Water Cycle
Weather and Air Mass
Maps and Fronts
Atmosphere Layers
Kansas Climate and Rain Shadow
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What tool is used to measure air temperature?
Thermometer
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What causes winds?
Differences in air pressure
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Which state has a cold front by it?
Texas, Arkansas, Louisianna, Tennesse, Kentucky, Ohio, Northern California, Oregon
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What is the most common element in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
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What is the Coriolis Effect
Curved wind patterns due to the Earth's rotation
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What determines what type of precipitation we get?
Air Temperature
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What impacts the climate of an area?
Latitude, elevation, and proximity to water
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Which state has a warm front by it?
Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota
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When we launched Apollo 13 it had to go through these layers in order.
Troposphere -> Stratosphere -> Mesosphere -> Thermosphere -> Exosphere
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What is one of the main reasons for why western and eastern Kansas gets different rainfall?
Rain shadow from the Rocky Mountains
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What ways do we get water back into the clouds?
Evaporation, transpiration
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List the climate zones starting with the equator moving towards the poles
Tropical -> Temperate -> Polar
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Which state has a stationary front?
Georgia, Alabama
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What does the Ozone layer help protect against?
UV radiation
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Why does western Kansas generally have less rainfall that eastern Kansas
The Rocky Mountains block moist air from the west creating the rain shadow that makes western Kansas drier
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What ways do we get water back into the lakes and streams?
Precipitation or runoff
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We live in what climate zone?
Temperate
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Which state has an occluded front?
Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio
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Which layer assists with Radio communications?
Ionosphere
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How does the distance from the Gulf affect the climate of Kansas
Eastern Kansas is closer to the Gulf thus it gets more humid and rainy climate.
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What drives the water cycle?
The sun
500
Correctly label an Air mass forming over Northwest of Washington, and one forming in Central Mexico
maritime polar
continental Tropical
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What kind of weather should we expect in Kansas?
Clear skies, calm weather, and minimal precipitation
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When Apollo 13 came back from space, what was happening to the temperature in each layer?
Troposphere increasing, Stratosphere decreasing, Mesosphere increasing, Thermosphere decreasing.
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What are the two main air masses that influence weather in Western and Eastern Kansas?
Western Kansas - Often affected by Continental Polar - cold and dry
Eastern Kansas - More affected by Maritime Tropical - warm and moist