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WEATHER NOTES
1. What is weather?
2. Weather occurs in which layer of our atmosphere?
3. Solar energy affects the amount of_____________________& ___________________on Earth.
4. This endless process of water transport, from clouds to ground and back again, is called
5. Winds occur because…
6. A large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties throughout is called
an…
7. What happens when a polar air mass moves south?
Air pressure is caused by the weight of the air molecules
Pressure Changes Cause Weather Changes
8. In a high pressure area the air flows __________________________ and gives us
__________________ skies.
9. In a low pressure region the air flows ________________________, cools off and
makes___________________.
10. What is the Coriolis Effect?
11. How does it effect our winds?
12. A front is an __________________________________. There are cold and warm fronts.
13. A cold front brings towering _________________________________ and
____________________.
14. A warm front brings _________________________________, _______________________,
and high levels of__________________________.
MAKING A THUNDERSTORM
1. The heating of air masses from the earth is called _______________________.
2. The warm air is lighter (less dense) and rises.
3. As is rises it cools and makes _____________________________, creating a larger cloud.
4. When the drops fall as rain the cloud cools and lowers towards the Earth.
5. At the same time another updraft is being formed feeding the cloud.
6. The updrafts and downdrafts work against each adding to the storm.
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