Science 2015: Weather And Climate

Question 1

Climate

Answer 1

Yeah after year conditions of temp, rain, winds and clouds in an area

Question 2

Climate is determined by

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Temperatures and rain

Question 3

Things that influence temp

Answer 3

Latitude, altitude, distance from large bodies of water and ocean currents

Question 4

Suns rays hit

Answer 4

Mainly at the equator

Question 5

Latitude

Answer 5

Distance from the equator (3 zones)

Question 6

Continental climates

Answer 6

Land

Question 7

Marine climates

Answer 7

Water

Question 8

Marine currents influenced by

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Ocean currents

Question 9

What effects rain

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Prevailing winds and presence of mountains

Question 10

Windward

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Side of the mountain where oncoming wind hits

Question 11

Leeward

Answer 11

Side opposite of the side that rain hits

Question 12

Seasons are caused by

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Tilt of the earths axis as earth travels around the sun

Question 13

Rising into the air..

Answer 13

Air gets colder and less dense

Question 14

Four layers of the atmosphere are classified by

Answer 14

Changes in temperature

Question 15

Layers of the atmosphere

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Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere

Question 16

Lowest layer of atmosphere

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Troposphere (we live in it)

Question 17

What is a shooting star

Answer 17

Trail of hot glowing gases a burning meteoroid leaves behind

Question 18

Aurora Borealis

Answer 18

Northern lights that takes place in the ionosphere

Question 19

Why is the mesosphere the coldest

Answer 19

The outer layer is not protected by the heat provided by the ozone layer

Question 20

Air down to the surface causes

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High pressure

Question 21

Horizontal movement of air across earths surface

Answer 21

Wind

Question 22

Air masses

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Body of air with similar characteristics throughout

Question 23

Air mass is classified by

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Humidity and temp

Question 24

Maritime

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Humid (wet) air masses

Question 25

Continental

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Drier air masses that form over land

Question 26

Polar

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Cold air masses out of the North

Question 27

Tropical

Answer 27

Warmer air masses from the south

Question 28

Weather front

Answer 28

Area where two air masses meet and they don’t mix. Boundary between two or more air masses

Question 29

Cold front

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Fast moving cold air that runs into a slow moving warmer air mass

Question 30

Warm front

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Warm air mass collides with a slow moving cold air mass

Question 31

Stationary front

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Cold air mass and warm air mass meet but neither are being moved

Question 32

Occluded front

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A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses and is lifted above them

Question 33

Air pressure depends on

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Number of air molecules in a given space and how fast they’re moving

Question 34

Northern hemisphere air travels

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Clockwise

Question 35

Southern Hemisphere air travels

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Counterclockwise

Question 36

Middle latitudes

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Where polar and tropical winds meet and create storms

Question 37

Cirrus

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Thin and wispy

Question 38

Cumulus

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Puffy and billowy

Question 39

Stratus

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Flat and sheet like, covers the whole sky

Question 40

Cirro-

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High clouds about 20,000 feet

Question 41

Alto-

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Middle clouds

Question 42

Nimbo- -nimbus

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Clouds that bring rain

Question 43

Weather

Answer 43

Day to day events referring to condition of atmosphere at a certain time and place