Wind Facts
What causes wind?
Differences in air pressure
What is the process in which liquid water moves through plants and evaporates off of the leaves?
Transpiration
Why does convection take place?
Cold air is more dense than warm air
What is wind speed measured by?
Anemometer
What provides the energy for H2O to move and change its state of matter in nature?
Sun
Created by the unequal heating of Earth's surface over a large area?
Global winds
When will condenstation form faster on a glass?
When the air is humid and the glass is cold
Heat transfer between two things that are in direct contact (TOUCHING) is called...
Conduction
Winds that blow from a specific direction over long distances are called.....
Global winds
When the temperature of the air reaches 100% relative humidity. This is called....
Dew point
____________ are likley to occur during the night because the land's temperature gets colder than the waters.
Land breezes
Water that falls from the clouds is called....
Precipitation
What tool is used to measure the temperature of the air?
Thermometer
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Earth's rotation that makes winds curve
Makes the air feel COOLER than the measurement on a thermometer
Wind chill effect
Winds are caused by differences in....
Air pressure
When do clouds form?
When water vapor in the air becomes liquid water in a process call condensation
The transfer of heat through space or air by electromagnetic waves
Radiation
What forms when the land is warmer than the water?
Sea breeze
What warms up faster, the land or the water?
Land
Why do local winds differ from global winds?
Local winds are caused by unequal heating within a small area
What process is it when liquid water seeps downward into the ground?
Infiltration
The transfer of heat through a heated fluid (liquid or gas)
Convection
Winds that blow over shorter distances?
Local winds
If 7 grams of water vapor are present in a cubic meter of air that can hold a maximum of 10 grams, the ___________ is 70%.
Relative humidity