Air Mass
What is a Wet and Warm air mass called?
What is a Dry and Warm air mass called?
Maritime Tropical (mT)
Continental Tropical (cT)
True or False
Satellites detect thermal energy and can be used to determine a cloud's temperature and classification
True
What are two things that will take place if global warming continues
Sea Level rise and Glaciers melting
Double or Nothing What is Deforestation
When trees are removed and not replanted
What climate does not have a huge temperature difference between their cold months and warm months. Winters are generally warmer and Summers are generally cooler?
Mild Climate
What is a Wet and Cold air mass called?
What is a Dry and Cold air mass called?
Maritime Polar (mP)
Continental Polar (cP)
What is barometer
Measure air pressure
What is anemometer
What is a tropical storm?
Large, rotating, low pressure storm
a period where the Eastern Pacific Ocean gets warmer while the Western Pacific gets cooler
What is the most polluted city in the United States?
Stationary Cold and Warm
Deflects wind to the right in te Northern Hemisphere. Caused by the Earth's Rotation.
What does a radar track
Precipitation
The eye of a hurricane is the center that is relatively calm
True or False
True
What is El Nino?
a period where temperatures in the Eastern Pacific Ocean cool down.
What climate has constant high temperatures and lots of precipitation each year
Define Air pressure
The pressure exerted by the weight of the air
Double of Nothing
Name the three different types of Global Winds.
Trade Winds, Westerlies, and Polar Easterlies
Double or Nothing
What is the Doppler Effect
The change in wave frequency when waves move forward or away
Double or Nothing
What are three components of the Saffir- Simpson hurricane scale
Wind speed, Air, pressure and potential for property damage
What are the major greenhouse gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere
Water Vapor and carbon dioxide
Define Koppen classification?
Vegetation and average monthly precipitation and temperature
Double or Nothing
What type of weather will occur with High Pressure?
What type of weather will occur with Low Pressure?
High Pressure- nice weather
Low Pressure- stormy weather
How do humans impact the greenhouse effect?
Burning fossil fuels and breathing out carbon dioxide
What is the name of the Act that federal legislation designed to control air pollution on a federal level?
Clean Air Act
What is storm surge
When hurricane force winds drive a mound of ocean water toward coastal areas
What climate is relatively dry with hot summers and cold winters?
Continental climate
What climate covers 30% of Earth’s land and has high temperatures with low moisture.?
Dry Climate