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Climate and Weather
What is Air Pressure?
What Causes Rain?
How Does Wind Change Weather?
Bonus
100
Climate varies by ________ and by altitude
What is latitude
100
The force caused by the weight of the air_____is called air pressure
What is above
100
When humid air _________, its air pressure and temperature fall
What is rises?
100
Air currents pushed to the west or east by Earth's rotation are called _______winds.
What is trade?
100
Each student must bring in ______ in order for 6th grade to go to Knott's Berry Farm.
What is $20?
200
Areas closer to the equator receive more of ________ radiation and are therefore warmer
What is "the sun's?"
200
Differences in air pressure around the world exist due to differnces in the amount of ________ radiation
What is solar
200
When droplets formed by ________become too large and heavy to stay in the air, they fall to Earth as precipitation
What is Condensation?
200
The ______________causes winds to change direction as a result of the rotation of Earth.
What is Coriolis Effect
200
The differences in Climate and Weather
Climate is the long term average weather pattern of a region, weather is the day to day conditions in an area
300
The temperature on top of a mountain is cooler because the thinner air has fewer ____________ to absorb heat.
What is molecules
300
If you experience a "popping" in your ears during a trip up a mountain,your body is attempting to _________ the air pressure
What is equalize
300
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount that will saturate the air is measured by_____ humidity
What is relative?
300
Cooler air is created by _____ pressure
What is high?
300
The directions in which fronts on a weather map move
What is cardinal directions, or North, East, South West?
400
Some of the factors that make up our weather include temperature, air pressure and __________
What is humidity?
400
A ________system often brings cloudy weather and thunderstorms
What is Low-pressure
400
If the weather forecast says it will rain, there is most likely a ____front coming in.
What is Cold?
400
Low-pressure systems called _______ often bring thunderstorms, tornadoes, and other stormy weather.
What are cyclones?
400
Explain the Coriolis Effect
What is the shift in winds direction?
500
Differences in air pressure and temperature cause
What are Winds, storms, and other weather patterns caused by?
500
A cool, __________ system typically brings clear skies and pleasant weather
What is high-pressure
500
The temperature at which condensation occurs
What is dew point?
500
A(n) _______is an area of high-pressure that usually brings fair weather.
What is anticyclone
500
Spell all of the 6th grade teachers' last names.
Sherwood, Shipley, Ponder and Smithley