Temperature Conversions
0 degrees Celsius is equal to ___ degrees Fahrenheit.
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Precipitation that reaches Earth's surface as water.
Rain
This type of violent winter storm typically features strong winds and can result in frostbite or hypothermia if your skin is left exposed for too long.
Blizzard
This variable affects both weather and climate, and is the main source of heat on Earth.
The sun
This type of air mass forms over warm waters and can cause hurricanes.
Maritime Tropical
Convert 55 degrees Celsius to Kelvin
328.15
The series of natural processes, by which water continually moves among oceans, land, and the atmosphere.
The water cycle
The most destructive type of storms on Earth, they are categorized by the speed of their winds and typically form over tropical ocean water.
Hurricanes
In the morning, you may find that your grass is wet from condensation. The temperature at which this is able to occur is called the ________.
Dew Point
This type of front decreases temperatures and usually brings rain showers and thunder storms.
Cold Front
Convert 75 degrees Fahrenheit to Celsius
23.9 (24)
Precipitation that reaches Earth's surface as a frozen crystal of water.
Snow
More of these occur in the United States than anywhere else in the world; their wind speeds can reach over 400 km/hr and pull bark from trees.
Tornadoes
This geologic structure can change the amount of precipitation in a given region as well as the temperature.
Mountains
This type of air mass forms in the coldest parts of the world and can bring temperatures to -40 degrees Celsius.
Arctic
Convert 88 degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit
190.4
Precipitation that reaches Earth's surface as a pellet of ice.
Hail
*Bonus --Not from Reading Essentials (yet)*
A prolonged period without rain or other types of precipitation is known as a ___. These can last months, or even years.
Drought
Large bodies of water can bring currents that change the temperature of a region, but typically these bodies of water keep climates more stable. The reason for this is because of water's high ________.
Specific Heat
The name for the space where two air masses collide is called a _________.
Boundary
Convert 38 degrees Fahrenheit to Kelvin
276.48 - 277 K
Precipitation that melts as it falls through a layer of warm air and refreezes when it passes through a layer of below-freezing air.
Sleet
Updrafts and downdrafts in this type of storm cause tiny ice crystals to crash into each other, creating positively and negatively charged particles in the clouds.
Thunderstorms
At 90 degrees of this type of angular distance, you are more likely to be freezing cold. At 0 degrees, you'll likely be in a pretty tropical place.
Latitude
This type of front has warm air on one side and cold air on the other and occurs the boundary between two air masses stalls. Cloudy skies and light rain are common at this type of front.
Stationary front