Convection Currents
What drives ocean and atmospheric currents
The unequal heating of Earth's surface by the sun
The kind of weather associated with low pressure
Rainy and stormy
When warm air slides above cold air and pushes cold air out of the way
A warm front
Name the four types of precipitation
snow, rain, sleet, hail
The day to day patterns in the atmosphere
What is weather
Which is more dense - cool fluids or warm fluids
cool fluids
A cold front
When warm air masses meet cool air masses in the atmosphere, causes planes to travel quickly in one direction
The jet stream
Where most of the water on Earth is
What is in the ocean
A device that measures air pressure
What warm air does
What is expand and rise
What can happen when there is a warm front
Thunderstorms and bad weather
When the wind blows towards the sea at night
What is a land breeze
When water vapor cools to form droplets
What is condensation
The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere
Land
The kind of weather associated with high pressure
What is sunny and clear
The direction the wind blows and time of day of a sea breeze
Towards the land, during the day
When liquid water falls from the sky
Precipitation
The role of the ozone layer
What is to protect Earth from the Sun's radiation
When cool water sinks, while warm water rises, causing movement of water from cool water to warm water
What is the direction wind blows
When there is unusually warm air that rises off of the ocean, it can cause what
A thunderstorm
The process where solid water turns to directly to water vapor
sublimination
Average conditions in a region over long periods
What is climate