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24 Cards in this Set
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Whats evaperation?
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the process which water changes from a liquid to a gas.
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Whats humidity?
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the amount of water vapor in the air.
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What happens when air cools?
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water vapor reaches the temperature that it cannot hold anymore.
- then condensation occurs which is the proccess by whcich water vapor changes from a gas to a liquid. |
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What do you see condensation as?
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Fog,clouds, dew, or frost.
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What are the four common forms of percipitation?
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rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
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What happens when you get higher above sea level?
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the temperature decreases.
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Whats the orographic effect?
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when moist air pushes on mountains then the barrirer forces air to rise and then it condenses.
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What can storms cause?
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high winds, terbulant seas, lightning, blowing snow, flood.
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What is remembered as a middle lattitude storm?
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cyclones.
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What do middle lattitude storms cause alot?
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tornadoes.
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Hurricanes
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- Can go up to 155 mph.
- worse than tropical cyclones - heavy rain |
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Typhoons
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- hurricanes in the western pacific
- cause big waves. |
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What happens when Sun reahces the earth?
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About half is reflected back into space or absorbedby the atmosphere. Earths surface absorbs the other half which converts to heat and causes temperature.
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What is the greenhouse effect?
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Earths atmosphere allows much sun light to pass through. Earths air then slows at the rate at which the heat escapes into space.
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What occurs global warming?
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human activities like burning coals, gases, and oils.
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What happens when air is heated?
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it expands, becomes less dence, and rises.
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Wheather conditions with low pressure?
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Cyclones
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What happens when air is cold?
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it is dense
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What are four air pressure zones?
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equalateral low, subtropical highs, the subpolar lows, and the polar highs.
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What are prevailing winds?
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Winds that blow from the same direction.
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What are doldrums?
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THe zone along the equator with no prevailing winds.
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What are westerlies?
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prevailing winds in the middle lattitudes.
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Whats a front?
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when two air masses of widely different temperatures meet.
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What the Gulf Stream?
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a warm current along the U.S east coat.
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