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BIG Weather Review (5th)

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  • It is the middle line of latitude and is generally warm here all year
    equator
  • most dangerous part of a hurricane
    Storm Surge
  • Plants lose water through their leaves
    transpiration
  • Potentially dangerous storm clouds that can have lightning
    Cumulonimbus
  • Why do seasons differ in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?
    the tilt of the Earth
  • When cooler air sinks in quickly under warm air and causes heavy rain or storms
    Cold Front
  • A pattern of warm air rising and cold air sinking
    Convection Cell
  • This could mean a day of warm humid air and rain...lousy weather
    Low Pressure
  • What happens to temperatures after a warm front passes
    gets warmer
  • When plants lose water through their leaves...kind of like sweating for us
    Transpiration
  • If it is August in NC, what season is it in Australia?
    Winter
  • Circular motion of hot air rising and cold air sinking
    Convection Cell
  • When air above the land is hotter and the air above the ocean is colder and the air moves from the ocean to the land
    Sea Breeze
  • Water in the form of a gas
    water vapor
  • air that moves horizotally
    wind
  • Cool air sinking
    downdraft
  • Often called the "Northern Lights", this happens in the thermosphere
    Aurora Borealis
  • measures water vapor in the air
    hygrometer
  • What is a main reason for wind?
    Uneven heating of Earth's surface/difference in air pressure
  • Low lying stratus cloud that touches the Earth
    fog
  • What does cloud cover do to daytime temperatures?
    Blocks sunlight and makes it cooler
  • Hot air moving up
    Updraft
  • The force put on an area by the weight of the air above it. (This can cause happy or lousy weather)
    Air Pressure
  • This instrument measures air pressure
    barometer
  • The closer you get to the equator...
    temps go up
  • What does the Gulf Stream do to the land it is near?
    raises temperatures
  • A device that measures wind speed
    Anemometer
  • What happens when a cold front passes?
    Gets cooler
  • When air above the land is cooler and the air above the ocean is hotter and the air moves from the land to the ocean
    Land Breeze
  • Causes light to medium rain in an area
    Warm Front
  • White puffy clouds seen of days of fair weather
    cumulus
  • where hurricanes get most of their power
    warm water
  • This cloud is found at the leading edge of a warm front so when you see it, you know a change will happen soon. It's made of ice crystals.
    Cirrus Cloud
  • When water vapor loses heat energy and turns back into a liquid
    condensation
  • Causes clear, cool, sunny days
    High Pressure
  • Moves weather across the US
    Prevailing Westerlies
  • Warm ocean current along the east coast that makes the weather milder
    Gulf Stream
  • What do clouds do to night time temperatures?
    Traps heat trying to leave Earth and makes it warmer.
  • What part of the water cycle returns water to Earth?
    Precipitation
  • Water to water vapor
    evaporation
  • The farther you get from the equator...
    Temps go down
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