Water Cycle
What is another name for the water cycle?
Hydrological Cycle
What time of the day does convectional rainfall occur?
In the evening around 4pm
what is another name for relief rainfall?
Orographic rainfall
What is a front?
A front is a boundary between two air masses.
What is evaporation?
The changing of water from a liquid state to gas because of heat.
What other weather conditions are associated with convectional rainfall?
Lightning and Thunder
What causes the air to rise with relief rainfall?
The warm air encounters a physical barrier.
A warm air mass can hold more moisture than a cold air mass. TRUE/FALSE
TRUE
What causes water to condense to form clouds?
The water vapor cools around a dust particle as it goes into the atmosphere and forms water droplets.
The fire from the stove causing the kitchen to be hot is an example of?
Convection
What is another name for the leeward side of the island?
Rain Shadow
When does frontal rainfall happen in the Caribbean?
When it is winter in North America.
Name 4 types of precipitation.
Rain, snow, hail, sleet
Name a place and time of the year where convectional rainfall would not fall.
A place far from the equator during winter. e.g winter in New York
What is the difference between the windward and the leeward side of the island?
Windward side receives the wind from the ocean and most of the rain falls on that side while the leeward side is dry and sheltered from the wind.
What happens to warm air when it meet a cold air mass?
The hot air rises while the cold air sinks.