Windy Days
True or false: High pressure air has a higher density than low pressure air.
What is true?
If the temperature is at 2 degrees Celsius, we would experience this type of precipitation.
What is rain?
Large circulating storm systems that are fueled by warm ocean water
What are hurricanes?
Higher concentrations of these in the atmosphere lead to higher temperatures.
What are greenhouse gasses?
True or false: Cats and dogs can sense tornados approaching.
What is true? (They are more sensitive to atmospheric pressure changes and have better hearing)
The movement of air from high pressure to low pressure.
What is wind?
True or false: Warm air holds less moisture than cold air.
What is false?
Very fast moving, circulating winds caused by unstable winds and air pressure changes.
What are tornadoes?
This type of radiation is absorbed and redirected by greenhouse gasses.
What is infrared radiation?
Air being super heated to around 30,000°C in an instant causes this to occur.
What is thunder?
Warm air will do this when it meets colder air.
What is rise?
Temperature falling to this will trigger precipitation.
What is the dew point?
When ice forms immediately after liquid precipitation hits the ground.
What is freezing rain?
True or false: Methane is more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.
What is true?
Approximately 50 of these hit the Earth every second.
What are lightning bolts?
A bigger difference in air pressure will cause this.
What is a stronger wind?
This is what happens when dew point is reached at ground level.
What is fog or dew?
These storms help create rain by seeding the atmosphere with small particles.
What are dust storms or sand storms?
The majority of the infrared radiation in the lower atmosphere comes from this.
What is the Earth?
This weather phenomenon, similar to a tornado, can make sea creatures rain down from the sky.
What is a waterspout?
During the day, land warms up more quickly than the sea, leading to this.
What is a sea breeze?
Between the choices of Miami, Portland, and Phoenix, this is the city with lowest average humidity.
What is Phoenix?
A dome of high pressure that settles in place over an area leads to this. Hint: We had one in June.
What is a heat wave?
A measurement of an individual or activities contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.
What is a carbon footprint?
In severe cases, these can be larger than a grapefruit and can damage cars and crops when they fall.
What are hailstones?