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Weather
Water Cycle
Temperature
Wind
Climate
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Weather is the condition of the ____________ and any point in _________.
What is atmosphere, time.
100
When water changes from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation.
100
Large areas of high or low pressure air.
What is an air mass.
100
local winds are caused by _________ changes in _________.
What is local changes in temperature.
100
The speed that the climate of an area changes.
What is slowly.
200
The amount of water in the air.
What is humidity.
200
When water vapor cools and turns to a liquid.
What is condensation.
200
this type of air is low pressure.
What is warm air.
200
Global winds blow from the _________ toward the _________.
What is the poles toward the equator.
200
Climate is the average ____________ and ____________ of an area over a period of 30 years.
What is temperature and precipitation.
300
The reason there is a lot of moisture in the air in Boston.
What is Boston is located near an ocean, so there is more evaporation.
300
One day, you have winds of 1-2 mph blowing to the north, a high temperature of 82 degrees, and 1 inch of precipitation. What type of precipitation would you have? Why?
What is rain, because the temperature 82 degrees and that is much too warm for snow, sleet, or hail.
300
The type of air is a high pressure area.
What is cold air.
300
What is the difference between global winds and local winds?
What is global winds are constant, local winds change.
300
The two main factors causing the temperature of a climate.
What is closeness the equator and elevation above sea level.
400
The four factors that make up weather.
What is temperature, moisture, precipitation, and wind.
400
Water falling from the sky to the ground,
What is precipitation.
400
In a high pressure, cooler area of air, the weather will likely be..
What is cool and clear/sunny.
400
Which direction does wind blow?
What is from cooler areas high pressure air toward warmer areas of low pressure air.
400
The five types of climate zones.
What is polar, temperature, tropical, desert, mountainous.
500
When the Earth rotates and causes global winds to curve, it is called
What is the Coriolis Effect.
500
How much water is in the water cycle compared to the water millions of years ago.
What is the same amount of water.
500
In a warmer, low pressure area of air the weather will likely be
What is warmer and cloudy/rainy.
500
What type of air will the gulf stream carry north from the equator?
What is warmer, humid air.
500
The two main factors that affect the precipitation of a climate.
What is temperature and closeness to large bodies of water.