Vocabulary
The temperature, air pressure, and cloud cover at a given time of day.
Weather
What kind of pressure would create clouds?
Low pressure
This phase comes directly after the first quarter and before the full moon
Waxing Gibbous
Ocean currents and prevailing winds tend to travel in this direction in the Southern Hemisphere
Counterclockwise
Climate is determined by these two factors over time
Temperature and precipitation
The side of a mountain that is shadowed from receiving rain.
Leeward
Which step of the water cycle is seen in cloud formation?
Condensation
In the Northern Hemisphere, if you are facing the equator, this side of the moon should be bright if the moon is waning.
Left side
Compare the movement of the prevailing winds and ocean currents for any location
They move in the same general direction
Double jeopardy! The gravity from the moon pulls on the Earth's oceans creating a tidal bulge on the side of the Earth nearest and farthest from the moon. When these tidal bulges met the coastline, we call them this.
High tide
The type of front that occurs when a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and move together in a new direction.
Occluded Front
This phenomenon is the reason on side of a mountain may be very dry while the other is lush and green
Rain Shadow Effect
This tide cycle occurs two days a month when the moon and the sun are perpendicular to each other.
Neap tides
Air masses are names for their temperature and humidity. What would you call an air mass that is cold and dry?
Continental Polar
When the Northern hemisphere is pointed towards the sun, the Southern hemisphere will be in what season?
Winter
The type of climate that has extreme temperature changes from one season to another. These climates have very cold winters and very hot summers.
Continental Climate
Even if pressure or temperature drop, clouds cannot form without these two things
Water vapor and dust
Spring tides can only occur during these moon phases
Full moon and new moon
Ocean currents influence this aspect of climate.
Temperature
This type of climate experiences mild winters and cool summers because it is influenced by nearness to a large body of water.
Marine Climate
The type of front indicated by triangles and semicircles pointing in opposite directions.
Stationary Front
What are the two reasons that precipitation occurs when humid air increases in altitude to move over a mountain?
Pressure and temperature drop
Sometimes during a full moon, the Earth blocks the suns rays from reaching the moon, leading to this phenomenon
Lunar eclipse
The opposite motion of ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere compared to the Southern Hemisphere is due to this.
Coriolis Effect
The tilt of Earth's axis will cause some areas of the planet to experience more direct sunlight than others. This difference in sunlight causes seasons. If it is Autumn in the United States, what season will it be in Canada?
Autumn