny solids that the sky must have in order for clouds to form
What are particles (smoke, dust, salt)
This type of blood cell kills germs.
What are white blood cells.
The winds that travel from the south west and bring warm and wet weather to the west coast of the U.S.
What are the Prevailing Westerlies
The formula for finding Volume
What is Length x Width x Height
The temperature at which condensation of water occurs
What is dew point
Tall, dark clouds that bring thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The country that has the most yearly earthquakes
What is Japan