Natural processes that occur on the Earth's surface and in the Earth's atmosphere are driven by energy from this source.
What is the Sun?
100
An area's climate is determined by the average annual _________________ and _________________.
What are precipitation and temperature?
100
Polar climates are found at_________________ latitudes on Earth.
What is higher?
100
This is a measure of how fast or slowly the molecules within a substance are moving.
What is temperature?
100
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail, Flurries are all forms of this weather variable.
What is precipitation?
200
Solar energy is unevenly distributed and spread across Earth's surface due to this characteristic.
What is the Earth's shape?
200
The Earth is divided into climate zones based on _________________ ___________________.
What are Latitude lines?
200
Tropical Rainforests are common closest to the Equator. They are made of thick vegetation and have a extremely diverse biome of plant and animal species. This is possible because Rainforests contain large amounts of this gas ___________ ________________.
What is water vapor?
200
Meteorologists analyze this variable to determine whether a storm may be headed towards a region. This variable tells meteorologists how much force air is exerting on the Earth's surface for a given region.
What is Air Pressure?
200
This variable is reported as a percentage that indicates how close the air is to saturation with respect to how much water vapor is in the air.
What is Relative Humidity?
300
Solar energy hits the Earth's surface less intensely over these latitudes due to the _____________ at which the Sun hits the Earth.
What is the angle?
300
Areas that are surrounded by or located next to a large body of water have a ____________ annual temperature range than areas that are found more inland and away from large bodies of water.
What is smaller?
300
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of Earth lie between the tropics and the polar regions. The temperatures in these regions are generally relatively moderate, rather than extremely ___________ or _____________
What are hot or cold?
300
On a weather station model, +21/, indicates what about the pressure over the last three hours?
What is "It's higher than it was 3 hours ago and has increased by 2.1 mb?"
300
The closer the air temperature and the Dew Point are to each other (the smaller the difference between the two), the higher the _______________ _______________?
What is relative humidity?
400
Warming of the Earth's stratosphere is mainly caused by the presence of this gaseous compound.
What is Ozone?
400
The lack of mositure and the color and texture of the surface make these climate zones feel extremely hot during the day and relatively cold during the night.
What is a desert?
400
Regions located at higher elevations tend to have _____________ temperatures throughout the year.
What is lower?
400
These pressure systems are associated with calm and stable weather with low to no cloud cover. Their names are derived from the lack of lighter water vapor molecules, leaving behind only "dry" heavier molecules human beings inhale.
What are high pressure systems?
400
Wind is caused by a difference or difference in ________ ________________?
What is air pressure?
500
The average speed of air molecules provides meteorologists with this variable that is used to characterize the Weather.
What is temperature?
500
Intense storms such as Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Monsoons generally develop over low latitude areas close to the Equator because of the increased solar intensity hitting this region throughout the year. This allows for this natural process to occur over long periods of time providing these storms with fuel.
What is evaporation?
500
The average annual temperature values have increased over the last 20 years due to increases in this compound. The increase in this compound has allowed for more heat to be absorbed and stored within the Earth's atmosphere.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
500
When a cP air mass comes into an area that has a mT air mass during the Summer season, what will happen to both the temperature and the moisture content of that region?
What is decreases?
500
Even if a region is predominantly dry throughout the year, it can still receive moisture because __________ _____________ that form over other regions that contain a large supply of water.