Weather

Air Masses

100

When an air mass moves by ______________ the air swirls clockwise and outward.

High pressure

200

_________________ is how the following front is made.

When a cold front overtakes a warm front

300

_________________, is how the following front is made.

When a cold front collides directly into the path of a warm front and has no movement

Layers

100

_______________ is the middle layer in the atmosphere.

Mesosphere

200

This layer is where Earth's gravitation pull ends.

Exosphere

300

This layer is warming up because of the UV radiation that is being absorbed.

Stratosphere

Water Please!

100

A measure of water vapor in the air 

Relative humidity

200

From the following picture, the red arrow represents this step of water vapor transitioning into another state of matter 

Condensation

300

The ocean's currents are created by _____________.

The Earth's Rotation

Long or Lad

100

this imaginary line has the value of 0 degrees and separates the world into the West and East hemispheres.

Prime Meridian

200

Lines that measure distances around the globe, which have values measured in degrees for values of 0 - 90.

Latitude

300

____________ is the global position of Texas.

30^o N 105^o W

Whose at the Source

100

Since __________________time zones are present around the world.

the Earth rotates

200

During January in New York, we experience winter because New York is getting _________________.

Indirect sunlight

300

Due to ________________; fast, high-altitude winds midway between the poles and equator are experienced.   

Convection