Elements of Weather and Climate
3 (or more) examples of precipitation.
What are rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain?
The type of weather system where there is circulating air, and the air sinks at its center, pushing moisture down and away causing clear skies ("happy" weather).
What is a high pressure system?
The type of heat transfer where in a liquid or gas being heated, the warmer parts will rise and the cooler parts will sink.
What is convection?
Desert climates typically experience (higher/lower) temperatures and (higher/lower) humidity.
Desert climates typically experience higher temperatures and lower humidity.
The atmospheric conditions at a specific time and place.
What is weather?
The movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.
What is wind?
This type of weather system where there is circulating air, and the air rises at its center, pulling moisture higher up in the atmosphere forming clouds, precipitation, and possible thunderstorms ("lousy" weather).
What is a low pressure system?
ALL types of wind always travels this way (from ___ to ___).
From areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
(High to low, here we go!)
The invisible line dividing the Earth into North and South.
In general, the farther a location is from the this, the cooler the climate and the closer a location is to this, the warmer or hotter the climate.
What is the equator?
The transfer of heat energy by electromagnetic waves such as by the sun or a heat lamp.
What is radiation?
The amount of heat energy in something, such as the atmosphere.
What is temperature?
A fast-moving boundary between air masses where cold air replaces warm air; likely to cause downpours and storms.
What is a cold front?
What happens to air (and other fluids) that makes it expand and rise (go up).
What is heat up / increase in temperature
The average weather conditions over a long period.
What is climate?
The amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of a substance.
What is specific heat?
The amount of moisture in the atmosphere.
What is humidity?
A slow-moving boundary between air masses where warm air replaces cold air; likely to cause steady rain.
What is a warm front?
(Differences in _____ and differences in _____)
What are temperature and pressure?
Gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone which trap heat in the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gases?
Local winds blow over short distances caused by unequal heating of Earth's surface due to local differences in the geosphere and hydrosphere. These differences include specific heat and altitude. Name 2+ examples of local winds.
What are sea breezes, land breezes, mountain breezes, and valley breezes?
The weight of air pressing down on a surface due to the pull of Earth's gravity.
What is air pressure?
A large body of air with uniform temperature and humidity.
What is an air mass?
How fast wind moves depends on the _____ in pressure. The greater the _____ in pressure, the faster the wind will blow.
What is the difference in pressure?
This greenhouse gas makes up the majority of annual greenhouse gas emissions by human activity every year and is therefore, the gas most connected with climate change.
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
Global winds blow steadily from specific directions over long distances caused by unequal heating of the Earth's surface related to latitude. Name 2+ examples of global winds.
What are Polar Easterlies, Westerlies, Trade Winds, and Jet Streams.