The amount of energy needed to
raise 1 gram of a substance by
1oC is known as ___
Answer: Specific Heat
What energy transformations
occur to create wind?
Answer: Radiant  thermal 
motion (KE)
What does a barometer measure
Answer: Air Pressure
Where on Earth does air have
the lowest air pressure and why?
Answer: Equator because it is
warm there, which means it has
a great deal of KE to spread out.
Which one has the highest
specific heat; landmasses,
oceans or the atmosphere?
Answer: Oceans (takes longer
to change water’s temp.)
What does temperature
measure?
Answer: The amount of
movement or kinetic energy
of particles in an object.
What does an anemometer
measure?
Answer: Wind Speed
Use Diagram A: What is the
Temperature, Wind Direction,
& Cloud Cover in Bismark, ND
T-17o
, WD-20 mph NW
CC- Total Cloud Cover
This form of heat transfer occurs
when fluids heat up and rise,
then cool down and sink.
Answer: Convection
Describe 2 things about absolute
zero
Answer: 1. Zero Kelvin 2. All
motion stops 3. No Kinetic
Energy 4. –273oC 5. Lowest
temperature possible.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Answer: Earth’s atmosphere
traps heat in.
Use Diagram D: Where is the
hurricane?
Answer: point 4 (Cloudy at
stations B & C. Wind blowing
counterclockwise around it.)
This form of heat transfer occurs
with light and other types of
electromagnetic waves.
Answer: Radiation
This form of heat transfer moves
heat energy through a metal
bar.
Answer: Conduction
What causes the Coriolis effect?
Answer: Spin of the Earth
Underwater earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions, landslides,
underwater explosions, or the
impact of meteorites can cause
these HUGE waves.
Answer: Tsunamis
This type of front occurs when a
warm air mass gets caught
between 2 colder air masses
Answer: Occluded front
Which way does wind always
blow?
Answer: From high to low
pressure
What type of front has warm air
that rises gradually over cold air
and gently pushes cold air away
Answer: Warm Front
Use Diagram B: What weather
conditions can be expected in
Dallas TX
Answer: Cloudy & Wet with
possible storms. (Cold front
coming in over Warm air mass –
northward is a stationary front)
What is the difference between
Weather & Climate?
Answer: Weather refers to
atmospheric conditions at
specific time, Climate is weather
pattern over long time.
What type of weather is
associated with Low-pressure
systems?
What part of the water cycle
creates clouds?
Answer: condensation
How do high-pressure systems
form?
Answer: Cloudy weather
Answer: Cold air sinks
Why does southern California
remain relatively cool even in the
summer?
How does humidity compare
in warm and cold fronts?
Answer: A cool current flows
by it keeping the temperature
lower.
Use Diagram B: What weather
conditions can be expected in
Helena, Mt?
Answer: Clear & Sunny (high
pressure)
Answer: Warm fronts have
more humidity (warmer temp
= more KE to cause
evaporation.)
Use Diagram C: What type of
front is represented over Texas?
& how are air masses moving?
Answer: Cold Front, incoming
front is pushing warm air up
and over it as it passes thru.
What causes land and ocean
breezes?
Answer: water and land heat
up at different rates, so cool
high pressure air creates
breeze as it blows to warm air
What is the difference between a
maritime & continental climate &
why?
Answer: Maritime has more stable
temps & rainfall due to ocean.
What happens when a cold front
meets a humid warm front?
Answer: Thunderstorms
What direction does the Jet
stream flow?
Answer: West to East
When is hurricane season and
why is it then?
Answer: June-November
because that is when Atlantic
Ocean is warmest.
What are 2 characteristics of
maritime tropical air masses?
Answer: Warm and humid
What type of pressure system is
associated with a hurricane and
why?
What happens to the weather in
South America when there is an
El Niño & why?
Answer: Low pressure caused
by warm air & moisture rising to
higher altitudes where it
condenses into clouds
Answer: Warmer temperatures &
more rain due to ocean current
flowing eastward instead of
westward
How does warm temperature
affect the water cycle?
Where and how do hurricanes
form
Answer: Warmer temps.
Cause greater evaporation &
more humidity in the air.
Between Dallas & San Diego,
which climate is more stable &
why?
Why does England have such a
warm climate if it is so far
North?
Answer: San Diego because it
has a cool ocean current that
moderates its temperature
Answer: The warm Gulf stream
brings and releases heat to
England from the equator.
What 2 things cause deep
currents?
Answer: High salinity & low
temperature causes denser
water.
What are 2 ways the ocean’s
salinity increases?
Answer: Evaporation &
Freezing of water
Answer: Warm ocean water in
the tropics (along equator)
rise to produce large storms.
What causes most ocean waves?
Answer: Wind
What is upwelling?
Answer: Process in which
cold, nutrient rich water from
the deep ocean rises to the
surface
What time of day does a land
breeze occur & Why?
Answer: Nightime because land
will cool faster at night then
land, cause high pressure over
land pushing into low pressure
at sea.
Why do hurricanes fall apart?
Answer: It moves over land or
cold water so it is no longer fed
the warm moist air from the
tropical ocean.
List 3 factors that control surface
currents.
Answer: Global winds
Coriolis effect
Continental deflection
What is El Nino?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Equatorial Currents flow east
instead of west due to change
in winds.
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Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Cold front over taking a warm air
mass.
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Warm Front
Occluded Front
Stationary Front
Coriolis Effect
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Sea Breeze
Land Breeze
Uneven Heating of the Earth
Upwelling
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Evaporation
Condensation
El Nino
Maritime Polar air mass
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