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What is mass of cold air? |
advancing mass of cold air
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What is mass of warm air? |
advancing mass of cold air
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What is satiation front?
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collection of air masses. Neither is strong enough to replace the other.
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What is weather front?
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a boundary separating 2 masses of air of different densities.
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What is an anemometer?
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Instrument for measuring wind speed
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What kind of weather is associated with high pressure?
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fair and sunny weather
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What kind of weather is associated with low pressure?
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cloudy and rainy weather
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Where do collection currents happen?
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the geosphere plate tectonics
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Why doe shot fluid rise and cold fluid sink?
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hot fluid is less dense so it rises. Cold fluid is more dense so it sinks.
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How many Global Convection cells are on each side of the equator?
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12
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What are the names of the Global Convection cells?
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Hadley, ferrel and polar
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Air flows from High pressure to _____ pressure.
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low
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How are prevailing winds named?
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from the direction they came from.
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What is the coriolis effect?
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The bending of winds and water
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Which way does corilios effect bend air/water in the Northern Premiership?
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to the right
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Which way does corilios effect bend air/water in the Southern Premiership?
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to the left
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What is gulf stream
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strong surface current
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What does the gulf stream effect?
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warmer climate in NW Europe
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How are winds produced?
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Winds are produced by differences in air pressure by earths unevenly heating
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How are oceans produced?
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Oceans are produced by the sun, wind and the corilios effect
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How do oceans effect cold climate?
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Cold currents will cause nearby coastlines to be warmer
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How do oceans effect warm climate?
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warmer currents will cans nearby coastlines to be warmer
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Why does the Earth have weather?
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earths rotation and tilt and sun
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How do weather maps show how global patterns of atmospheric movement effect local weather?
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