Questions
What is the reason for the seasons?
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis
_______________ is warm and humid in the summer, usually thunderstorms, mild winters.
Temperate zone
What climate zone has cold regions near the North and South Poles and low temperatures?
What is
a. Polar Zone
b. Tropical Zone
c. Temperate Zone
d. Moderate zone
Antarctica is an example of a polar climate.
True
What climate zone has warm regions near the equator, high temperatures, abundant rainfall?
What is Tropical Zone
What is the average weather conditions in a region over a long period, typically 30 years or more?
What is climate.
________________ the horizontal movement of air from high pressure to low pressure.
What is wind
A quick moving ribbon of air in our atmosphere that is constantly changes position is called_______
a. jet stream d. zonee
b. land breeze
c. belt
a. jet stream
Unequal heating of the earth and differences in pressure are two causes of wind.
What is True
What are four factors that affect weather?
What is temperature. air pressure, wind speed, direction, and precipitation
What is the current conditions of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including temperatures, humidity, precipitation , and wind?
What is weather.
_______________pressure brings cloudy, rainy, and stormy weather.
Low Pressure
A wind that blows from the land and toward the. sea
a. sea breeze
b. land breeze
c. air masses
d. clouds
b. land breeze
If the air pressure is changing , it means the weather is not changing.
False
( The weather is changing)
What are properties of warm air?
What is Less Dense, Rises, Hold More Humidity, Mass of Warm Air = Low Pressure Area
What tools are used to measure weather?
What is thermometer. hygrometer, barometer, anemometer, rain gauge, wind vane
___________________pressure brings sunny, fair and clear skies.
High Pressure
A wind that blows from sea toward the land
a. land breeze
b. sea breeze
c. air masses
d. clouds
Low pressure system is a weather system that usually brings sunny weather.
False ( usually brings rainy weather)
What are properties of Cold Air?
What is Denser, Sinks, Hold Less Humidity, Mass of Cold Air = High Pressure Area
What is the jet stream?
a wind that blows from west to east around the world
____________are water molecules in water vapor that have condensed.
What is clouds
________________ are continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water
a. wind b. Coriolis Effect c. temperature d. breaking waves e ocean currents
Ocean Currents
High pressure system is a weather system that brings fair weather.
True
Creates distinct wind patterns on the Earth's surface,responsible for hurricanes
What is the The Coriolis Effect