Storms
A rotation circulation of liquids or gases around a central axis.
What is vortex?
The main source of heat energy on earth.
What is the sun?
The conditions in the atmosphere at a particular place and time?
What is weather?
The changing of liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
Takes images from space, used to track large scale weather events.
Form over tropical waters where warm moist air rises off the surface of the ocean, forming an area of low pressure below.
What is hurricane?
The uneven heating of earth's surfaces, the force of gravity, and earth's rotation cause this storm.
What is hurricane?
Refers to conditions in the atmosphere in a region over a long-term period.
What is climate?
The cooling and condensing of water high in the atmosphere?
What is condensation?
Causes the greatest damage during a hurricane.
What is flooding caused by storm surge?
Forms when air masses of different temperatures and humidity conditions meet.
What is weather front?
Heated slower and held its heat longer.
Low pressure systems bring this type of weather.
What is lousy, rainy, and stormy weather?
What is precipitation?
Brings warmer water and air as it flows along the east coast of the United States towards Europe.
What is Gulf Stream?
Both hurricanes and tornadoes needs this kind of air to form.
What is warm air?
Forms during the day due to the land heating faster than ocean waters.
This weather front brings thunderstorms and tornadoes.
What is cold front?
Water released from plants that rises in the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
This event changes weather patterns worldwide, causing droughts, floods, blizzards, hurricanes, and tornadoes.
What is El Nino?
Both hurricanes and tornadoes have these kinds of winds.
What is powerful, spiraling winds?
Forms during the night due to the land cooling faster than ocean waters.
What is land breeze?
The direction weather moves across the United States.
What is west to east?
Evaporation occurs most frequently during this time of day.
What is daylight?
El Nino occurs this often.
What is every 3 to 6 years?