Wind
This occurs when land warms faster than the sea, causing an area of low pressure over the land.
What is sea breeze?
Warmer ocean currents can be found here.
What is near the equator?
The process of turning from liquid into a vapor.
What is evaporation?
A device that measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
This phenomenon happens when cold air moves over warmer lake waters resulting in localized and intense snowfall.
What is lake effect snow?
This occurs when land cools more rapidly than water, creating an area of high pressure over the land.
What is land breeze?
Cold, dense, salty sea water does this.
What is sinks?
The change in the state of water vapor to liquid water. Often seen when water collects as droplets on a cold surface.
What is condensation?
A device that measures atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
This phenomenon is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountain region. We can see this in Nevada because the mountains of California block the flow of moist air from reaching the other side.
What is rain shadow?
The main source of energy that causes wind.
What is uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun?
Wind, differing temperatures due to the depth of water, the amount of salinity, and the Coriolis effect all are causes of this.
What are ocean currents?
Water that falls to earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
A scientist who studies weather phenomena.
What is a meteorologist?
This type of weather is typically associated with a cold front.
What is cloudy skies, cold air, heavy precipitation.
The time of day you would experience a mountain breeze.
What is during the night?
The gravitational pull of this creates tides and drives the movement of water across the Earth.
What is the moon?
When excess water from precipitation flows over the surface of the land into rivers and oceans.
What is surface runoff?
A cycle of warmer liquid or air rising due to lower density and being replaced by cooler more dense liquid or air.
What is convection?
With this phenomenon you will typically notice temperatures increasing, warm air replacing cold air, and light precipitation may fall.
What is a warm front?
This daytime phenomenon is what helps keep a skydiving dog from plummeting to the ground during flight.
What is a valley breeze?
Circular movements of ocean currents are called this.
What is a gyre?
The process of water movement through a plant and evaporating through its leaves.
What is transpiration?
Caused by the earth's rotation, this is a major factor influencing the formation of global wind systems.
What is the Coriolis effect?
A weather boundary where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other. Often resulting in long periods of precipitation.
What is a stationary front?