Final Tri 2

Front 1

carbon sink

Back 1

Oceans and plants remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they add to it and are know as

Front 2

cold front

Back 2

A ________ is the type of front that can form a tornado.

Front 3

oxygen

Back 3

A carbon sink takes in carbon dioxide and produces __________

Front 4

Nimbostratus

Back 4

The low lying layered clouds called _____________ clouds bring prolonged steady rain at the end of a warm front.

Front 5

Carbon Dioxide

Back 5

Burning of fossil fuels produces ___________ which is a major greenhouse gas.

Front 6

Cumulonimbus

Back 6

This cloud type _____________ produces quick but violent storms at the beginning of a cold front

Front 7

Fossil Fuels

Back 7

Natural gas, Coal, and plant and animal remains are examples of ___________ which are non renewable resources.

Front 8

Humid

Back 8

_________ warm air from the ocean is needed for hurricanes to maintain wind speed, because they weaken when they no longer have the source.

Front 9

Convection Currents

Back 9

The earths mantle, water and the atmosphere (fronts) move matter because of density differences and are called ____________

Front 10

Air Pressure

Back 10

The higher you go in the atmosphere the greater the force pushing down on us which is called _____________

Front 11

Breathe

Back 11

Animals like humans emit (give off) carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when we ___________

Front 12

Front

Back 12

A ___________ is a boundary between 2 air masses

Front 13

Sedimentary

Back 13

Small loose particles that are pressed together then become cemented together are called ______________ rocks.

Front 14

Carbon

Back 14

_________ is found in all things living or that once lived.

Front 15

Plate tectonics

Back 15

The role of _______________ in the rock cycle to create new rocks by pushing them back into the mantle.

Front 16

Metamorphic

Back 16

This rock type forms new rocks with great amounts of pressure, heat and or chemical change these rocks are called ____________

Front 17

Igneous Rock

Back 17

Rocks that are formed from magma are called ____________

Front 18

Surface runoff

Back 18

Water that flows on the surface and does not soak into the ground is called _______________

Front 19

Saturated

Back 19

The ground is __________ below the water table

Front 20

Cirrus Clouds

Back 20

High wispy clouds called ___________ indicate a warm front is coming

Front 21

Intrusive Igneous

Back 21

Deep below the surface of the earth rocks cool slowly creating ___________ rocks that are always large in crystal formation

Front 22

Water Vapor

Back 22

The scientific term for water in the gas phase is called __________

Front 23

Tornado

Back 23

This type of severe weather has the greatest of all wind speeds and is called a ___________

Front 24

Extrusive Igneous

Back 24

Igneous rocks called ______________ rocks form above on earths surface and have very small crystal formations

Front 25

Water Table

Back 25

The ______________ is the imaginary line between the zone of air or aeration and the zone of saturation

Front 26

Weather Patterns

Back 26

In the U.S the ______________ generally move across the country from west to east

Front 27

0 degrees

Back 27

using the metric temperature scale the freezing of water takes place ____________ Celsius

Front 28

Transpiration

Back 28

The process by which plants give off vapor during photosynthesis is called ____________

Front 29

Permeability

Back 29

__________ describes the ability of water to move through rocks

Front 30

Carbon Cycle

Back 30

The _______________ is known as the circulation of carbon through the earths system