7Th Science - Ch. 16Weather Factors

Front 1

Energy from the sun comes to earth in ___________ waves.

Back 1

electromagnetic

Front 2

Most of the energy comes in the form of what?

Back 2

visible light
infrared radiation

Front 3

How do electromagnetic waves move ?

Back 3

The can move through the vacuum of space.

Front 4

Infrared radiation is _____ wavelengths than light and can be felt as _____?

Back 4

longer
heat

Front 5

Ultraviolet radiation has ____ wavelengths and mostly absorbed by _____ _____.

Back 5

shorter
ozone layer

Front 6

Describe cirrus clouds

Back 6

feathery

Front 7

Cirrus clouds are made of ____ ___.

Back 7

ice crystals

Front 8

Describe cummulus clouds.

Back 8

fluffy, rounded like cotton

Front 9

Cumulonimbus look like what and often produce what?

Back 9

towering clouds
thunderstorms

Front 10

How do stratus clouds form and what do they look like?

Back 10

form in flat layers and cover most of the sky with their grey color

Front 11

Altocumulus and Altostratus means they are ____ clouds

Back 11

high

Front 12

Any form of water that falls from clouds is called ?

Back 12

PRECIPITATION

Front 13

Raindrops that freeze falling through a cold layer of air is?

Back 13

SLEET

Front 14

Raindrops that freeze when they touch a cold surface is?

Back 14

FREEZING RAIN

Front 15

Pellets of ice larger than 5mm that can be tossed up and down in clouds and grow until they are heavy enough to fall are called?

Back 15

HAIL

Front 16

Freezing parcipitation in the form of 6-sided crystals

Back 16

SNOW

Front 17

What is a method of modifying percipitation where tiny crystals of silver iodide and dry ice are used to condense wter vapor to form rain or snow?

Back 17

CLOUD SEEDING.

Front 18

How do you measure snowfall?

Back 18

use a simple stick or melting snow that is collected and measured

Front 19

The way the Earth's rotation makes winds curve is called what? (Know figure 9 about this)

Back 19

The Coriolus Effect

Front 20

Define the Doldrums?

Back 20

Weather near the equator-regions with little or no wind or weak winds

Front 21

A belt of calm air, found approx 30 degrees North and South of Equator is ?

Back 21

Horse Latitudes

Front 22

Trade Winds are what?

Back 22

when cold air over the Horse Latitudes sinks and creates an area of high pressure which ends up causes the winds blowing toward the equator to blow Easterly

Front 23

Winds blowing toward the POLES are TURNED TOWARD EAST OR WESTERLY is called?

Back 23

PREVAILING WESTERLIES

Front 24

POLAR EASTERLIES ARE WHAT?

Back 24

cold air near the poles sinks and flows back toward the lower latitudes. the Coriolis effect shifts these Easterly

Front 25

What are JET STREAMS ?

Back 25

high speed winds about 10km above the surface

Front 26

Relative Humidity is what?

Back 26

pERCENTAGE OF WATER VAPOR that is actually in the air COMPARED TO the maximum amout the air will hold at a particular temperature

Front 27

The movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface is what?

Back 27

Water Cycle

Front 28

What is the process by which WATER MOLECULES IN LIQUIDS EXCAPE INTO THE AIR AS WATER VAPORS?

Back 28

EVAPORATION

Front 29

The process by which gases hold HEAT IN THE AIR is

Back 29

Greenhouse effect

Front 30

The average amount of energy of motion in the particles of a substance is called?

Back 30

Temperature

Front 31

The total energy of MOTION in the particles of a substance is called?

Back 31

THERMAL ENERGY

Front 32

A device filled with alcohol or mercury that measures temperature is called?

Back 32

Thermometer

Front 33

What is the FREEZING POINT and the BOILING POINT of Fahrenheit?

Back 33

32 degrees freezing
212 boiling of water

Front 34

In CELCIUS what is the freezing and boiling points?

Back 34

0 DEGREES FREEZING
100 DEGREES BOILING

Front 35

WHAT'S THE FORMULA FOR CONVERSION OF Fahrenheit to Celcius?

Back 35

C= 5/9 (F-32)

Front 36

The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure is called ?

Back 36

WIND

Front 37

What does one use to measure wind speed?

Back 37

ANEMOMETER

Front 38

Increased COOLING that can be caused by wind is named?

Back 38

WIND-CHILL FACTOR

Front 39

How are LOCAL WINDS caused?

Back 39

the unequal heating of Earth's surface within a small area.

Front 40

As WARM AIR on the land RISES, COOLER air from the sea or lake comes in beneath it, forming wind coming FROM the SEA and is called?

Back 40

SEA BREEZE

Front 41

As WARM AIR on the SEA rises, cooler air from the LAND moves out beneath it form wind coming FROM THE LAND called?

Back 41

LAND BREEZE

Front 42

GLOBAL WINDS OCCUR OVER A ____ AREA?

Back 42

LARGE

Front 43

The transfer of THERMAL ENERGY from HOTTER OBJECT TO COOLER ONE.

Back 43

heat

Front 44

The direct transfer of energy from one substance to another THAT IS TOUCHING is called?

Back 44

CONDUCTION

Front 45

The direct transfer of energy by ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (through space) is called?

Back 45

RADIATION

Front 46

The transfer of heat by movement of A FLUID (LIQUID OR GAS) is called ?

Back 46

CONVECTION

Front 47

CONVECTION CURRENTS ARE?

Back 47

Air near the ground that is heated and becomes less dense. cooler, denser air sinks forcing the warm air to rise.

Front 48

jesus loves who ?????

Back 48

you