General Weather & Climate
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time including temperature, rain, and more.
What is weather
This type of heat transfer heats the troposphere.
What is convection.
The type of local wind blows from the ocean to the land during the day.
What is sea breeze.
This air mass is characterized by wet, cold air.
What is maritime polar?
The average weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
High pressure brings bad weather.
What is false.
This is the primary global wind affecting the United States.
What is the Prevailing Westerlies.
These currents are driven by differences in temperature and salinity (salt)
What is deep ocean currents.
These fronts move quickly and bring thunderstorms and gusty winds.
What is a cold front?
This type of energy is transferred by electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?
Climate occurs over a long period of time.
What is true
This is a large body of air where temperature and moisture content are similar throughout.
What is an air mass?
This is the longest current in the world.
What is the global conveyor belt?
This type of pressure area brings lousy weather.
What is low pressure?
The force of air pushing on an area or surface.
What is air pressure?
A thermometer measures temperature
What is true
What happens to a molecule when you add heat to it?
What is it speeds up.
It is the amount of water vapor or moisture in the air.
What is Humidity?
This air mass is dry, warm air.
What is continental tropical.
This is created by the horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to low pressure.
What is wind?
The density of a material is determined by dividing its mass by its volume.
What is true.
This transfers heat through directly touching an object.
What is conduction.
It is the boundary between air masses of different densities and usually different temperatures
What is Front
This type of front brings cloudy, rainy weather for several days.
What is a stationary front?