Weather and Climate

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Weather and Climate
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What is the main cause of air movement around the
Earth.
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Differences in temperature
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The Coriolis Effect is when winds curve instead
of moving in straight lines. What causes this to
happen?
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The rotation of Earth on its axis.

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What do cooler temperatures do to the air to
cause wind?
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Cooler air is more dense and sinks, warm air
moves in above the cool air.
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What commonly causes ocean breezes on the coast?
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When the water and land is heated at different
speeds
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What is the source of the energy that creates
wind on Earth?
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The Sun
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The main reason air moves around the Earth is
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Differences in temperature between air masses
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Thunderstorms often happen when cooler air forces
underneath warm air. The line where the storms
move through is called
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A cold front
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What will form when a large low-pressure air mass
meets a large high-pressure air mass?
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A front will form
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What are the properties that describe a cold air
mass?
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High pressure and high density
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What do we call the measure of the amount of
water vapor in the air?
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humidity
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A rapidly rotating cloud that forms over land and
causes destruction over a multi state area.
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tornado
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Which storm is longer lived, larger in size and
generates more rainfall tornadoes or hurricanes?
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Hurricanes
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Why do hurricanes lose energy when they travel on
land for a few days?
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The air above the land is dry and cooler than the
ocean where it forms.
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Why dont hurricanes form near the cold dry air
of the polar climate zone?
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Hurricanes need warm and moist air that is found
at the equator.
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What causes hurricanes to move to the east after
moving onto land for several days?
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Global winds or Coriolis effect
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Why do coastal towns have a smaller temperature
range from coldest to warmest of the year?
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The temperature of the coastal towns is
influenced by the slow changing ocean
temperatures.
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The change in temperature and humidity of a small
area over a few days is called..
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weather
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The average temperatures and humidity levels of a
large area over time, that is influenced by its
closeness to oceans and distance from the equator
or poles.
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climate
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What causes the temperatures at the equator to
stay nearly the same all year?
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The suns angle stays directly overhead all year
at the equator.
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• An air mass that blows down to the United States
  from Canada would have which name
• Maritime tropical
• Continental polar
• Continental tropical

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continental Polar cP
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Where does the energy come from that causes
weather on our planet?
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The Sun
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What type of thermal energy transfer best
describes how the surface of the Earth is heated
by the Sun?
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radiation
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What causes high tide and low tide in the Earths
oceans?
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The pull of the moons gravity
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What characteristic of Earth is responsible for
the seasons?
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the tilt of its axis
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How does the tilt of the Earths axis affect
differences in daylight and weather at the poles?
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• Since the Earths axis is tilted, the poles are
  farther away from the sun in winter and the light
  is spread out over the land, closer to the sun in
  summer, more daylight.

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