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The condition of the
atmosphere at a
specific time and
place.
What is weather?
Measures
atmospheric
pressure.
What is a
barometer?
A device with
rotating cups that
measures wind
speed.
What is an
anemometer?
Uneven heating of
Earth causes these.
What is global
winds?
The Coriolis effect
refers to a change in
direction caused by
this.
What is rotation?
The amount of water
vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
The layer of the
atmosphere where
all weather occurs.
What is the
troposphere?
The solar energy
that reaches Earth’s
surface.
What is insolation?
The high-altitude
wind that blows
from west to east
over the U.S.
What is the jet
stream?
A low-pressure
system will arrive
tomorrow. The
weather will be...
What is warm and
rainy?
A tool used to show
the weather in a
specific area.
What is a weather
map?
The meeting place
between two air
masses.
What is a front?
This forms over a
warm area of water
and will be warm
and humid.
What is an air mass?
Name the three types
of clouds.
What are: cirrus,
cumulus, and
stratus?
This is how clouds
form.
What is: Clouds form as water
vapor particles are carried higher
in the atmosphere and they
become colder. The water vapor
particles lose speed and get closer
together. Then they condense
around tiny particles of dust,
forming clouds.
A rotating funnelshaped cloud with
high winds.
What is a tornado?
Tornadoes begin to
form inside of
these.
What is a
thunderhead?
Heavy snowfall
combined with
blowing snow
result in this.
What is a whiteout?
This is the name of
the center of the
low-pressure area,
found in the middle
of a hurricane.
What is the “eye”?
Explain how tracking
severe storms help
people.
What is: tracking allows
meteorologists to predict how
severe a storm will be and where
is it likely to affect people. This
helps people prepare for the storm
or leave the area before it hits.
A kind of storm
that includes high
winds and snow.
What is a blizzard?
Any storm with a
low-pressure center
that causes a circular
wind pattern.
What is a cyclone?
The noise of
thunder is caused
by this.
What is rapid
expansion of air?
Huge waves in the
ocean that cause a
bulge of water in
the ocean.
What is a storm
surge?
This type of storm
only forms over
large bodies of
warm water.
What is a
hurricane?
Constant movement
of ocean water.
What is a current?
Every two to seven
years a change in
weather conditions
causes heavy rains
and storms in
What is El Nino?
Carries warm water
from near the
equator toward the
poles.
What is the Gulf
Stream?
Name three things
that affects the
climate of a city.
What is: ocean
currents, mountain
ranges, and altitude?
Name the three main
climate zones on
Earth and describe
each zone.
Tropical climate zone: near the equator, receives
the most insolation from the sun, high
temperatures, heavy precipitation
Temperate climate zone: north and south of the
equator, warm summers, cool or cold winters,
can get all types of precipitation
Polar climate zone: near the north and south
poles, short summers and long cold winters, not
much precipitation