High Pressure always moves ___________ Low Pressure.
What is TOWARDS
100
Sea Breezes usually occur during the ________.
What is DAY
100
What are the 3 ways heat is transferred?
What is Conduction, Radiation, and Convection
100
The day of the year North America has the longest hours of daylight is the ___________ __________, which occurs on June 21st.
What is Summer Solstice (first day of summer!)
100
Cold fronts are represented on a weather map by _____ triangles.
What is BLUE
200
What direction does a LOW pressure system spin?
What is COUNTERclockwise
200
The ________ heats up quicker during the day, but cools off quickly at night (when the sun goes down).
What is LAND (the ground)
200
The Sun heats the Earth through __________.
What is Radiation (the heat transfer by waves or rays)
200
If the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing autumn than the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing ___________.
What is SPRING.
200
warm air replaces cold air. What front is this?
What is a WARM front
300
What type of weather is associated with HIGH pressure systems?
What is clear, dry skies
300
__________ takes a long time to heat up, but is able to retain (keep) its heat.
What is WATER
300
___________ is the heat transferred by the direct contact of molecules (direct touch).
What is CONDUCTION
300
Earth experiences higher high tides and lower low tides during ___________ Tides. This is when the Moon, Sun and Earth are in alignment.
What is SPRING
300
Air masses on either side of the boundary are barely moving. What front is this?
What is a STATIONARY Front (neither air mass has enough force to move the other hence several days of clouds and precipitation)
400
Low Pressure systems spin _______________________.
What is COUNTERCLOCKWISE
400
During the day, the warm air over the land _______ allowing the cool are over the ocean to come in to the land. Creating a ________ ____________.
What is rises; SEA Breeze
400
Heat transferred through a liquid or gas by means of up and down is called _____________.
What is CONVECTION
400
Neap tides occur at the following two moon phases:
What is 1st Quarter and 3rd Quarter
400
A ________ is an area where two air masses meet and do not mix. They do not mix because of differences in temperature and moisture.
What is a FRONT
500
What pressure system is more dense? Low Pressure or High Pressure?
What is HIGH Pressure
500
Sea and Land Breezes are an example of which heat transfer?
What is CONVECTION
500
Which type of heat transfer causes the air molecules above the land to heat up during the day?
What is CONDUCTION (the ground transfers heat to the air molecules above through direct contact)
500
The ___________ has a stronger gravitational pull on the Earth than the Sun because it is closer to Earth.
What is MOON
500
Heavy rain or snow will occur at this front boundary for a short period of time. After the front passes through there will often be clear skies and cooler temperatures. What front is this?