Unit 1 Chapter 3 Section 1

Question 1

Weather

Answer 1

The short - term changes in the air for a given place in time

Question 2

Climate

Answer 2

A region’s average weather conditions over a long period of time

Question 3

The farther from the equator or the higher the latitude the [colder/hotter] the climate

Answer 3

colder

Question 4

Prevailing Winds

Answer 4

Winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of earth

Question 5

When air warms, it gets lighter and rises as warm air rises, colder air moves in to take its place, creating [blank]

Answer 5

Wind

Question 6

The earth’s rotation causes [blank] to curve east or west rather than flowing directly north or south

Answer 6

Prevailing Winds

Question 7

Ocean Currents

Answer 7

Large streams of surface seawater, move heat around the earth

Question 8

What is the Gulf Stream?

Answer 8

A warm current that flows north along the U.S. East Coast

Question 9

The Gulf Stream flows across the [blank] and becomes the [blank]

Answer 9

The Gulf Stream flows across the Atlantic and becomes the North Atlantic Drift

Question 10

As the warm current flows along [blank] Europe it heats the air and makes Europe [blank] than it would otherwise be

Answer 10

As the warm current flows along northwestern Europe it heats the air and makes Europe warmer than it would otherwise be

Question 11

Air mass

Answer 11

A large body of air

Question 12

Front

Answer 12

The place where two air masses of different temp. or moisture content meet

Question 13

Rain Shadow

Answer 13

The dry area of a mountain away from the direction of the wind