Weather
What is hail, rain, and snow called?
Precipitation
What type of air pressure does cold air have?
High pressure
When a cold air mass pushes into a warm air mass
Cold Front
What is global warming?
The gradual heating of the Earth year by year
What does burning fossil fuels mean for the short term carbon cycle?
More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
What is the term for the measure of how hot or cold something is?
Temperature
Air molecules with a lot of space to move around is called..
Low pressure
When a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass?
Warm Front
What is an example of climate change?
Sea levels rising, accept any appropriate response
Name 4 steps of the hydrologic cycle
Evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, condensation, etc
What is the average weather over a long period of time?
Climate
Does warm air rise or sink
Rises
What is a stationary front?
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet but do not push into one another
The total carbon emissions emitted by a group or person
It's a cycle because it cycles around and around forever - we've always had the same amount
What is the atmosphere?
The layer of air and gases we live in
What type of pressure is there at high altitude?
Low pressure
What is the resulting weather of a warm front?
Light rain and then clear skies
What is the idea that sunlight hits the Earth and some is trapped in and some is reflected back into space?
The Greenhouse Effect
What is it called when water is not collected into lakes, rivers or streams and also not infiltrated into the soil?
Runoff
What is humidity?
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is wind?
Air moving from high pressure to low pressure
What is an occluded front?
When a cold air mass pushes into a warm front and the warm air is trapped between the 2 cold air masses
Name 3 greenhouse gases
Methane, ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, CFCs
Part of the carbon cycle is the combustion of coal in factories - what does that mean?
When coal is burned and carbon dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere