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Weather and Climate
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What causes wind? | Differences in air pressure. |
| If a wind vane measures wind direction, then what does an anemometer do? | Measures wind speed |
| What is the wind-chill factor? | The increased cooling that a can cause. |
| What causes local winds? | Unequal heating of Earth’s surface within a small area |
| Explain the difference between a sea breeze and a land breeze. | Wind that blows from an ocean. The flow of air to sea. |
| What do monsoons produce for farmers? | Heavy Rains. |
| How is a global wind different from a local wind? | Winds that blow steadily from specific directions over long distances. |
| Warm air rises at the equator, and cold air sinks at the poles. This creates what type of currents that make wind? | Global convection currents. |
| What is the Coriolis effect? | The way Earth’s rotation makes the wind curve. |
| The Coriolis Effect is named after who. | A french scientist |
| What are the major global wind belts? | Trade winds, Prevailing Westerlies, and Polar Easterlies |
| What is Latitude. | The distance from the equator measured in degrees. |
| Where is wind the weakest? | 30 degrees |
| Where did “trade” winds get its name? | Sailors. |
| What two winds play an important part in the weather in the U.S.? | About 10 km above Earth’s surface are bands of high-speed winds. |
| What is the jet stream? | About 10 km above Earth’s surface are bands of high-speed winds. |
| What is evaporation. | Process by which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor. |
| what happens in the cycle after evaporation occurs? | Water vapor in the atmosphere condenses to form clouds. Rain and other forms of precipitation fall from the clouds toward the surface. |
| How does precipitation on mountains reach oceans, lakes, and streams? | Water runs off the surface, or moves through the ground, back to the oceans, lakes and streams. |
| What is Humidity | Measure of the amount of water vapor in the air. |
| What is relative Humidity | The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the max. Amount the air could hold. |
| How are clouds formed? | Clouds form when water vapor in the air becomes liquid water or ice crystals. |
| What is condensation? | the process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water. |
| Dew Points | the temp. at which condensation begins |
| What is fog? | clouds that form at or near the ground. |
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