General
This option is not related to weather: precipitation, wind direction, pollen count, or temperature
What is pollen count
The type of energy associated with a thermometer?
What is thermal energy (heat)
This drives the water cycle.
What is the sun?
The total amount of water vapor that the air can hold.
What is absolute humidity?
Causes wind
Uneven heating of the earth
The state of the atmosphere at a given place and time regarding humidity, temperature, air pressure, or wind.
What is weather
The more thermal energy something has, the ________ the molecules move.
What is faster/more
This process is what happens when water moves from the liquid state to the gaseous state.
What is evaporation?
The amount of water vapor in the air at any given time.
What is relative humidity?
Local winds occur between these two geographic features.
What are land and sea. (land breeze and sea breeze)
The type of weather associated with a high pressure system.
What is nice weather (sunny and fair)?
The less thermal energy something has, the _________ the molecules move.
What is slower/less
This process occurs when water changes directly from the solid state to the gaseous state.
What is sublimation?
This term describes the edge of an air mass.
What is a front
These types of storms form over hot water near the equator.
What are hurricanes?
The type of weather associated with a low pressure system.
What is bad weather (rainy, clouds)?
If the temperature of a location was below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the climate zone could be described as ________.
What is polar
This occurs when water droplets join together to form clouds because there has been a decrease in temperature.
What is condensation?
This is another name for a hurricane.
What is a typhoon?
These winds are high altitude, high speed, narrow bands of winds.
What is the jet stream?
Which current directly effects the weather in Florida?
What is the Gulf Stream?
This climate zone could be described as having hot and humid weather throughout much of the year.
What is tropical
The part of the water cycle where evaporation occurs from water absorbed through plants.
What is transpiration?
This is the professional title given to a scientist that studies the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
This phenomenon causes winds in the Northern hemisphere to curve to the right due to the earth's rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect