Unit 8 The Atmosphere

The movement of thermal energy through liquids and gases by currents caused by gravity.

• Condensation Currents
• Convection Currents
• Climactic Currents
• Wind Currents

Air that moves due to the uneven heating of Earth’s surface.

• Wind
• Weather
• Low Pressure
• High Pressure

A large body of air that has about the same temperature and humidity throughout

• Air Pressure
• Air Temperature
• Humidity
• Air Mass

The weight of air pushing on everything around it

• Air Mass
• Air Pressure
• Air Resistance
• Air Temperature

A tool used to measure wind speed

• Thermometer
• Spectroscope
• Anemometer
• Psychrometer

The flowing of air or water in a definite direction

• Currents
• Convection
• Conduction
• High Pressure

A warm weather pattern that results in warmer conditions that changes the amount of rainfall  some areas get—drastically  more or less rain than normal

• La Nina
• Hurricane
• El Nino
• Tsunami

Predicting future trends; i.e., weather forecaster predicts future weather based on trends

• Precipitation
• Forecasting
• Low Pressure
• Temperature

A place where one air mass meets and pushes into another air mass of different temperature

• High Pressure
• Front
• Low Pressure
• Thunderstorm

A pressure system that brings cloudy , rainy weather.

• Low Pressure System
• Hurricane
• Precipitation
• High Pressure System