Unequal heating

Air in the troposphere (bottom layer) is heated from the bottom up by heat given off by the surface. If the sun shines equally on Seattle (near water) and Bismarck, North Dakota (near center of continent), which would get hotter during the day? (Hint: Think about your lab.) Explain.

• Seattle (near water) would have hotter temperatures because it is by a large body of water. Unlike Bismarck which is surrounded by land.
• Bismarck would get hotter. Seattle would be affected the large body of water which heats more slowly than the continent warming.

Based on the results of your lab, which city would you would probably have a bigger difference between its day and night temperatures?

• Bismarck
• Seatle

Describe the difference in how land and water heat and cool.

• Water cools and heats more quickly than land because water has a higher specific heat capacity.
• Land cools and heats more quickly than large bodies of water because as it has a lower specific heat capacity.

When two air masses meet it is called a

• front
• gathering
• air mass

What type of front is this?
When a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass and slides under it, pushing it up very quickly, making huge tower of cumulonimbus clouds; results in colder weather, thunderstorms and/or possibly tornadoes.

• Cold front
• Warm Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front

_____________ has the same temperature and moisture content throughout. 

• convection current
• front
• air mass

What is the Coriolis Effect and how does it effect global winds?

• Curving of winds due to rotation of earth curves wind counterclockwise in Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
• Movement of ocean currents caused by earth rotation' counterclockwise in Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in Southern Hemisphere
• curve of global winds caused by global rotation clockwise in Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in Southern Hemisphere

Why do hurricanes lose so much of their power when they hit land?

• they run into high pressure which kills hurricanes
• land is cooler than water therefore the hurricane loses the energy it needs from warm temperatures
• the land breezes shear the hurricane therefore making it harder for it to stay together
• the hurricane no longer receives heat and moisture from the warm ocean it uses for fuel

Where do hurricanes form?

• Over Mountain ranges
• Over warm ocean water
• Over cold ocean water
• Over open deserts

What is the fuel or the engine that keeps a hurricane alive?

• Land
• Cold water
• Warm water
• Wind