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1
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How much of the suns energy is absorbed by the earth?

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Half

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2
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What is the measure of heat?

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Temperature

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3
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What gases well let heat through but not allow it to be released back into space?

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Greenhouse gases

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4
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What do we call the weight to the air over the earth?

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Atmosphere pressure

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5
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If you go down in elevation what happens to this pressure?

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Goes up

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6
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What are the four things that happened to the air as it is heated?

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Expands
Becomes less dense
Risers
Creates a low-pressure area

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7
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What type of weather is associated with high-pressure

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Stable weather

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8
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What are the four pressure zones?

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Equilateral low
Subtropical low
Sub polar low
Polar high

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9
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Wind

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When two air masses of different temperatures or moisture levels meet

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10
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Air will move from______ to_______

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High-pressure and low-pressure

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11
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Areas without prevailing winds are called the

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Doldrums

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12
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When’s our name to for the direction they

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Come from

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13
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Front

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When two air masses of different temperatures or moisture meet

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14
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Give three characteristics of thejet stream

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300 mph
Moves heat
1 mile thick

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15
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What do ocean currents due?

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Help circulate warm and cold energy balance

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16
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In the southern hemisphere the ocean currents circulate

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Counter clockwise

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17
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Define humidity

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Amount of moisture in the air

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18
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Define relative humidity

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How much water vapor in the air compared to how much moisture in the air

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19
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What happens to water vapor when it cools and air cannot hold any more moisture?

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The water vapor condenses

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20
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Will list the four types of precipitation

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Rain, snow, sleet, hail

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21
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Name the two types of lifting of air

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Convection in onagraphic

22
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Which side of the mountain range is the dirty side?

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Leeward

23
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What does chinook mean?

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Snow eater

24
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What tends to be found in the rain shadow?

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Deserts

25
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What is the name of the tornado raking scale?

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Fuista- Pearson scale

26
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Which direction do hurricanes travel?

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Westward

27
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In even number years of hurricane names begin with a ______ name

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Man

28
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Hurricanes can happen in the

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Inter tropical convergence zone or Atlantic Ocean

29
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Typhoon to happen in the

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Pacific

30
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What is the name for seasonal wind in south east Asia?

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Monsoon

31
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In this summer at the seasonal winds in southeast Asia “from over the______ to over the_____

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Ocean

Low pressure

32
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I humid tropical climate or found

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Close to the Equator

33
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Tropical wet and dry climates are also called

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Savannas

34
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In a wet and dry climate if the suns direct rays are over the northern hemisphere in the southern hemisphere will experience_____ weather

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Dry

35
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Describe the four places to find arid climates

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Rain shadows
Centered about 30° north or south latitude
Deep interior of continents
West coast of continents

36
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What needs to be off the west coast of continents in order to find a Mediterranean, climate?

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Called ocean currents

37
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On which side of continents are humid subtropical climates found?

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Easterlies

38
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What does coniferous mean?

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Green year-round

39
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Which claimant do we have around here?

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Humid continental

40
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A coniferous Forest can also be called a

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Boreal, taiga, evergreen

41
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What is a boreal forest?

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Evergreen forest/coniferous forest

42
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What is a difference between a sub arctic climate and a tundra climate?

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Subareties trees

43
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What affects the high lien claimant the most?

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Elevation

44
Q

Name two will love all types of clouds

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Stratus and cumulus

45
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What does nimbus mean?

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Rain

46
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The maid level clouds will have the prefix

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Alto

47
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Cirrus clouds are _______ clouds

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Thin, wispy, high

48
Q

Give the rough boundaries for tornado valley

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East to west- Ohio to Colorado/ whyoming

North to south- North Dakota to Texas

49
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What are tornadoes over a water called?

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Water sprouts

50
Q

What does ITCZ stand for?

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I- inner
T- tropical
C- converse
Z- zone

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