Transcript Air Masses 100

JEOPARDY
The Science of
WEATHER
JEOPARDY
Energy
Heat Transfer
Wind
Air Masses
The
making of
Rain
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Energy
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How many degrees is the earth tilted?
23.5 degrees
Energy
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What are the two causes of seasons?
1.Tilt of Earth
2.Earth’s Revolution
around the sun
Energy
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Word meaning seasons with
equal hours of day and night
Equinox
Energy
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Proper name for season with the
most hours of daylight
Summer Solstice
Energy
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Our atmosphere is made of several
gases. Certain ones like carbon
dioxide, methane, and water vapor
are efficient at trapping heat. This
trapping of heat is known as
The Greenhouse Effect
Heat Transfer
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The direct transfer of heat from the sun
To the earth is called:
Radiation
Heat Transfer
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The transfer of heat from
one object to another when
one object touches the other
Conduction
Heat Transfer
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The transfer of heat by the
movement of fluids like air
or water is called:
Convection
Heat Transfer
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What type of heat transfer gets
heat throughout the entire
troposphere?
Convection
Heat Transfer
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Using the 3 heat transfer terms
describe how the atmosphere gets
heated.
1. Energy from sun radiates to the ground
2. The Ground conducts heat to air molecules
3. Heated molecules rise up through
convection
Wind
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As warm air rises it creates an
area of low air pressure because
it . . .
is less dense and weighs less
Wind
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What instrument is used to
measure wind speed?
Anemometer
Wind
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Because of the rotation of the
Earth, air returning to the equator
gets pushed off it’s course. This is
called the . . .
Coriolis Effect
Wind
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Wind is the movement of air from
areas of high to areas of low pressure.
What’s missing from this
definition?
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It’s thehave
horizontal
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on the Dailymovement
Double question.
Wind
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At 30 degrees North Latitude there
are no global winds. Which way is
the air mostly moving there?
Down
Air Masses
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An air mass of dry and cold air is
called
Continental polar
Air Masses
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A humid warm air mass is called
Maritime Tropical
Air Masses
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The place where two air masses
meet but don’t mix is called the
Front
Air Masses
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What instrument is used to
measure relative humidity?
psychrometer
Air Masses
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Air masses are bodies of air that
have what 3 similar factors?
Temperature, humidity and
Pressure
The Making of Rain
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Liquid water becomes water vapor
through the process of . . .
evaporation
The Making of Rain
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As warm moist air rises it cools.
The water molecules come together
in a process called.
Condensation
The making of rain
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As humid air begins to condenses
it forms
Clouds / Rain / Snow
The Making of Rain
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For every thousand feet air rises
it will decrease in temperature by
how many degrees Celsius?
Three
The Making of Rain
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Why do fierce thunderstorms occur
in Florida daily between 1 and 3
This is the time of most direct light and so
the land is most heated there and rises
quickly.