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Weather
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the four main factors in weather? | Latitude, elevation, proximity to oceans and position relative to mountains. |
| What is a tornado? | A narrow, violent, funnel-shaped column of spiral winds that extend downward from a cloud toward the earth. |
| What is a hurricane? | A tropical cyclone (rotates counterclockwise and is an intense low pressure system) with sustained winds above 120 kilometers per hour (75 mph) or greater. |
| What tools are used to measure weather? | Thermometers for temperature, barometers for barometric pressure (weight of the atmosphere), and psychrometers to measure relative humidity (amount of moisture (water vapor) in the air). |
| How can weather be predicted? | Using cloud type. |
| How does wind move? | From high pressure to low pressure. |
| What is more dense, warm air or cold air? | Warm air |
| What is the jet stream? | A fast moving river of wind that is found at the top of the troposphere or at the bottom of the stratosphere. |
| What is earth's surface heated by? | The sun |
| True or False, 6. Areas near the equator receive sunlight at the highest angle and have more energy per unit area than those closer to the poles. | True |
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