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Temperature Inversions
Temperatures of Earth
El Nino
Hadley Cells
Rain forests/Deserts
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What do temperature inversions do to the air temperature?
Cause air pollutants to be trapped
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what relationship does the sun and and air/temperature share?
high pressure cold air moves over low pressure warm air in a circular pattern
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what do the storms and precipitation that normally occur in the western part of the pacific ocean result in?
they replace cold offshore waters with warm equatorial waters
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What is the directional temperature of a hadley cell?
the warm air goes east while the cool air flows west
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why does Northern Africa and Southwest United States have similar desert climate?
they are both near 30°N latitude.
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When do temperature inversions usually occur?
a clear and calm night
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air sinks at around 30° latitude north and south of the equator, with this what do high belts of high pressure contribute to the formation of?
deserts
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what happens to the air temperatures in the ocean off the coast of south america?
the ocean temperature becomes warmer
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What type of air do hadley cells between 60°N and 60°S contain and how does it affect the climate in those areas?
they are rising and the climate expands and cools with higher precipitation.
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Death Valley is a long and low depression located east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. what process that lifts air caused this desert?
orographic lifting- mountains act as barriers to the flow of air
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why are temperature inversions greater in the afternoon?
the earth's surface is at its hottest point
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If one side of the mountain gets plenty of rainfall and cool temperatures, what does the other side probably contain?
warmer temperatures and little rainfall
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Due to El Nino, what does warm water block from upwelling?
cold water
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Based on the convection air patterns, what do the lines around 30°S probably contain?
rainforests
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how do wind patterns create rain forests?
trade winds carry water vapor towards the equator colliding & creating low pressure systems.
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what does the air temperature do when air sinks to lower altitudes and compresses?
the temperature cools faster and rises
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what are the four mechanisms that can cause air to rise?
orographic lifting, frontal wedging, convergence, and localized convective lifting
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what occurs to the air temperatures along south america's side of the pacific ocean?
the air temperatures go east
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where are hadley cells located?
between the equator and 60°N
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what latitudes are most of earth's deserts found?
30°N to 30°S
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does air temperature increase or decrease with increasing altitude?
air temperature decreases with altitude
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when air is allowed to expand, it cools, and when it is compressed, it warms.... this is?
adiabatic
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what is the weather system that can occur every three to seven years and involves ocean warming?
El Nino
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what other cells surround the earth besides hadley cells?
ferrel and polar cells
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what latitude are most of earth's rain forests found?
around the equator (23.5°N to 23.5°S)