Vocabulary | Fronts | Factors of Weather | Climate Zones | Weather Instruments |
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What is Weather
The conditions of an area over a short period of time and can change daily
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front when a cold air mass pushes under a warn air mass and brings cool air and possible thunderheads
What is Cold Front
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What is gets colder
What happens to the temperature as the elevation increases
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What is Tropical
What type of climate zone is hot (high temperatures) and located near the equator? An example in the Rainforest and desert climates
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What is thermometer
Temperature is measured by this instrument
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A horizontal movement of ocean water caused by wind
What are surface currents
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What is Warm Front
type of front slides up over a cold air mass and brings little rain and warm mild weather
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What is decrease
As latitude increases, does temperature (increase, decrease)
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What is Temperate, Polar, and Temperatae
What are the 3 types of climate zones
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What is barometer
Air pressure is measured by this instrument
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What is climate
Weather over a long period of time.
Example 1: Alaska's is cold Example 2: Florida's is hot |
when a warm air mass gets caught between 2 cold air masses
What is Occluded Front
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What is the equator
The sun's rays are more direct where?
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What is Temperate
What type of climate zone is Kentucky in
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What is wind direction
What does a wind vane measure
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The height above sea level
What is elevation
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What is a the front where warm air and cold air meet and neither has the force to move the other
Stationary Front
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What is water vapor
Humidity indicates a high amount of what in the air
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What is Polar
What climate zone includes the subarctic, tundra and ice cap climates
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What is higher
States that are not near the water have (higher, lower) temperatures
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Describes surface features on Earth
What is topography
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What type of weather is associated with occluded and stationary fronts
Occluded- Strong winds and Heavy precipitation
Stationary- Fog, Rain, or snow and days of clouds and precipitation |
What is temperature,humidity, wind, precipitation, and pressure
Name at least 3 of the 5 the elements of weather
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What are topography, winds, ocean, currents, and geography
Name at least 2 factors different climates result from
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What does an anemometer measure
wind speed
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