Final Flashcards
What causes winds and high and low pressure?
Uneven heating of the Earths surface
How does Precipitation form?
When water droplets combine from the clouds.
When time is solar radiation most intense
High noon
How does wind move
Wind moves from High to Low pressure
Where does wind come from?
Wind comes from the Westerlies
What do hurricanes occur over?
Warm oceans of water
Jet Streams
Quick moving winds in the atmosphere
Chorlialis effect
When winds carve around the earth
What is the time to mile ratio after you see lightning hit and then hear it.
Every 5 seconds you dont here it is one mile.
Ozone layer does what to radiation
Traps radiation
Clounds do what to radiation
Reflect radiation
When do low pressure systems happen
They happen at warm weather
What happens to lightning when it hits the water
It scatters across the surface of the water. It does not go down under the surface.
What is Sputnik
A satellite
Global Winds
Global winds are winds that circle Earth. There are three kinds of Global Winds: Tradewinds, Westerlies, and Polar Easterlies.
