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Weather
Atmosphere
Wind
Factors that affect air pressure
What causes wind
100
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity
100
The envelope of air surrounding Earth.
What is atmosphere.
100
A wind that blows steadily in a predictable direction over long distances.
What is global winds.
100
It's the quantity of three-dimensional space occupied by a liquid, solid, or gas.
What is volume
100
Areas that are farther from the equator receive _________ heat energy from sunlight.
What is less.
200
What the troposphere is like at any given time and place.
What is weather.
200
The amount of Sun's energy that reaches Earth. It does NOT warm all places on Earth equally.
What is insolation
200
Cover a small area of land and are caused by temperature differences.
What is local winds.
200
The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment.
What is temperature
200
Wind socks and weather vanes measure_______?
What is wind direction.
300
A large open ended tuber of cloth attached to a pole.
What is a wind sock.
300
The atmospheric layer of gases that is closest to Earth's surface.
What is the troposphere.
300
The movement of air from the land to the water.
What is land breeze.
300
Water vapor.
What is humidity
300
During the day, the Sun warms the water and the land. The temperature of the land _______ ________ than the temperature of the water.
What is increases faster.
400
The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it.
What is air pressure.
400
A device for measuring air pressure.
What is barometer.
400
The movement of air from the water to the land.
What is sea breeze.
400
The distance from the base to the top of something.
What is height above Earth's surface.
400
Warm air has _________ air pressure.
What is lower.
500
These two devices measure wind direction.
What is wind socks and weather vanes.
500
Areas that are farther from the equator receive less ______ _______ from sunlight.
What is heat energy.
500
Changes the direction of winds depending on the hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis Effect.
500
Heat energy from the Sun causes changes in air pressure. High pressure moves toward low air pressure.
What is wind