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Moving Air
Air Masses
Severe Weather
Weather Forecasts
Climate
100
What are convention currents ?
What is gases and liquid rising and sinking in a circular path.
100
what is an air mass?
What is a large body of air with similar properties all through out it.
100
what is more important a watch or a warning ?
What is a warning .
100
what measures air pressure ?
What is barometer.
100
what is climate ?
What is the average of weather conditions over a long period of time.
200
Most of Earth's weather happens in the ________.
What is Troposphere.
200
winds move air masses from place to ________.
What is place.
200
what is large electrical sparks moving between areas of opposite charges.
What is lightning
200
what measures wind speed ?
What is an anemometer .
200
what affects local climate ?
What is mountain ranges and ocean currents .
300
Approximately what fraction of the air we breathe in is nitrogen ?
What is 8/10
300
what is a front ?
What is a boundary between two air masses.
300
what causes a tornado ?
What is layers of wind in a storm blowing at different directions.
300
what are the parts of a weather system ?
What is temperature , moisture in the air , air pressure , wind speed.
300
what is the cause of a sudden climate change ?
What is volcanic eruptions
400
How many convection currents and wind patterns are their on the Earth ?
What is 6 wind patterns.
400
The 3 main parts of a front are warm , cold and _____________.
What is stationary.
400
what are the effects of a hurricane ?
What is flooding , high winds, and heavy rain.
400
What year was the 1st telegraph invented ?
What is 1844.
400
Human activity in the 21st century causes and increase in the Earth temperature . Why is this happening ?
What is because of burning coal and fossil fuels .
500
What are the 5 layers of Earth's atmosphere ?
What is exosphere , thermosphere , mesosphere , stratosphere , troposphere.
500
what are the 4 air masses?
What is continental polar air , continental tropical air , maritime polar air , maritime tropical air.
500
what language does the word hurricane come from ?
What is Spanish - huracun
500
when was the 1st weather satellite launched ?
What is 1960.
500
Carbon dioxide , _________ , and water vapor also can male climate warmer.
What is methane.