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Climate Misc.
Local Winds
Global Winds
Energy in the Atmosphere
Heat Transfer
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All winds are caused by differences in this.

What is air pressure?

100

At the beach, this substance heats up and cools off much more slowly than land.

What is water?

100
This belt of low air pressure occurs because of the warm air rising along the equator.
What are the doldrums?
100

Explain the cause of winds using temperature and air pressure in your explanation

warm temps= low air pressure

cold temps= high air pressure

air travels from high to low pressure

100

What is the main heat transfer method that creates local and global winds?

radiation

200

What does the word "temperate" mean?

Temperate: mild, in between

The temperate climate zone is in between the energies of the polar and tropical climate zones, resulting in a change in seasons.

200

During the day, the land is much warmer than the ocean which results in this type of wind that blows from the water onto the land.

What is a sea breeze?

200
This easterly wind belt is caused by air moving toward the equator.
What are the trade winds?
200

large convection currents between degrees of latitude are known as?

Hadley Cells

200
This type of heat transfer occurs when hot air rises and cooler air sinks.
What is convection?
300
Why are higher latitudes experiencing lower temperatures than lower latitudes?

earths axis allows the sun to focus its heat energy directly on the equator. Higher latitudes receive indirect heat, and lower temps.

300

This type of local wind happens when the water is warmer than the land.

What is a land breeze?

300
High pressure air from the poles heads toward the equator causing this global wind belt.
What are the polar easterlies?
300

How would the climate factors of temperature and moisture be affected in a location receiving polar easterly winds?

colder temperatures, dryer air

300
This type of heat transfer happens when heat moves directly between objects that are in direct contact, like a skillet on a hot stove burner.
What is conduction?
400

Explain the reason for the seasons

Earth's axis tilts hemispheres towards or away from more direct energy from the Sun, changing the seasons.

400

Explain how a local wind could be created in and around northeast Ohio.

Sea and land breezes from lake Erie

400
This wind belt located between 30 and 60 degrees latitude is most responsible for the movement of weather patterns across the United States.
What are the prevailing westerlies?
400

What is the pattern that wind will follow as it travels between different zones of air pressure?

Air will always flow FROM high pressure TO low pressure areas

400

What is the difference between heat and temperature?

temperature is the measure of molecule motion

heat is the temperature and the amount of the substance

500

Why do polar climate zones have colder temperatures than tropical climate zones?

Polar climate zones (66.5 to 90 degrees latitude) receive indirect energy from the Sun, resulting in colder climates

500

In this type of coastal wind, the air pressure is higher over the water than on the land.

What is a sea breeze?

500
This phenomenon causes winds in the Northern hemisphere to curve to the right due to the earth's rotation.
What is the Coriolis effect?
500

Why are the Doldrums a dead zone for global winds? What is missing here that stops wind from forming?

At the equator, the Doldrums are sitting in a zone of warm, rising air, and Low air pressure. 

There is not a zone of cold, high air pressure near enough for air to travel between the two, causing winds.

500
This type of heat transfer happens when heat travels directly through electromagnetic waves.
What is radiation?