Unit 3 investigation
The name of the town we were investigating
What is Galetown?
The easier word for precipitation
What is rain?
The process where liquid turns into gas
What is evaporation?
The massive shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by the movement of tectonic plates
What is an Earthquake?
The things that form when water vapor condenses into tiny droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere, often signaling changes in weather
What are clouds?
The issue Galetown was experiencing
What is worsening storms?
True or False, weather can affect infrastructure
True
The process where liquid water falls as rain
What is precipitation?
The rotating column of air in contact with the ground, often causing destruction.
What is a tornado
The tool that measures atmospheric pressure and helps meteorologists predict weather changes like storms or fair skies.
What is a barometer?
The amount of Key Concepts
What is 10?
The imaginary "bubble" of air that’s used by meteorologists to understand how air moves, changes temperature, and forms clouds.
What is an Air Parcel?
the process where water vapor cools down and changes back into liquid, forming clouds in the atmosphere
What is condensation?
The sudden overflow of water submerging land usually occurs after heavy rain or dam failure.
What is a flood?
The persistent, large-scale wind pattern in the upper atmosphere that helps steer storms and influences weather across continents
What are Jet Streams?
The 3 main factors that were causing Galetown’s worsening storms
What is the new lake, stronger winds and warmer weather?
The part of the atmosphere where weather happens
What is the Troposphere?
The thing that warms the earth
What is the sun?
The fiery event that occurs when magma erupts through Earth’s surface, often forming mountains or islands
What is a volcano eruption?
the process wher a cold front overtakes a warm front, where a complex weather system is created, often producing heavy precipitation
What is an occluded front?
The main similarity between Galetown and NYC
What is weather patterns?
The prolonged period of excessively hot weather, often with high humidity, can be dangerous to health and strain power systems
What are heat waves?
The process that allows water from plant leaves to enter the atmosphere as water vapor, contributing to cloud formation and humidity.
What is transpiration?
The natural process which involves the wearing away of soil, rock, or land by wind, water, or ice.
What is erosion?
The pattern of alternating high and low pressure cells in the mid-latitudes drives much of the storm activity in the U.S. and Europe.
What are mid-latitude cyclones?