Energy Transfer
What is heat?
It is the energy transfered between objects
What is wind?
The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure.
What is humidity?
The amount of water vapor in the air
What is cloud?
A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals.
Which are the types of local winds?
Sean and land breezes, Valley and mountain breezes
What is radiation?
the flow of energy through open space.
Which are the types of winds?
Trade winds, westerlies and polar Easterlies
What is precipitation?
Any form of water that falls from clouds.
How do clouds form?
They form when water vapor condences or changes from gas to liquid.
What are a Jet Streams?
Are narrow belts of high-speed winds that blow from west to east.
What is thermal expansion?
The tendency of matter to expand on heating.
What are global winds?
These wind occurs at or near Earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
The force of molecules pushing on an area.
Mention one cloud shape
Cirrocumulus
Which are the main forms of precipitation?
Snow, hail, sleets, rain
What is conduction?
The flow of energy through touch.
What is coriolis effect?
How do we measure temperature?
A thermometer
Mention 2 cloud shapes
How do we measure wind?
What is convection?
The flow of energy through heated liquids or gases
What are local winds?
The movement of air over short distances.
How do we measure precipitation?
Rain is measure with a Rain Gauge
Mention a cloud that stars with Atlto
Altostratus
Which are the ways to collect weather data?
Ground station, satellite, weather buoy, ship and airplane.