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The condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.

What is weather?

Measures atmospheric pressure.

What is a barometer?

A device with rotating cups that measures wind speed.

What is an anemometer?

Uneven heating of Earth causes these.

What is global winds?

The Coriolis effect refers to a change in direction caused by this.

What is rotation?

The amount of water vapor in the air.

What is humidity?

The layer of the atmosphere where all weather occurs.

What is the troposphere?

The solar energy that reaches Earth’s surface.

What is insolation?

The high-altitude wind that blows from west to east over the U.S.

What is the jet stream?

A low-pressure system will arrive tomorrow. The weather will be...

What is warm and rainy?

A tool used to show the weather in a specific area.

What is a weather map?

The meeting place between two air masses.

What is a front?

This forms over a warm area of water and will be warm and humid.

What is an air mass?

Name the three types of clouds.

What are: cirrus, cumulus, and stratus?

This is how clouds form.

What is: Clouds form as water vapor particles are carried higher in the atmosphere and they become colder. The water vapor particles lose speed and get closer together. Then they condense around tiny particles of dust, forming clouds.

A rotating funnel- shaped cloud with high winds.

What is a tornado?

Tornadoes begin to form inside of these.

What is a thunderhead?

Heavy snowfall combined with blowing snow result in this.

What is a whiteout?

This is the name of the center of the low-pressure area, found in the middle of a hurricane.

What is the “eye”?

Explain how tracking severe storms help people.

What is: tracking allows meteorologists to predict how severe a storm will be and where is it likely to affect people. This helps people prepare for the storm or leave the area before it hits.

A kind of storm that includes high winds and snow.

What is a blizzard?

Any storm with a low-pressure center that causes a circular wind pattern.

What is a cyclone?

The noise of thunder is caused by this.

What is rapid expansion of air?

Huge waves in the ocean that cause a bulge of water in the ocean.

What is a storm surge?

This type of storm only forms over large bodies of warm water.

What is a hurricane?

Constant movement of ocean water.

What is a current?

Every two to seven years a change in weather conditions causes heavy rains and storms in North and South America.

What is El Nino?

Carries warm water from near the equator toward the poles.

What is the Gulf Stream?

Name three things that affects the climate of a city.

What is: ocean currents, mountain ranges, and altitude?

Name the three main climate zones on Earth and describe each zone.

Tropical climate zone: near the equator, receives the most insolation from the sun, high temperatures, heavy precipitation Temperate climate zone: north and south of the equator, warm summers, cool or cold winters, can get all types of precipitation Polar climate zone: near the north and south poles, short summers and long cold winters, not much precipitation