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28.2 Flashcards

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1
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Apparent deflection of an object due to Earth’s rotation.

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Coriolis Effect

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Is a narrow band of fast-moving, high-altitude air.

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Jet Stream

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A large volume of air with uniform moisture and temperature throughout.

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Air Mass

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Air masses interact in zone.

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Weather fronts

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How many jet stream are there in the world.

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How many pressure systems are there

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2 Low Pressure system and High pressure system.

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What is the low pressure system also known as.

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A low

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Which direction does a low system flow

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Counterclockwise

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What are some result that a low pressure system.

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Air rises cloud s for and create precipitation.

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What is a high pressure system also known as.

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A High

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What way does a high pressure system flow.

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Sink cause air to clear skys

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What are the 4 weather fronts.

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cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts, and occluded fronts.

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A climate that is strongly affected by an ocean.

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maritime climate

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Climate that is not directly affected by an ocean.

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Continental Climate

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Blow from over the water toward in the afternoon, when the land is warmer than the water

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Sea Breeze

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What is climate.

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Long term average of weather conditions.

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What is weather?

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Day to day outside coditions.

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What are the 5 sphere for Earth’s system.

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geosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere

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what is the geosphere

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any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere.

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any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere.

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21
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what is biosphere

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the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms.

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What is a cryosphere

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The cryosphere is an all-encompassing term for those portions of Earth’s surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground. Thus, there is a wide overlap with the hydrosphere.

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what is a atmosphere

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An atmosphere is a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelope a planet, and is held in place by the gravity of the planetary body. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low

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What is the primary factor that influence climate.

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Latitude

25
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Where is the solar radiation most intense on earth

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The equator

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at what degrees o the sun rays hit earth surface at the equator

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90 degrees

27
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at what degrees do the sun rays hit earth surface at the temperate zone

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45 degrees

28
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what degrees do the sun rays hit the polar zone

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30 degrees

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What zone are we located in

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temperate zone

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what other factors determine climate

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precipitation , mountains, and water

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What is the windward side like in a mountain range

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Cool and wet and there’s a lot of vegetation

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What is the leeward side of a mountain

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warm and dry air and little to know vegetation.

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What is a land breeze

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when air from the land goes to the water

34
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How do seasonal changes happen

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Revolving around the sun

35
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Which hemisphere is in summer

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The hemisphere that is tilted toward the sun.

36
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What is the period of time where earth surface was covered in ice.

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Ice Age

37
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How long ago did the world climate reach it current pattern

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3000 years ago

38
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What are some factors that cause climate change.

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Tilt of Earths axis and rotation.

39
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How do Humans create climate change.

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Energy consumption
deforce station
industrial
agricultural

40
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what is deforestation.

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Large areas of forest

41
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how can he deforestation cause climate to increase

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rely on trees,

42
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What are the 2 ways that the carbon cycle are affected

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by deforestation and lost of vegetation

43
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Sphere

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Is a round, three-dimensional object, the surface of which is the same distance from the center in all directions.

44
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Ellipse

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Is a elongated, closed curve with two foci.

45
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the diameter is longer than the height of earth

46
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what are some observations that earth is round

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objects fall straight down, shadow of earth on the moon, we see different stars.

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