Water Cycle
Tropical Cyclones
Windy Winds
Air Masses
Miscellaneous
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Water is heated up by the sun and turns into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
100
The recipe for a hurricane.
What are, warm water & low pressure?
100
This makes wind happen in the atmosphere. (Hint: it is driven by the sun)
What are convection currents?
100
This is a dry air mass.
What is a continental air mass?
100
What are convection currents?
200
Water gathers up in bodies of water.
What is, accumulation?
200
The calmest part of a hurricane with higher pressure.
What is the eye?
200
These are found at Mid-latitudes (30 degrees and 60 degrees)
What are the prevailing westerlies?
200
This pressure air mass creates intense violent storms
What is a low pressure air mass?
200
All of the air in, on, and around Earth.
What is the Atmosphere?
300
When water falls back down to Earth.
What is, precipitation?
300
This is the type of tropical storm that forms only in the Pacific ocean.
What is a Typhoon?
300
This is how winds affect day to day local weather.
What is, by moving different temperature and humidity air masses from region to region?
300
The type of air mass marked by "X".
What is, maritime tropical?
300
Wind speeds do this when a hurricane reaches land
What is, slow down?
400
Warm water rises, cools down, and then turns back into tiny water droplets that make clouds.
What is, condensation?
400
Hurricane or Typhoon?
What is a hurricane?
400
This is a narrow band of high speed found high in the atmosphere.
What is a jet stream?
400
The dry, cool air mass on the diagram.
What is Continental Polar?
400
This is the hydrosphere.
What are, all of the bodies of water found on / around Earth?
500
This is how the Sun contributes to the water cycle.
What is, by making the water evaporate?
500
These are the stages of a hurricane / typhoon. (Double points given if wind speeds are included)
What are, 1. Tropical Depression (38 MPH), 2. Tropical Storm (38-74 MPH), 3. Hurricane / Typhoon (74 MPH)
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What is a sea breeze?
500
The type of weather you could expect at place marker "X".
What is cool, dry weather?
500
The most intense winds and rainfall areas of a hurricane.
What is, the eyewall?