Atmospheric Variables and Global Wind Belts
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| Air Temp Increases then | Air Pressure decreases
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| Why does the Atmosphere expand when temp rises? | Molocules bounce off eachother and move farther apart
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| Adiabatic Changes | temperature changes that occur with out the addition or removal of heat energy
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| As a parcel increases in Altitude the pressure _______ | decreases
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| Air pressure increases then air temp | increases
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| Air Temp decreases then | Air Pressure increases
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| Whish is heavier H2O or nitrogen? | nitrogen
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| which is heavier H20 or oxygen? | oxygen
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| As Humidity increases air pressure _____ | Decreases
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| Air Pressure decreases then air temp | decreases
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| Wind Blows from | high pressure to low pressure
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| During the day land surfaces _____ in temp | increase
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| during the day air over land is | Warmer
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| Sea Breeze | wind going from sea to land
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| Land Breeze | Wind going from land to sea
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| Sea Breeze occurs | during the day
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| Land Breeze occurs | At night (land is cooler)
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| Convection cells in northern and southern hemisphere are caused by ____ | uneuqal heating of the earths surface
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| Low pressure belts are caused by___and located _____ | caused by rising air located by equator and the artic and antarctic circles
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| sinking air produces ___pressure belts located ____ | high pressure/ poles and tropics of Cancer and Capircorn
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| The _____ pattern of high low pressure belts gives rise to a series of ________ belts | alternating/ global wind
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| what is the name of the global wind belt located b/w 0 and 30 degrees north | Northeast trade winds
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| What type of pressure is felt at 60 degrees S latitude | Low pressure
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