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Weather I
Weather II
Weather III
Weather IV
Weather V
100
The amount of sunlight that reaches the Earth.
What is insolation.
100
Winds that blow between 30 degrees North and 30 degrees South latitudes are called the _____________.
What is trade wind.
100
An area near the _________ receives less energy from the sunlight than an area of the same size near the equator.
What is Poles.
100
A cool breeze comes down the mountain slope into the valley in the late afternoon or evening. This is known as what type of breeze.
What is mountain breeze.
100
True or False: Materials with a low heat capacity change temperature quickly.
What is true.
200
The total amount of the Sun's energy that is absorbed and/or reflected by the clouds.
What is 45%
200
The amount of insolation absorbed by Earth's surface.
What is 50%
200
Sunlight strikes Earth with the most verticle angle at the __________________.
What is equator.
200
True or False: land warms and cools faster than water.
What is true.
200
Air (wind) moves from an area of _________________ to an area of low pressure.
What is high pressure.
300
Lowest layer of the atmosphere.
What is troposphere.
300
The measure of how much space an object takes up.
What is volume.
300
Causes winds to curve.
What is Coriolis effect.
300
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity.
300
Winds that blow steadily in predictable direction over very long distances.
What is global wind.
400
The Coriolis effect refers to a change in the direction of something on or above Earth's surface because of Earth's _______________.
What is rotation.
400
As air is heated, air pressure ___________, and the air weighs less.
What is decreases.
400
A measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator.
What is latitude.
400
What the condition of the troposhere is like at any given time and place.
What is weather.
400
The flow of heat through a liquid or gas, caused by hot parts rising and cooler parts sinking.
What is convection.
500
The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it.
What is air pressure.
500
Atmospheric pressure decreases with higher __________.
What is altitude.
500
Which type of air, warm or cool, has lower air pressure?
What is warm air.
500
At night time, the movement of air from the land to the water is called a ___________________.
What is land breeze.
500
Type of breeze that blows during the day at the beach.
What is sea breeze.