Severe Weather
The cycling of water between the atmosphere and hydrosphere causes water vapor to rise, cool, and condense into clouds, what kind of weather event happens from this?
What is a thunderstorm?
Weather is short term conditions
Climate is ... term conditions
What is long term conditions
In the mountains the elevation is higher, making the air thin and...
What is cold?
The process of heat being transferred by touch is...
what is condustion
Land loses and gains heat...
Water loses and gains heat...
What is land loses and gains heat...Quickly
What is water loses and gains heat...Slowly
Hurricanes tend to be formed in oceans with...
A. Warm and humid water cycling
B. Cold and dry water sitting
C. Warm water losing its humidity
What is A. Warm and humid water cycling
Some people live in an area with an average summer climate of 105 °F due to strong sunlight and high humidity. What should they do to protect themselves?
(Hint: It's two things)
What is drink water and avoid too much sun
Most of the heat on Earth is stored in...
What is oceans and atmosphere
The process of heat being transferred by waves and space is...
What is radiation
What happens with air masses as they go higher in the atmosphere?
What is get colder, then condense
Floods can be stopped with...
A. Using less electricity during storms.
B. Moving houses every year.
C. Building flood walls
What is building flood walls?
In climate, the amount of water vapor in the air is called?
What is humidity?
When the Gulf Stream sweeps across the east coast of Florida, it increases the...?
(Hint: Think Florida's climate)
What is humidity?
The process of heat being transferred by air or liquids rising and sinking is...
what is convection
Solar radiation heats up the atmosphere causing warm air to rise producing (...), then cold air sinks to fill the space.
what is wind
A jet stream from the north can sweep down south and bring what kind of air?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
what is cold dry air
The cause of warmer temperatures at the equator?
Direct solar energy.
If the land in an area is much warmer than the oceans around it, you will have...
A. winds with moisture to blow from the oceans across the land.
B. hot, dry winds blowing inland, making the continents much warmer.
what is B. winds with moisture to blow from the oceans across the land.
What takes a long time to transfer heat?
What is water?
Name the 4 steps in the water cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
In Florida there are long times without rain, followed by sudden heavy storms that cause flooding. This causes...
A. Droughts decrease freshwater, while floods damage homes and crops.
B. Droughts help crop growth, while floods increase the farmland.
C. Droughts cause storms, while floods stop rain.
What is A. Droughts decrease freshwater, while floods damage homes and crops.
A meteorologist explains that hurricanes threaten cities on the coast more than other cities because coastal cities have the warm, moist air. This is the areas weather or climate?
what is climate
A cold costal current will make the air in the region...
A warm costal current will make the air in the region...
(Word choices: Warmer, Cooler, Drier, Humid)
What is Cooler and Drier
What is Warmer and Humid
Warm, moist air from over the ocean moves inland over a city and is blocked by a mountain range. Why would rain happen here?
A. The mountains absorb moisture from the air, releasing it as rain.
B. The air cools as it rises, causing water vapor to condense into rain.
B. The air cools as it rises, causing water vapor to condense into rain.
Scientist from different backgrounds work together to...
A. Bring new ideas
B. Steal the credit
C. Make finding new discoveries hard