Weather
What does a thermometer measure?
AIR PRESSURE - HUMIDITY - TEMPERATURE
What is Temperature?
Northern Hemisphere
the half of the Earth that lies north of the equator
How much of Earth is water?
10% - 35% - 100% - 70%
What is 70%?
What 2 forces drive the water cycle?
What is gravity and solar energy?
This type of weather occurs all over the world, but the USA experiences the MOST by far...
What are tornadoes?
Name of the cycle that shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere.
What is water cycle?
Condensation
a process whereby a gas changes into a liquid
Ocean currents are driven by temperature and density (salinity - salt content)
True or False
What is true?
Name three layers of Earth's Atmosphere.
What is troposphere - exosphere - thermosphere - stratosphere - mesosphere?
True or false: Lake Superior is so big it creates it's own climate
What is TRUE!
What is the term for any form of water that falls from the clouds?
PRECIPITATION - CONDENSATION - EVAPORATION
What is Precipitation?
Precipitation
All liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the ground
Which movement of Earth causes the Coriolis Effect?
Rotation - Revolution
What is rotation?
Name 2 types of currents in Earth's systems.
What is air currents - ocean currents - convection currents?
This unique weather is sometimes called a "midwest hurricane."
What is a derecho?
What is the name of the process that transfers heat by moving air?
CONDUCTION - CONVECTION - RADIATION
What is convection?
Humidity
What is the amount of water vapor in the air?
Warm air is less dense than cool air.
True or False
What is true?
Solar Energy drives these types or currents.
What is convection currents?
This unique feature of our atmosphere is a "conveyor belt" for weather & used by airplanes to fly more efficiently
What is the Jet Stream?
Difference between weather and climate?
Weather refers to short term conditions while climate is long term conditions when weather of a specific region changes over a long period of time.
Hydrosphere
all the waters found on, under, and above the surface of the Earth
What does the prefix bio mean in biosphere?
Bio means life
This is the word for when water travels through the Earth.
What is percolate?
This phenomenon occurs in the thermosphere when charged solar particles enter the atmosphere...
What is the Aurora Borelis? (The Northern / Southern lights)