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Occurs when cold air advances towards warm air. Thunderstorms and even tornadoes may form.
cold front
Movements of water that circulate in the ocean
Ocean Current
what measures air pressure
barometer
high pressure winds spin counter clockwise true/false
false
Current, short-term variations in the atmosphere are referred to as ____.
weather
Warm air slides over colder air forming a boundary with a gentle slope. Can lead to hours or days of wet weather.
warm front
The phenomenon that causes the curvature of ocean currents and wind due to the rotation of Earth
Coriolis Effect
Carries weather instruments high into the troposphere and stratosphere.
Weather Balloon
Tornadoes and hurricanes are large areas of ____________ pressure. (High or Low)
Low
Climate covers a ____________ area than weather. (larger or smaller)
Larger
Type of front drawn on a weather map as red semicircles and blue triangles air
stationary fronts
Heat flow in the oceans and the atmosphere is that ______ flows down & ______ flows up
Cool flows down – warm flows up
Type of weather that generally occurs at a high pressure system
Sunny clear skies
The condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place is
weather
When neither cold air nor warm air advances & remains in place for several days
stationary front
Ocean currents are created by ______ dense warm water rising and _______ dense cold water sinking
Less dense warm water rising and more dense cold water sinking
A similarity of high and low pressure systems is that they both bring changes in weather. true/false
true
The average weather conditions of a region is
climate
Shown on maps as purple lines with triangles and semicircles
Occluded Front
What is the primary cause of the overall rising trend in Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere?
burning fossil fuels
Air sinking toward the Earth’s surface causes a ____ pressure area (High or Low)
High
Two factors that determine climate are
precipitation and temperature