2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt RANDOM LOCAL WINDS GLOBAL WINDS AIR MASSES FRONTS

The name for a narrow belts of winds in the upper atmosphere that can reach more than 400km/h.

What are Jet streams?

The principle that causes curving of the winds due to the rotation of the Earth.

What is the Coriolis Effect?

This is caused by the uneven heating of the Earth’s surface by the sun due to geography, such as land masses or bodies of water, elevation, or differences in temperature.

What is wind?

The name of the cloud at the indicated position. *

What is cumulus?

The name of the indicated cloud. *

What is stratus or fog?

The name of a local wind which flows from the ocean toward the land.

What is a sea breeze?

The local wind that flows from the land to the sea.

What is a land breeze?

The name of the breeze that flows from the mountain top to the valley.

What is a mountain breeze?

The breeze that flows from the valley to the mountain top.

What is a valley breeze?

Local breezes and winds occur because air tends to move from areas of higher to lower ___________.

What is pressure?

The name of the global winds at the area indicated by the arrow. 0*

What are Westerlies?

The name of the global winds at the area indicated by the arrow.

What are Polar Easterlies?

The name of the global winds in the area indicated by the arrow.

What are the Southeastern Trade Winds?

The name of the global winds in the area indicated by the arrow.

What are the Northeastern Trade Winds?

The name of the global wind indicated by the arrow.

What are the doldrums?

The location where a continental polar mass would form?

What is over extreme Northern or Southern land mass such as Canada, Antarctica, or the Arctic Circle?

The two things that are indicated by the name of an air mass.

What are the moisture and temperature?

The name that indicates an air mass formed over the land at or near the equator.

What is continental tropical (cT)?

Describe the moisture and content of cP air mass and tell where it might form.

What is dry & cold and would form over a polar land mass such as Antarctica, Canada, or the Arctic Circle?.

Describe the conditions of a mP air mass and where it might form.

What is wet & cold and would form over the northern or extreme southern parts of an ocean.

The term form the boundary between two air masses.

What is a front?

The type of front that brings lots of rain or snow.

What is an occluded front?

The type of front that is indicated by this symbol.

What is a warm front?

The type of front that is indicated by the following symbol.

What is a stationary front?

The front which is indicated by this symbol.

What is a cold front?