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Science Test #1 (Semester 2) Flashcards

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1
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What year of ENSO are we currently experiencing?

A

La Niña

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2
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What is the relationship between the ocean currents temp and their general direction of travel in the northern and Southern Hemisphere??

A

Warm water-goes from equator to the poles
Cool water-goes from poles to equator

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3
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How are winds and currents similar

A

The mirror each other
When the winds blow currents follow

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4
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What is the relationship between latitude and linear speed?

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As latitude increases (closer to poles) linear speed decreases

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5
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Vocab term for deflection of winds and currents in a result of earths spin?

A

Coriolis Effect

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6
Q

What did sailors rely on pre motors

A

Winds and currents

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7
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What is the greenhouse effect

A

The sun is trapped inside our atmosphere which warms our planet

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8
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Do currents spin clockwise or counter in the north/Southern Hemisphere

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North Hemi-clockwise
South Hemi-counterclockwise

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9
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What impact do the polar and tropical zones have on weather in the temperate zone??

A

They blow weather to the temperature zone

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10
Q

What is chs’s latitude? 🍍

A

32.78 degrees north

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11
Q

What heats up/cools down fastest? Slowest?

A

Heats up/cools down fastest-land

Heats up/cools down slowest-water

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12
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What does having a high heat capacity mean for those areas nearby large bodies of water

A

The heat is regulated

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13
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What is the main difference between Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer

A

Distance
Cancer in north Hemi
Capricorn in south Hemi

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14
Q

Winds are named from where they

A

Come from

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15
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Which type of pressure system sinks or rises

A

LPS- rises
HPS- sinks

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16
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Which type of pressure system moves outward/inward

A

HPS- outward
LPS- inward

17
Q

Which type of pressure system moves clockwise/counter

A

HPS- clockwise
LPS- counter

18
Q

How are fronts and LPS similar

A

They are all LPSs

19
Q

What weather does each pressure system bring?

A

LPS- clouds, wind, precipitation
HPS- clear, dry, nice

20
Q

Does air move from LPS to HPS or the other way around

A

Air moves from HPS to LPS

21
Q

What are the three major prevailing winds

A

Polar easterlies
prevailing westerlies
trade winds

22
Q

Which direction do each of the prevailing winds go

A

Polar easterlies__E—>W
Prevailing Westerlies__W—>E
Trade winds__E—>W

23
Q

In which climate zone are each of the prevailing winds found

A

Polar easterlies—>Polar
prevailing westerlies—>Temperate
Trade wins—>Tropics

24
Q

What prevailing wind blow hurricanes to the US

A

Trade winds

25
Q

What prevailing winds pushes hurricanes back out into the Atlantic

A

Prevailing westerlies

26
Q

Name the four fronts

A

Cold front, warm front, stationary front, occluded front

27
Q

Name the four fronts and their colors

A

Cold front—> blue
Warm front —>red
Stationary front—> blue and red
Occluded front—>orange

28
Q

Names for fronts and their symbols

A

Cold front—>triangle
Warm front—> semicircle
Stationary front—>semicircle then upside down triangle
Occluded front—> triangle the semicircle

29
Q

Mos†all fronts bring

A

Precipitation

30
Q

What happens to temperature is when you move up in elevation 

A

Decrease

31
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What happens to pressure when you move up in elevation

A

Decrease

32
Q

What three ingredients are required to make a cloud 

A

Dew point, condensation nuclei, water

33
Q

What’s the difference between condensation and evaporation

A

Evap- liquid to gas
Condensation- gas to liquid

34
Q

What layer of the atmosphere does all weather occur

A

Troposphere

35
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What layer of the atmosphere does all weather stop

A

Tropopause

36
Q

What is a mT air mass

A

Maritime tropical

37
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What is a cP air mass

A

Continental polar

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