28.2 Flashcards

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1
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how many jet streams are there in the world

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4

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2
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how many pressure systems are there

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2

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3
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what are low pressure system also known as

A

a low

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4
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which direction does a low rotate

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counterclockwise

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5
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what are some results of a low pressure system

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causes the air to rise,which results in cloud formation and precipitation

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6
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what is a high pressure system often known as

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a high

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7
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which direction does a high pressure system rotate

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clockwise

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8
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what are some results of a high pressure system

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air sinks creating clear sky

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9
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what are the four water fronts

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cold,warm,stationary,and occl

uded fronts

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10
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how are cold fronts created

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where cold air forces warm air upward in a fast and choatic manner

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11
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how are cold fronts represented on a weather for cast

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12
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how are warm fronts created

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warm air rises gently above cold air

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13
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how are warm fronts repricented on a weather forcast

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red

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14
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how are warm fronts repricented on a weather forcast

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red

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15
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a climate that is strongly affected by an ocean

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maritime climate

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16
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a climate that is not directly affected by an ocean

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continental climate

17
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a __ ___ blows from over the water land in the afternoon, when the land is warmer than the water.

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18
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what is climate?

A

long-term average of weather conditions

19
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what is weather?

A

the day to day conditions

20
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what are the five spheres that make up earths

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atmosphere,cryosphere,biosphere,hydrosphere,and lithosphere

21
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what is the atmosphere

A

the air around us

22
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what is biosphere

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everything organic

23
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what is hydrosphere

A

liquid water

24
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what is the cryosphere

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frozen water in snow,ice,and glaciers

25
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what is the lithosphere

A

earths outtermost layer

26
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what is the primary factor that infuences climate at any given location?

A

latitude

27
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where is solar radiation most intence on earths surface?

A

equator

28
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at what degrees do the sun rays hit the tropical zone

A

90 degrees

29
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at which degrees do the sun rays hit

A

45 degrees

30
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which degrees do the sun rays hit the polar zones

A

30 degree

31
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which zone in lamar colorado located

A

temperate

32
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what other factors determine climate

A

percpitation ,mountains,water

33
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what is the windward side conditions like

A

air is cool and wet,vegitation

34
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what are the conditions like on a leeward side

A

temperline

35
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what is a land breeze

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when the wind blows from the land to the water during night

36
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what type of climate zone and vegitation does lamar have

A

warm semi air grassland

37
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how do seasonal changes occur?

A

season happen how earth revolves around the sun

38
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what was the period called when the earths serfice was covered in ice

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ice age