Heat Transfer
This is how solar energy reaches Earth.
What is radiation?
This is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time & place.
What is weather?
The long-term average weather patterns of a particular region.
What is climate?
The energy source for the water cycle.
What is the sun?
The sun always heats the ______ more quickly.
What is the land?
The process of warm air rising & cool air sinking.
What is convection?
This type of weather is associated with cold fronts.
What is a thunderstorm?
This information can be used to determine a region's climate.
What is annual rainfall?
When evaporation increases, precipitation _______.
What is increases?
A fast-moving, narrow band of wind.
What is a jet stream?
This is heat that is transferred by collisions between particles of matter.
What is conduction?
A boundary between two air masses.
What is a weather front?
"Prepare for rising temperatures over the next 3 decades" is an example of this.
What is a climate statement?
Evaporation causes this kind of weather by increasing the amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
This is why we have been experiencing more severe weather in recent years.
What is global warming/climate change?
This is how air circulation patterns are created.
What is the sun warms Earth, which then warms the air, warm air rises & cool air sinks?
This is the most likely cause of a thunderstorm.
What is cool air surrounding the clouds?
Sub-tropical: with mild winters & hot, sunny summers.
What is FL's climate?
Condensation causes this kind of weather when it occurs near Earth's surface.
What is fog?
"This morning will be clear & cool with a chance of afternoon showers" is an example of this.
What is a weather statement/forecast?
What is heat always moves from the high temp object to the low temp object?
This type of weather occurs when two air masses converge.
What is a front, producing rain storms.
This is how the gulf stream affects FL's climate.
What is: it keeps winters warm because warm breezes blow inland off the current.
The term for water that leaves plants & enters the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
This is why hurricanes follow the gulf stream.
What is hurricanes get energy from warm, moist air?