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How are climate zones classified?

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Temperature and precipitation

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What type of energy heats up Earth’s atmosphere?

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Infrared Radiation

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What are isotherms?

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Line on a map that connect two places with the same temperature.

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Why does air have pressure?

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Because it has mass

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How does the Coriolis Effect effect ocean currents

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It curves the direction of them

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What causes a land breeze?

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At night, the air above land cools down faster than the land over the water.

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What is the cause of wind?

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The uneven heating and cooling of the Earth

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What is the significance of the Coriolis Effect?

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The Coriolis Effect causes the global winds to curve instead of blowing in straight lines

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What is the weather caused by a low pressure system

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Clouds and precipitation

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What are isobars?

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They connect two areas with the same air pressure

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What is the density of air?

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How many molecules it contains per square mile.

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What’s significant about the Stratosphere?

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It contains the Ozone layer

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What are the main layers of the Atmosphere?

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Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

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What is special about the Troposphere?

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It’s where weather happens

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What are the three ways heat can be transferred?

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Conduction, convection, radiation

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What is conduction?

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The transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another it’s touching

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What causes a sea breeze?

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During the day, the air above the land cools faster than the land above the water, causing uneven heating and a breeze from the sea

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What are the main gases in the Atmosphere?

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Nitrogen and Oxygen

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What is heat?

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The transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature.

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What is radiation?

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The direct transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves.

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What is temperature?

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A measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point.

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What is thermal energy?

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The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance

25
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What’s an example of conduction?

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Touching a hot stove

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What’s an example of radiation?

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The Sun warming the Earth

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What’s an example of convection?

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Boiling water- The cooler water sinks down, gets heated, rises, cools down, and then the whole process restarts.

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What percentage of the main gases is in the air

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78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% others

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Name 6 of the gases under 1% in the Atmosphere.

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Carbon Dioxide, Neon, Helium, Hydrogen, Methane, Krypton, Argon

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What is convection?

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The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of fluid

36
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How often does El Niño occur?

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Every 3-5 years

37
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How often does La Niña occur?

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Every 3-5 years

38
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What are the 4 types of air masses?

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Maritime Tropical (mT), Maritime Polar (mP), Continental Tropical (cT), and Continental Polar (cP)

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What type of temperature/ humidity is associated with Maritime Tropical?

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Warm and wet

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What type of temperature/ humidity is associated with Maritime Polar?

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Cool and wet

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What type of temperature/ humidity is associated with Continental Tropical?

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Warm and dry

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What type of temperature/ humidity is associated with Continental Polar

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Cold and dry

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Where do Maritime Tropical and Maritime Polar form?

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Over the ocean, tropical near the equator, and polar near the poles

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Where do Continental Tropical and Polar form?

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Over land, tropical near the equator and polar near the poles.

45
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Where do El Niño and La Niña develop?

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In the equatorial Pacific

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What’s the connection between ocean currents and global winds?

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Surface currents are a product of global winds.

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What’s the significance of the Coriolis Effect on currents?

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It makes current gyres turn clockwise above the equator, and counterclockwise below it.

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What’s the relationship between currents and climate?

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Warm currents bring warm temperatures to cooler places, and vice versa

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