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CRCT Science review
Hydrology and Meteorology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Convection | occurs when air is heated by sunlight |
| Clouds | form when dense, cold air pushes warm air upward |
| The Gulf Stream | is a warm ocean current that starts in the tropics |
| Hail | is produced when water droplets freeze |
| Desert air | there is less humidity in desert air |
| Temperature of liquids | waters change temperature slower than solid land |
| Weather forecasts today | weather forecasts are more accurate today do to better technology |
| Fronts on a weather map | fronts on weather maps show boundaries between air masses |
| Temperature of solids | absorb radiation faster than water |
| Global winds | are produced by high pressure and low pressure |
| Snow | occurs when temperatures are 32 degrees of below and clouds percipitate |
| Interior of continents | have more extreme differences between winter and summer |
| Solar radiation | produce heat on earth |
| How solar radiation affects things | can affect both weather and climate |
| The Corriolis effect | Global winds curve because the earth rotates on its axis |
| Are tides a factor in weather and climate | they are not a factor. they have to do with gravitational pull |
| How things affect the atmosphere | meteorite collisions, deforestation, and changing ocean currents all affect this |
| Sea and land Breezes | form because the land heats and cools more quickly than the water. sea breeze occurs in the day. land breeze occurs in the night |
| Convection currents on the surface | when air is warm the air expands and rises resulting in convection |
| Psychrometer | measures humdity |
| Anemometer | measures wind speed |
| The ocean floor | continental shelf, continental slope, and abyssal plain |
| Humidity | is water vapor in the air |
| Groundwater usage | if ground water is used to quickly wells will dry up |
| No clouds in the desert | because there is not enough moisture in the air for condensation |
| Aquifer | is a large area underground that can supply water to thousands of people |
| Volcanoes role in the water cycle | because they release water vapor into the atmosphere |
| Ocean currents | wind and temperature variations can cause ocean currents |
| Earth's waters | most of earths waters are located in oceans |
| Mineral movement | minerals can move by streams rivers because water can dissolve minerals out of rock |
| Sea floor spreading | sea floor spreading creates new ocean because magma comes the the surface and hardens |
| Hurricanes | tropical disturbance to tropical depression then tropical storm |
| The Fujita scale | measures tornado strength 1-5 |
| The water cycle | evaporation, condensation, precipitation, convection |
| City location and seasons | if a city is located near the ocean the winters will be warmer and the summers will be cooler |
| Layers of the atmosphere | the troposphere, and stratosphere |
| the hydrosphere | is all of the water on the earths surface |
| The green house effect | when carbon dioxide and water vapor trap the sun's heat. |
| Geologist | someone who studies the earth |
| Meteorologist | someone who studies weather |
| Salinity | is the measure of how much salt is dissolved in ocean water |
| Longshore current | is the movement of the ocean that is parallel to the beach. |
| Earths atmosphere | eaths atmosphere is 78% nitrogen 21% is oxygen 1% is others |
| El Niño | is the warming of the pacific ocean off the coast of south america |
| La Niña | is the cooling of pacific ocean water off the coast of south america. |
| rain gauge | measures how much rain has fallen |
| dew point | is the temperature the air has to be in order for condensation |
| fresh water vs oceans | 97% of earths waters are oceans. 3% is fresh water. only 0.03% of fresh water is drinkable |
| subduction | occurs when one plate over under another |
| saffir-simpson scale | measures hurricane strength 1 to 5 |
| types of clouds | cirrus(high), cumulus(middle), stratus(low). |
| cumulonimbus, and nimbostratus | Cumulonimbus produce thunder storms. Nimbostratus produce rain clouds |
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