Science Test #3 Flashcards
Winds are named for the direction that they _________, so land breezes ___________.
Come from
Come from land
Wind is a product of _______
The sun heating the earth
Wind moves from a _____ pressure type to a ______ pressure type.
High
Low
The US is found in which climate zone
The temperate
What is the latitude of the equator
0
Spell temp
Temperature
The no wind area on the equator
Doldrums
Heat moves from β¦ (hot or cold)
Hot to cold
Definition for convection
The predictable circular movement of rising and sinking currents in a fluid (liquid or gas) that happens because heat and less dense things rise and cold and more dense things fall.
Weight relies on
The pull of gravity
Formula for density
D=m/v
The units of measurements for density
Liquid= g/ml
Solid=g/cm3
Density of fresh water
1 g/ml
List 5 conductors
- Gold
2.Silver - Iron
- Brass
- aluminum
- Bronze
List 5 Insulators
- Wood
- Rubber
- Glass
- Ceramic
- Plastic
Example of condution
Touching a hot pan
Example of convection
Boiling water
Example of radiation
Sunburn
10 examples of condensation nuclei
- Salt
- Pollen
- Spores
- Fungus
- Dust
- Dirt
- Skin cells
- Smoke
- Ash
- Plastic
There is no Weather at what boundaries
Stratosphere and tropopause
What is CHSβs latitude π
32
Three global winds
- Trade winds
- Prevailing westerlies
- Polar easterlies
2/3 of the global winds blow from the _____
East
What does heat capacity mean???
An objects ability to resist to a temperature change