Weathering And Geosphere Power Point

Question 1

Weather is…

Answer 1

The conditions of the atmosphere in an area at a given time

Question 2

Climate

Answer 2

The average weather pattern in an area over time

Question 3

Ocean currents

Answer 3

A warm ocean that brings water and air from tropic to Western Europe

Question 4

Orographic

Answer 4

Orographic rain occur when air moves from low altitude to higher altitude creating humidity, clouds and eventually precipitation

Question 5

Rain shadow

Answer 5

A rain shadow is the dry area on the leeward side of a mountain range. The mountain blocks the rain from the windward side of the mountain creating a shadow of dry, cool air

Question 6

Convection

Answer 6

Rising heated water vapor that form clouds and causes heated air to rise even higher

Question 7

Frontal Precipitation

Answer 7

Caused by a cold air mass meeting a warm air mass, this system was called this because the precipitation tends to occur along the front of the air mass

Question 8

Frontal precipitation cold front

Answer 8

Cold front originate near the poles and move towards the equator

Question 9

Frontal precipitation warm front

Answer 9

Warm front originate from the equator or warm bodies of water and move towards the poles

Question 10

Hurricane

Answer 10

Form only in the tropics over warm waters, caused by a series of convection currents that create a high pressure axis around which it spins

Question 11

Tornado

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Caused by trapped warm air under heavier cold air masses, found in flat areas in the dub tropic

Question 12

Blizzard

Answer 12

They are characterized by temperature below 20 degrees and accompanied by winds THATS are at least 35 mph or greater

Question 13

Droughts

Answer 13

A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall

Question 14

Flood

Answer 14

Many waterways flood on a yearly basis due to tropical or subtropical rain pattern, also caused by tropical storms like hurricane THATS cause flood by a storm surge or constant rain