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Weather
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the four major that affects the climate? | Latitude, Elevation, Proximity to oceans and position relative to mountains |
| What are the three major climatic zones? | Tropial (0 to 30 degrees), Temerate (30 to 60 degrees), & Polar (60 to 90 degrees) |
| The Earth's surface is heated by what more efficiently than the atmosphere? | Sun |
| How are winds created? | Created by uneven heating of the Earth's surface and modified by the Coriolis Effect which is caused by the Earth's rotation |
| What is atmosphere warmed by? | Convection |
| What kind of curent is formed during this process? | Convection Current |
| What is a hurricane? | Tropical Cyclone |
| What is a tornado? | Narrow, Violent, Funnel- Shaped coulumn of spiral winds that extend downward from a cloud toward the earth |
| How can weather be predicted? | By using a cloud type |
| What are cirrus clouds? | Thin, wispy, veiled clouds, mean that a front is approaching which will meana change in temprature |