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Define weather
The state of the atmosphere at a given time.
Define climate
pattern of weather over a year or more.
What's an air mass?
A large block of air with the same temperature and moisture content across it.
These curve around the earth in bands called cells. Name one. (There are three types)
Hadley, Polar, Ferrel
What is prevailing wind?
The wind that blows most often.
What is air pressure?
Force pressing down on us due to the weight of the atmosphere.
What is a depression?
A weather system made up of a warm front chased by a cold one, it brings windy wet weather.
There are three different types of rain. Name two of them.
Relief, Convectional, Frontal
There are two different types of clouds mentioned in the book, name one of them.
Cumulus, stratus
What weather do cumulus clouds bring?
They can bring short showers but on a very hot day they can bring heavy rain. When the ground heats the air quickly on a hot day.
What weather do stratus clouds bring?
They bring very light rain, NOT heavy showers. When air rises slowly.
What is another word for tropical cyclone (there are two) and what are they?
Hurricane, typhoon. A violent spinning storm that starts in warm tropical waters.
Name at least two factors that impact climate.
Latitude, earths tilt, movement of heat around earth, distance from sea, altitude.
There are many different climate regions. Name 3.
equatorial, tropical, desert, Mediterranean, maritime, contiental, polar, mountain.
