The two events that can occur when light from the Sun hits matter on Earth.
What is reflection or absorption.
100
When air molecules are more dense, there is ____ pressure. When molecules are less dense, there is ____ pressure.
What is more, less.
100
Of the freshwater present on Earth, the percentage that is found in rivers, the atmosphere, soil, and lakes.
What is 0.5%.
100
The 3 variables that describe weather.
What is heat, moisture, and movement
100
How surface-weather maps are created.
What is weather data collected from stations are sent to weather service computers which create these maps.
200
The 4 variables that affect the temperature change of a material.
What is 1) length of exposure 2) intensity of solar energy 3) color of material 4) properties of material
200
The cause of pressure.
What is air molecules banging into each other and objects.
200
The force that drives the water cycle.
What is the sun.
200
The type of water over which hurricanes form.
What are warm tropical seas.
200
An instrument sent into Earth's atmosphere to measure temperature, pressure, and humidity and sends the information to weather stations.
What are radiosondes.
300
Land gets ____er than water in the sunshine. Land gets ____er than water when the Sun goes down.
What is hotter, colder
300
The cause of a convection current, or wind.
What is the difference between cooler, high pressure area near a warm, low pressure area.
300
The cause of precipitation.
What is clouds filled with condensed water obtained via evaporation allow the condensed water (liquid) to fall to earth in the form of rain.
300
How a thunderstorm forms and operates.
What is a hurricane forms when a mass of air on the ground is warmer and more humid than the air above it, causing rapid convection.
300
The three forms of information do meteorologists use to create weather maps.
What are surface measurements, atmospheric measurements, and satellite images.
400
The parts of Earth that are cooler and warmer AND the reasons why.
What is the tropics are warmer and the poles are cooler. The tropics are warmer because the sun's rays hit this part of Earth directly. The poles are cooler because the rest of the Sun's rays hit the poles at an angle.
400
When air gets hotter, how molecules and pressure are affected.
What is molecules bang into things harder and pressure increases.
400
The difference between a large and a small water cycle.
What is a large water cycle moves water to a new location and takes a longer amount of time than a small water cycle. A small water cycle recycles water back to its starting place quicker than a large water cycle because the water travels a shorter distance.
400
Describe the pressure inside and outside a tornado. The result of this difference in pressure.
What is inside = very low outside = higher ; high winds
400
The difference between how a cold front and a warm front act.
What is a cold air mass plows under a warm air mass in a cold front, whereas a warm air mass slides over a cold air mass in a warm front.
500
A circular movement of fluid (air) that is the result of uneven heating of the fluid.
What is a convection current.
500
You do not usually notice it, but your body can easily ____ back with a force equal to the atmospheric ________.
What is push, pressure.
500
Describe the water cycle briefly.
What is 1) water evaporates from Earth's surface and goes into the atmosphere. 2) water in the atmosphere moves to a new location. 3)the water returns to Earth's surface in a new location. 4) the new location gets a fresh supply of water.
500
A band of warm, moist air that flows from Hawaii to California.
What is the Pineapple Express.
500
The front formed when a cold front and a warm front come together and stop moving.