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WorksheetsFinal weather + climate study guide
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is a rain shadow?
A dry or arid region on the backside or leeward side of a mountain.
When rain creates a shadow above a patch of ground.
Bobby.
A big shower of rain on both sides of a mountain.
What is a surface ocean current?
The top layer of the ocean mostly affected by winds.
The top layer of the ocean that is lightly affected by winds.
The bottom layer of the ocean mostly affected by winds.
The bottom layer of the ocean that is lightly affected by winds.
What is a Deep ocean current?
Most of the volume of the ocean and is affected by temperature and salinity.
Most of the volume of the ocean and is not affected by temperature and salinity.
The least of the volume of the ocean and is affected by temperature and salinity.
The least of the volume of the ocean and is not affected by temperature and salinity.
What is High pressure?
Clear weather - pressure moves from H -> L
Clear weather - pressure moves from L -> H
Stormy weather - pressure moves from L -> H
Stormy weather - pressure moves from H -> L
What is Low Pressure?
Stormy weather - pressure moves from L -> H
Stormy weather - pressure moves from H -> L
Clear weather - pressure moves from L -> H
Clear weather - pressure moves from H -> L
What is a air mass?
A body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
A body of air
A body of wind that carries leaves, trash, and other small, light objects
A clump of wind that carries leaves, trash, and other small, light objects
What is a jet stream?
A narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth. There are typically two or three jet streams in each of the northern and southern hemispheres.
A flow of exhaust gasses from a jet engine.
A cloud that looks like a jet's contrail
A narrow variable band of very weak predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth. There are typically nine or ten jet streams in each of the northern and southern hemispheres.
What are 3 factors that influence weather + climate
uneven heating of the earth, sun/heat/energy, pressure
uneven heating of the earth, winds, pressure
air masses, sun/heat/energy, ground
sun, wind, ground
What are the differences between climate, and weather
climate: long lasting
weather: long lasting
climate: last for a short amount of time
weather: lasts for a short about of time
Ocean temperature play a role in weather
true
false
What happens if a warm air mass gets pushed above a moving cold air mass?
A cold front
A warm front
An occluded front
What is heat capacity?
The amount of energy required to raise the temp. of a substance by 1 degree
The amount of energy required to lower the temp. of a substance by 1 degree
The amount of energy required to raise the temp. of a substance by 5 degrees
How long the heat will last on an object
