WorksheetsMeterology
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
How does the Gulf stream affect climates
Cold currents carry colder water to the northern countries making the weather very cold and artic
warm water currents carry warm water creating a mild climate for a country that is at a high latitude and would otherwise experience very cold harsh winters.
Cold air moves under warm less dense air and forces warm air up.
occluded front
What are Winds
Non-moving masses of air
Local
Air in motion
Warm air moves over cold, denser air gradually replacing it.
What creates winds
differences in air pressure
gulf stream
Uneven heating
The sun
What are local winds
local patterns of wind caused by geological and topographical features
Trade Winds, Prevailing Westerlies, and Polar Easterlies
mountain and valley breezes or land and sea breezes
air in motion
Global winds
The Coriolis effect causes these winds
mountain and valley breezes or land and sea breezes
mountains cause these winds
Trade Winds, Prevailing Westerlies, and Polar Easterlies
A warm air mass slides over a cold air mass and can cause rain, sleet, or snow
warm front
occluded front
cold front
stationary front
A cold air mass takes over a warm air mass by sliding under it pushing the warm air up this causes heavy rain or snowstorms
occluded front
stationary front
cold front
warm front
A warm air mass caught in between two cold air masses and pushes up the less dense warm air and brings cold temperatures and large amounts of rain or snow
stationary front
cold front
warm front
occluded front
When a cold air mass meets a warm air mass but there is not enough force to lift the warm air mass over the cold air mass and the air masses this causes many cloudy days with wet weather
occluded front
stationary front
warm front
cold front
dry, forms over land
continental
maritime
tropical
Artic
Wet, forms over water
Tropical
Continental
Polar
Maritime
Hot, forms over tropics
continental
maritime
tropical
artic
cold, forms over polar regions
Artic
Polar
Continental
snow
Cold, forms at poles, extremely cold
artic
polar
continental
maritime
Weather conditions over a long period of of time-- weather
true
false
Conditions over a short period of time-- weather
true
false
type of heat transfer through direct contact or through a material
convection
conduction
radiation
movement of matter due to differences in density; the transfer of energy due to the movement of matter
convection
radiation
conduction
type of heat transfer in the form of electromagnetic waves
radiation
convection
conduction
intense weather system that produces strong winds, heavy rain, lightening, and thunder it requires warm and moist air near Earth’s surface in an unstable atmosphere. Warm air rises, reaches dew point, condenses, and forms cumulus clouds. If atmosphere is very unstable warm continues to rise forming cumulonimbus clouds
Can produce high winds, hail, flash floods, and tornadoes
tornado
thunderstorms
hurricane
Happen in only 1% of all thunderstorms wind moves in two directions causing the air in the middle layer to spin
Spinning column of air turned to vertical position by strong updrafts of air in cumulonimbus clouds
Spinning column of air moves to bottom of cumulonimbus cloud and forms funnel cloud
tornado
hurricane
cyclone
volcano
Severe storm that develops over tropical oceans with winds more than 120 km/h spiral toward an intensely low-pressure storm center and are the most powerful storms on Earth
Most form between 5° to 20° north and south latitude over warm, tropical oceans
Vary in size from 160 to 1,500 km in diameter and can travel thousands of kilometers
cyclone
tornado
tropical cyclone
hurricane
the second layer that contains the ozone
thermosphere
mesosphere
exosphere
stratosphere
Which Breeze is this?
Sea Breeze
Land breeze
The closer a city is to the equator the hotter it is
True
False
