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Module 7
Apologia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| weather | the condition of the earth's atmosphere at any particular time |
| climate | the steady condition that prevails day in and day out in a particular region of creation |
| thermal energy | (blank) |
| uneven distribution of thermal energy | (blank) |
| water vapor in the atmosphere | (blank) |
| cumulus clouds | fluffy clouds |
| cumulonimbus | very large clouds |
| cirrus clouds | clouds made of tiny ice crystals |
| stratus clouds | warm air being lifted |
| nimbostratus clouds | rain and snow producing stratus clouds |
| lenticular clouds | clouds that form around mountains |
| cirrocumulus clouds | a cross between cirrus and cumulus clouds |
| stratocumulus clouds | a cross between stratus and cumulus clouds |
| cirrostratus clouds | a cross between a cirrus and stratus clouds |
| insolation | the sum total of the light that comes to the earth |
| the earth's distance from the sun | a important factor regarding earth's insolation |
| axila tilt | the earth's tilt of 23.5 degrees |
| aphelion | the point at which the earth is farthest from the sun |
| perihelion | the point at which the earth is closest to the sun |
| hemisphere | the two halves of the earth |
| summer solstice | the point at which the entire northern hemisphere gets sun for more than 12 hours and the southern hemisphere gets less than 12 |
| winter solstice | the opposite of the summer solstice |
| spring equinox | when both hemispheres get equal amounts of daylight |
| autumnal equinox | the same thing as the spring equinox |
| lines of longitude | imaginary lines that run north and south along the earth |
| lines of latitude | imaginary lines that run east and west across the earth |
| prime meridian | the reference line of longitude |
| equator | the reference line of latitude |
| low | a region of low air pressure |
| high | a region of high air pressure |
| coriolis effect | the way in which the rotation of the earth bends the oath of winds, sea currents and objects that fly through different latitudes |
| Local winds | winds that stay in one area |
| sea breeze | a breeze out at sea during daytime |
| land breeze | a breeze in land during daytime |
| air mass | a large body of air with relatively uniform pressure, termperature and humidity |
| meteorologists | scientists who study weather |
| arctic air mass | very cold air mass |
| polar air mass | cold air mass |
| tropical air mass | warm air masses |
| maritime | a term used to describe air masses over the ocean |
| continental | a term used to describe air masses over land |
| mT | warm air masses over the ocean |
| mP | cold air masses over the ocean |
| cT | warm air masses over land |
| cP | wold air masses over the ocean |
| weather front | a boundry between two air masses |
| cold front | a cold air mass advancing into a region |
| warm front | warm air mass advancing into a region |
| stationary front | when two air masses collide, and become stationary |
| occluded front | when two air masses of the same kind close in on a air mass of another type |
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