Vocabulary
Moving Air
Wind
What is a front?
The boundary between two air masses, or where two air masses come into contact.
Which type of pressure system has wind blow inward?
Low Pressure
What are the states in the middle of the US ranging from Texas to South Dakota called?
Tornado Alley
The conditions on the atmosphere at a particular place and time
Weather
Which type of front occurs when neither the warm or cold air is strong enough to push the other one out. Sometimes will result in clouds.
Stationary Front
Which type of pressure system blows outward?
High Pressure
What weather typically occurs at a cold front?
Powerful storms
The average weather in a location over 30 years or more
Climate
Which type of front occurs where the cold air mass takes place of the warm, causing powerful storms?
Cold Front
Which effect causes wind to travel in a curved path due to Earth's rotation?
Coriolis Effect
What weather typically occurs at a warm front?
Light rain and snow
Air Mass
Large body of air that has a similar temperature and humidity throughout
Which front occurs when a warm air mass takes place of a cold air mass. This can cause light rain, snow, and mild temperatures.
Warm Front
What are the additional winds called that do move in a straight line to the poles?
Westerlies
Where does the heating process convection take place?
Ocean, air, and mantle
Convection
Heat transfer in fluids where warmer, ;less-dense fluid rises, allowing cooler, denser fluid to take its place. This causes a tumbling motion.
Which type of front occurs when a cold front moves right behind a warm front? This can cause precipitation.
Occluded Front
Why are the Coriolis effect winds called Trade Winds?
These are the winds that ships would use to move them from one location to another for trading goods.
Why is weather so difficult to predict?
Wind paths change. New Air masses form. etc.