Weather Flashcards
Which has a greater density salt water or fresh water?
Salt water
Which has a greater density, cold water or warm water ?
Cold water
The earth heats unevenly because of it’s_________
Shape
How would you describe the air in the equatorial regions of the earth?
Warm , moist , low density air
What are 3 global wind patterns from the equator?
Polar eastery , westerly , trade winds
What does a cold front look like ?
Shark teeth
What does a warm front look like?
Semi circles
What things have to occur to form a tornado?
Warm moist air
Cold dry air
Warm dry air
Tornado alley is found in this part of the United States?
Central part of the United States
Describe how a hurricane is formed?
Forms over Africa , big thunderstorm in the Sahara desert, low mass, trade winds blow it to the US.
Air moving up from the Gulf of Mexico is?
Warm&moist
Least energy to greatest
Liquid solid gas
Gas
Liquid
Solid
The ultimate source of energy on the earth is from the ___?
Sun
When CFC’s attack our ozone what happens?
CFC comes in contact and breaks it in half
What brings bad weather?
Low atmospheric pressure
High pressure rotates?
Clockwise
What are the layers of the atmosphere in order from ground up?
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
The boundary between 2 air masses is called a?
front
The coriolis effect causes these to form?
Hurricanes
What fuels a hurricane
Water vapor
