Winds
Wind blows from ___ pressure to ___ pressure.
What is high pressure to low pressure?
Warm water currents start in this location.
What is near the equator?
High pressure areas are usually associated with which kind of weather?
What are clear skies?
This warm water current brings heat to western Europe, making its climate warmer than is typical for its latitude.
What is the Gulf stream?
The atmosphere is made up mostly of this gas.
What is nitrogen?
An example of a global wind.
What are westerlies or trade winds?
Surface currents are pushed by ___.
What is the wind?
The boundary between two air masses.
What is a front?
One way in which climate is different than weather.
What is long-term average weather conditions as opposed to short-term conditions?
The two lowermost layers of the atmosphere. State the bottom-most layer first.
What are the troposphere and stratosphere?
DAILY DOUBLE
Draw a sea breeze.
The direction that gyres spin in the northern hemisphere, and the direction that gyres spin in the southern hemisphere.
What is clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere?
A large body of air that has uniform temperature, pressure, and humidity.
What is an air mass?
DAILY DOUBLE
Name two factors that affect climate.
The atmosphere is mainly heated by this type of heat transfer.
What is convection?
Wind is caused by this.
What is uneven heating of Earth, which causes pressure differences?
The upward movement of cold water from the ocean bottom which brings nutrients to the surface.
What is upwelling?
Which kind of front produces severe thunderstorms?
What is a cold front?
An example of a short-term climate cycle.
What is El Nino, La Nina, or the seasons?
What happens to temperature as you increase in altitude in the troposphere?
What is "it decreases"?
What causes global winds to curve, AND which direction do the winds curve in each hemisphere?
What is the Coriolis effect? Clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.
For the purpose of this class, how many oceans did I say there were on Earth?
What is ONE?
Name three variables that affect weather. Double the points if you name all six!
What are temperature, precipitation, air pressure, humidity, cloud cover, and wind?
An example of microclimate. You will need to explain how the microclimate is different from the surrounding climate.
What is a city (warmer than surrounding) or a forest (cooler than surrounding)?
Two reasons why the atmosphere is important to life on Earth.
What are 1) protects against harmful rays; 2) protects against meteors; 3) provides essentials gases for life; or 4) helps maintain a stable temperature range?