The Sky's the Limit!
The sun heats the Earth equally or unequally
What is unequally?
Located at 0*
What is the equator?
Heat that is transferred from one object to another by touch
What is conduction?
With sea breezes, cool air comes from
What is the ocean?
Warm front symbol
What is a red line with hills?
Pressure systems flow from
What is high to low?
The belts located 30* to 60*.
What are the Prevailing Westerlies?
Symbol for high pressure
What is a blue H?
With land breezes, warm air comes from
What is the ocean?
Stationary front symbol
What is a line with red hills and blue triangles facing opposite directions?
Caused by the unequal heating of the Earth's surface
What is wind?
The curvature of wind
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Symbol for low pressure
What is a red L?
Land breezes occur during the day or night
What is night?
Occluded front symbol
What is a purple line with purple hills and purple triangles all facing the same direction?
Convection currents occur in
What are liquids and gases?
The belts located from 0* to 30*.
What are the trade winds?
the area located on the Equator where there is little to no wind.
What is the doldrums?
Sea breezes occur during day or night
What is day?
On a weather map the direction a front is moving is shown by
What is the direction the symbol is pointing?
Atmospheric convection currents have any effects. Name two things caused by convection currents.
What are global winds, local breezes, cyclones, and hurricanes?
The belts located 60 to 90*
What are the Polar Easterlies?
Wind is created when _____ air rises and _______ air falls.
What is warm and cool?
Water temperature cools faster than the air temperature. (T/F)
What is False?
This would need to disappear if we wanted to stop wind
What is the sun?