Transcript climate zones

CLOUDS
CLIMATE
ZONES
GLOBAL
WINDS
AIR
MASSES
FRONTS
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The cloud that is a low,
gray blanket that
completely blocks the
sun.
What is stratus cloud?
A tall, anvil-shaped
cloud that usually
produces
thunderstorms.
What is a
cumulonimbus cloud?
The cloud that is
described as thin and
wispy and forms at
high altitudes. The
name means curl of
hair.
What is cirrus?
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The name of the cloud at
the indicated position.
What is cirrus?
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The name of the
indicated cloud.
What is stratus or fog?
Climate zone that is
located near the poles
and is the coldest of all
the zones.
What is the polar
zone?
The climate zone that is near the equator and
has an average temperature range of 77* to
87*.
What is the tropical
zone?
The climate zone
between the poles and
the tropics with an
average temperature
range from 21*-82*.
What is the temperate
zone?
Give the location of the
coldest climate zone.
What is at or near the
North and South
poles?
Give the location for
the temperate climate
zone.
What is located
between the polar zone
and the tropical zone
or between 23.5* and
66.5* North and South.
The name of the global
winds that influence
the weather in the
United States.
What are Westerlies?
The name of the global
winds at the poles from
66.5 to 90* North and
South.
What are Polar
Easterlies?
The global winds that
blow from west to east.
What are Westerlies?
The global winds from
the equator to 23.5*
North of the equator.
What are the
Northeastern Trade
Winds?
The name of the global
wind that is found just
south of the equator
between 0* and 23.5*
South.
What are the
Southeastern Trade
Winds?
Describe the moisture
and temperature for a
maritime tropical air
mass (mT).
What is wet and
warm?
The name that
indicates an air mass
formed over land.
What is continental?
The name that
indicates an air mass
formed over water.
What is maritime?
The name of air mass
that formed over the
Northern portion of an
ocean.
What is maritime
polar (mP)?
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The name of an air
mass that forms over a
polar region.
What is a continental
polar (cP)?
The type of front that
occurs when warm air
moves over cold air
and replaces it .
What is a warm front?
The type of front that
brings many days of
cloudy, wet weather.
What is a stationary
front?
The type of weather
you might get during a
cold front.
What is rainy and
stormy followed by
cooler, drier air?
The type of front that
is described as a warm
front trapped between
two cold air masses.
What is an occluded
front?
The front which is indicated by this
symbol.
What is a cold front?