Chapter 3 Weather And Climate

Question 0

Areas with no prevailing winds

Answer 0

Doldrums

Question 1

Winds that blow in the same direction most of the time

Answer 1

Prevailing Winds

Question 2

The unstable weather created when a larger amount of warm air meets a large amount of cold air

Answer 2

Front

Question 3

Warm ocean current that moves warm tropical water from the Gulf of Mexico northward along the coast of eastern North America

Answer 3

Gulf Stream

Question 4

The dry area on the leeward side of a mountain ( the side that does not face the wind )

Answer 4

Rain shadow

Question 5

Violent twisting spirals of air

Answer 5

Tornadoes

Question 6

The most powerful and destructive tropical cyclones; tropical storms that bring high winds, rain,and waves

Answer 6

Hurricanes

Question 7

Tropical storms that cause high winds, rain, and high seas in the Indian and pacific oceans

Answer 7

Typhoons

Question 8

The slow increase in earth’s temperature

Answer 8

Global warming

Question 9

Storms with high winds around the centers of low atmospheric pressure in South Asia, similar to hurricanes in the Caribbean

Answer 9

Cyclones

Question 10

Winds that blow in the same direction most of the time

Answer 10

Prevailing winds

Question 11

Areas with no prevailing winds

Answer 11

Doldrums

Question 12

All of the plants and animals in an area along with the nonliving parts of the environments

Answer 12

Ecosystems

Question 13

A seasonal shift (change) of air flow and rainfall which brings wet and dry seasons

Answer 13

Monsoon

Question 14

areas of tropical grass lands scattered ( stead out ) trees, and shrubs ( small bushes)

Answer 14

Savannas

Question 15

Having air that is dry and does not get much rain

Answer 15

Arid

Question 16

Forests made up of trees that drop their leaves during part of the year.

Answer 16

Deciduous forests

Question 17

forests of evergreen (alway green)trees, with cones; tree in these forests stay green all year .

Answer 17

coniferous forest

Question 18

A layer of soil that stays permanently frozen all year.

Answer 18

Permafrost

Question 19

Condition of the atmosphere, or air around earth, at a certain place and time

Answer 19

Weather

Question 20

Weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

Answer 20

Climate

Question 21

Measurement of heat

Answer 21

Temperature

Question 22

The trapping of heat in earth’s atmosphere

Hint: A greenhouse traps the sun’s heat,which passes though the glass, and keeps plant warm.

Answer 22

Greenhouse effect

Question 23

When the water on earth’s surface is Heated, become water vapor, and rises into the air

Answer 23

Evaporation

Question 24

The amount of water vapor, or wetness, in the air

Answer 24

Humidity

Question 25

When water vapor cools and changes from a gas into smell liquid droplets ( hint: to condense means "to be made smaller")

Answer 25

Condensation

Question 26

Cooling effect that happens when air is forced to go up over a mountain, resulting in a wetter windward side and a drier leeward side ( hint: oros=mountain

Answer 26

Orographic effect