Unit 5 - Water
Water Cycle
What is the main source of energy for the water cycle?
The Sun
Atmospheric Layers
This is the layer where all weather happens.
(Hint: We live in this layer)
Troposphere
Air Mass
This air is dry and cold.
(Hint: this air mass is found above Canada)
Continental Polar
Theories of Outer Space
This theory was made by Ptolemy and was proven wrong. It stated that the Earth was the center of the universe.
What is the cause of the surface ocean currents?
Two answers
The Global Winds and Coriolis Effect
Water Distribution
Definition: the amount of dissolved salt in a body of water
Salinity
Unequal Heating of water and land
Which heats up faster out in the direct summer sun?
Land or Water
Land
Air Mass & Severe Storms
This is the location where multiple air masses meet in the middle of the USA. What do we call it?Tornado Alley
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Galaxies
Spiral (Ours)
Elliptical
Irregular
Hydrology
What are underground water being held by rocks called?
aquifers
Motion of the Ocean
Tides are mainly caused by...
Gravitational Pull of the Moon
Wind
The wind is blowing from the land out to sea. This local wind is called _____________ breeze
Land Breeze
Weather Fronts:
When a cold air mass moves towards and slips under a warm air mass, thunderstorms begin to form.Which weather front is this?
Cold Front
Solar System
Which planets have greater density?
Inner Planets or Outer Planets
Inner Planets
Meteorology
What type of heat transfer causes sunburns?
Radiation
Ocean Floor Feature:
The deepest part of the ocean floor.
Trench
Atmospheric Layers
As the weather balloon continued to rise, it experienced the coldest temperatures and suddenly, the temperature started to increase drastically.
Which layers did the weather balloon travel through? (2 atmospheric layers)Mesosphere into Thermosphere
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Severe Storm
List at least two major conditions that are needed for Hurricanes to form.
--Warm ocean water
--Low Pressure systems
--Low wind shear
--Tropical Storm
--Coriolis effect
Solar System
Name the 4 Terrestrial (Rocky) Planets in the order from the closest to farthest from the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Meteorology
Name the 4 weather fronts
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Occluded Front
Water Cycle
Students were experimenting on the results of a water cycle model (cup, ice, plastic wrap, and head lamp). Which student has the correct hypothesis?
Student A - "The water will decrease inside the water cycle model due to evaporation"
Student B - "The water will increase inside of the water cycle model due to precipation"
Student C - "The water will remain the same inside the water cycle model because the water just changes form"
Student C
Atmospheric Layers
What atmosphere has this information?
Temperature: -25 C (Fairly cold/freezing)
Composition: Ozone Detected
Altitude: 43 km high
Weather Balloons are used here to predict weather patterns.
Stratosphere
Severe Storms
Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and hurricanes are different severe storms, but what characteristic do they all share?a. all form over land
b. all need warm moist air to rise.
c. all need cold dry air to rise.
d. all need the Coriolis effect
b. all need warm moist air to rise.
Gravity & Inertia
What would happen to the planets if the Sun no longer existed?
A) The planets would stay put and no longer move
B) The planets would be pulled into the Sun
C) The planets would continue in a straight line into outer space
D) The planets would collide into one another
C) The planets would continue in a straight line into outer space
Solar System
Where are the meteors found?
Earth's Atmosphere