Definitions
When liquid water becomes water vapor, it is called ________________.
Evaporation
What Earth system includes all living organisms?
Biosphere
Which best describes radiation?
Heat transfer by moving particles inside a fluid
Heat transfer through empty space by electromagnetic waves
Heat transfer by particles bumping into each other
Heat transfer only inside solids
2. Heat transfer through empty space by electromagnetic waves
Which pressure system is most likely to bring clear skies?
High Pressure
Energy from the Sun reaches Earth mainly by _____________.
Radiation
Plants release water vapor into the air through a process called _____________.
Transpiration
What provides most of the energy that causes evaporation in the water cycle?
The Sun
What process involves particles colliding to move heat?
Conduction
What front often brings light rain and warmer air?
Warm Front
Wind moves from areas of _____________ pressure to areas of _____________ pressure.
Water vapor cooling into liquid water in the air is called _________________.
Condensation
Where is water stored underground in layers of permeable rock?
Aquifers
Trade Winds blow in which direction between 30°N and 30°S?
East to West
What happens to air pressure as altitude increases?
It decreases
Heat transfer by particle collisions is called _____________.
Conduction
Liquid water turning into ice or snow is called _________________.
Crystallization
What process describes water vapor turning into tiny droplets that form clouds?
Condensation
Prevailing Westerlies are found between which latitudes?
30° and 60°
Which climate zone is described as hot and arid?
Dry
_____________ moves heat when warm fluid rises and cooler fluid sinks.
Convection
Water that falls from clouds to Earth, such as rain or snow, is called __________________.
Precipitation
Gravity mainly affects the water cycle by causing water to...
Move from high areas to low areas
In the Northern Hemisphere the Coriolis Effect makes moving air curve to the:
Right
Which symbol and color match a cold front?
Blue line with triangles
The long-term average weather in a region is called ___________.
Climate