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Weather: ES. 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Weather and Climate are different but both are ____________ and ____________. | Measurable and predictable |
| What are the three major climatic zones? | Tropical, Temperate, and Polar |
| What is the atmosphere warmed by? | Radiation |
| What causes warm air to reach its dew point and condense? | Convection |
| What do low pressure systems ride on? | Jet stream |
| What direction do high pressure systems spin? | Clockwise |
| What direction do low pressure systems spin? | Counterclockwise |
| What is a tropical cyclone with sustained winds above 120 km per hours or greater? | Hurricane |
| What is a narrow, violent, funnel-shaped column of spiral winds that extend downward from a cloud toward the Earth? | Tornado |
| When cloud droplets join together and the drops grow large and heavy enough the droplets will fall as what? | Precipitation |