Lunar Phases & Tides
The phase of the moon occurs when the entire face is visible from Earth
What is a Full Moon?
The theory that explains the movement of Earth's continents over geological time?
What is the theory of continental drift?
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is short-term atmospheric conditions, while climate is the average weather over a long period.
What causes convection currents in the atmosphere?
The uneven heating of Earth by the Sun
What is the term for a storm with strong winds and heavy rain that forms over warm ocean waters?
What is a Hurricane or Typhoon?
The force mainly causes tides on Earth
What is Moon's gravity?
The type of plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other?
What is a divergent boundary?
What type of pressure system is associated with clear skies?
High Pressure
What type of air pressure is associated with cloudy, stormy weather?
What is Low Pressure?
Where are hurricanes & typhoons mostly formed?
Near the equator
The phase that happens when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
What is a New Moon?
The evidence that supports the theory of continental drift, involving similar fossils found on different continents?
What is fossil evidence?
When two air masses meet at the boundary
What is a Front
What type of heat transfer moves warm air upward and cool air downward?
What is Convection?
What condition is necessary for a hurricane to form?
What is warm ocean water?
What is a Spring Tide, and when does it happen?
When the Sun, Moon, and Earth align, causing higher high tides and lower low tides; happens during a full or new moon
The type of plate boundary is characterized by two plates sliding past each other horizontally?
What is a transform boundary?
The type of front that forms when a warm air mass rises over a cold air mass, often bringing prolonged rain
What is a warm front?
Two conditions of low air pressure
What is overcast skies & strong winds?
A large volume of water flowing in a certain direction
What is an ocean current?
What are the eight phases of the lunar cycle in order?
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent
The geological feature that is commonly formed at convergent plate boundaries where an oceanic plate is subducted beneath a continental plate?
What are volcanoes?
How does ocean currents affect weather patterns
distributing heat from the uneven absorption of solar energy
Why do sea breezes occur during the day and land breezes at night?
Land heats up faster than water, causing warm air to rise over land and cool air to move in from the sea during the day; at night, the land cools faster than the water, reversing the breeze.
What is the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon?
They are the same type of storm, but hurricanes form in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, while typhoons form in the western Pacific.