Energy
Energy that is stored
What is Potential Energy
replacement of one community by another one
What is succession
when warm air is rapidly forced by cold air
What is a storm
Large bodies of air with similar temperature, humidity, and pressure.
What is air mass
This system typically bring clear skies and fair weather.
High-Pressure Systems
Energy in motion
What is kinetic energy
Species that arrive first in a newly created environment
What is pioneer species
Rain, sleet, snow
What is precipitation
Cold air that forms near the poles.
What is Polar Air Mass
This system is associated with stormy weather, such as rain, snow, or even severe storms.
Low-Pressure Systems
Energy from a bow stretching an arrow
What is elastic potential energy
the variety of life on Earth
What is biodiversity
the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind
What are ocean currents
Warm air that forms near the equator.
What is Tropical Air Mass
Boundaries between different air masses.
What is a front
Heats up the entire earth
What is the sun
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
What is an ecosystem
Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis Effect
Air that forms over land, dry.
What is Continental Air Mass
When a cold front catches up to a warm front, leading to complex weather patterns, often with precipitation.
What is an occluded front
Energy stored in a battery
Grasslands, tundra, desert, forest
What are biomes
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time
What is weather
Air that forms over oceans, moist and humid.
What is Maritime Air Mass
Neither air mass is strong enough to replace the other, often leading to cloudy and rainy weather.
What is a stationary front