Tuesday

Question 1

Ocean Currents

Answer 1

Ocean currents are the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind (Coriolis Effect), and water density.

Question 2

Deep Currents

Answer 2

In contrast to wind-driven surface currents, deep-ocean currents are caused by differences in water density

Question 3

Maritime Polar

Answer 3

The meaning of polar maritime air is air coming originally from polar regions but having humidity and temperature properties modified by passing over …

Question 4

La Niña

Answer 4

La Niña is an oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon that is the colder counterpart of El Niño, as part of the broader El Niño–Southern Oscillation climate pattern

Question 5

Dew Point

Answer 5

The dew point is the temperature the air needs to be cooled to (at constant pressure) in order to achieve a relative humidity (RH) of 100%

Question 6

Atmosphere

Answer 6

the whole mass of air that surrounds the earth.

Question 7

Polar Easterlies

Answer 7

Cold air subsides at the poles creating high pressure zones, forcing an equatorward outflow of air

Question 8

Valley Breeze

Answer 8

a breeze that blows up valleys or mountain slopes on clear days

Question 9

Surface Currents

Answer 9

The water at the ocean surface is moved primarily by winds that blow in certain patterns because of the Earth’s spin and the Coriolis Effect

Question 10

Salinity

Answer 10

Salinity is the dissolved salt content of a body of water

Question 11

Continental Polar

Answer 11

Continental polar (cP) or continental arctic (cA) air masses are cold, dry, and stable. These air masses originate over northern Canada and Alaska as a result of radiational cooling

Question 12

Air mass

Answer 12

a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

Question 13

Humidity

Answer 13

Humidity is the concentration of water vapour present in the air.

Question 14

Air Pressure

Answer 14

the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air

Question 15

Jet Stream

Answer 15

strong wind in the upper levels of the atmosphere.

Question 16

Land Breeze

Answer 16

a breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night, owing to the relative warmth of the sea.

Question 17

Coriolis effect

Answer 17

the pattern of deflection taken by objects not firmly connected to the groun

Question 18

Upwelling

Answer 18

process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface

Question 19

Maritime Tropical

Answer 19

The maritime Tropical (mT) is the most important moisture-bearing and rain-producing air mass throughout the year

Question 20

Thunderstorms

Answer 20

a violent short-lived weather disturbance that is almost always associated with lightning, thunder, dense clouds, heavy rain or hail, and strong gusty winds.

Question 21

Evaporation

Answer 21

the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor

Question 22

Greenhouse effect

Answer 22

a process that occurs when gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap the Sun’s heat

Question 23

Trade Winds

Answer 23

winds that reliably blow east to west just north and south of the equator

Question 24

Sea Breeze

Answer 24

a local wind system characterized by a flow from sea to land during the day

Question 25

Deflect

Answer 25

to the change in an object’s velocity as a consequence of contact (collision) with a surface or the influence of a field

Question 26

El Niño

Answer 26

warming of the ocean surface (or above-average sea surface temperatures) in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

Question 27

Continental Tropical

Answer 27

a dry air mass formed over land in area close to the equator

Question 28

Lightning

Answer 28

the flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric electricity

Question 29

Condensation

Answer 29

the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water

Question 30

Westerlies

Answer 30

wind that blows from the west: an occasional westerly that pommeled the island

Question 31

Mountain Breeze

Answer 31

A breeze that blows down a mountain slope due to the gravitational flow of cooled air