Water Cycle
The continuous movement of water on the planet Earth
What is the water cycle?
Air masses moving due to pressure differences
What is weather?
True or False: Weather predictions are often accurate and based on probability.
What is true?
Climate
What is a region's long-term weather pattern?
Any gas that absorbs radiation and prevents it from radiating out to space
What is a greenhouse gas?
The part of the water cycle affected first if the sun's energy was blocked.
What is evaporation?
Cloudy, rainy weather is associated with this type of front
What is a low-pressure front?
This effect causes air masses and ocean currents to move in predictable ways.
What is the Coriolis effect?
This is created by a combination of energy from the sun and Earth's tilted axis.
What are global climates?
A type of non-renewable resource that contributes greatly to climate change and the greenhouse effect
What are fossil fuels?
The process of condensation.
What is water changing from a gas into a liquid?
In the U.S., air masses usually move in this direction, from ______ to _______.
What is west to east?
Areas closer to the equator generally have higher temperatures because of this.
What is receiving move solar energy due to more direct light?
These circulate energy around the globe and create climate patterns.
What are air and water currents?
A natural contributor to greenhouse gases
Changes in thermal energy
These are the boundaries between air masses.
What are fronts?
An area of high-pressure air typically has this kind of weather.
What is sunny and warm?
Smaller temperature changes occur here.
What is oceans?
True OR False: Human activities such as burning fossil fuels contribute to climate change.
What is true?
Global climates, local climates and regional climates
What are the things the water cycle affects?
The winds, landforms, ocean temperature, and currents all affect this.
What is the local weather?
Precipitation, air temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and humidity
What are the 5 characteristics of weather?
Proximity to oceans, elevation, landforms, and distance from the equator
What effects a locations climate?
Wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro
What are types of clean, renewable energy?