Air-Sea Interactions
Atmosphere and hydrosphere work together as these types of systems.
What are interdependent systems?
Incoming solar radiation is mainly made up of these three types of light.
What are visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light?
Seasons are caused by this, not by how close Earth is to the Sun.
What is the tilt of Earth’s axis?
Air moves from areas of this to areas of low pressure.
What is high pressure?
These cells are found between 0° and 30° latitude.
What are Hadley cells?
These loops can reinforce changes or reduce their effects.
What are feedback loops?
About this percentage of incoming radiation does not reach Earth’s surface
What is 45%?
When one hemisphere has summer, the other hemisphere has this season.
What is winter?
Cool, dense air sinking creates this type of pressure.
What is high pressure?
These cells are located between 30° and 60° latitude.
What are Ferrel cells?
Ocean surface currents are directly affected by these.
What are atmospheric winds?
This percent is reflected by clouds and the atmosphere.
What is 25%?
In summer, there is a greater concentration of solar radiation because the hemisphere is tilted this way.
What is toward the Sun?
Warm, low-density air rising creates this type of pressure.
What is low pressure?
These cells occur between 60° and 90° latitude.
What are polar cells?
All energy for atmosphere–ocean systems ultimately comes from here.
What is the Sun?
This percent is absorbed by clouds and the atmosphere.
What is 20%?
Heat naturally moves from these areas to cooler ones.
What are areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration?
These winds blow from the subtropical highs toward the equator.
What are the trade winds?
This is the boundary where air of different temperatures meet.
What is a front?
This term describes how much incoming light is reflected by a surface.
What is albedo?
This percent is absorbed by the ocean and land.
What is 50%?
Earth is actually closer to the Sun during this season in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is winter?
These winds blow from the poles and are cold and dry.
What are polar easterlies?
This type of front is when cold air moves into warm air.
What is a cold front?