Transcript 20161206173585

Heat &
Water
Clouds
Air
Masses
Fronts &
Storms
Weather
Maps
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Final Jeopardy
H & W - 10
• The Sun transfers its heat to the Earth by
_____________
H & W – 10
• Radiation
H & W - 20
• Which type of heat transfer consists of rising
hot fluids and sinking cooler fluids?
H & W– 20
• Convection Currents
H & W - 30
• What are the 3 things the sun sends to the
earth through electromagnetic waves?
H & W – 30
• Light, infrared radiation (heat), ultraviolet
radiation
H & W - 40
• Which process in the water cycle consists of
water vapor in the atmosphere cooling and
turning into water droplets or ice crystals?
H & W – 40
• condensation
H & W - 50
• List the 3 main processes of the water cycle
and what forces drive them.
H & W – 50
• Evaporation – radiation and convection
• Condensation – cooling in the upper
troposphere
• Precipitation - gravity
Clouds - 10
• What does “nimbo-” or “-nimbus” mean?
Clouds – 10
• precipitation
Clouds - 20
• What do you add to a clouds name to indicate
that it has a medium altitude?
Clouds – 20
• Alto-
Clouds - 30
• _____________ are white puffy clouds that
indicate fair weather.
Clouds – 30
• Cumulus clouds
Clouds - 40
• ______________ are high altitude ice crystal
clouds and ______________ are low level flat,
layered clouds.
Clouds – 40
• Cirrus, Stratus
Question 2 - 50
• Name the two types of rain clouds
Clouds – 50
• Nimbostratus and Cumulonimbus
Air Masses - 10
• Large Pockets of air characterized by Humidity
and Temperature are called __________
Air Masses – 10
• Air Masses
Air Masses - 20
• What determines what the Humidity and
temperature of an air mass will be?
Air Masses – 20
• Where it is formed
Air Masses - 30
• What two characteristics are used to identify
Air Masses?
Air Masses – 30
• Temperature and Humidity
Air Masses - 40
• Name the 4 terms used to describe air masses
and what they mean
Air Masses – 40
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Continental - dry
Polar - cold
Maritime - wet
Tropical - hot
Air Masses - 50
Pick 3 and Correctly Identify them
Air Masses – 50
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mT
mP
cT
cP
S & F - 10
• The boundary between two air masses is
called a ____________
S & F – 10
• Front
Question 4 - 20
What type of Front is this and how
do you know?
S & F – 20
• Warm Front
S & F - 30
What type of front is depicted here?
Answer 4 – 30
Stationary Front
S & F - 40
• Explain how an occluded front occurs
S & F – 40
• A warm air mass is pinched in between two
cold air masses and lifted into the atmosphere
S & F - 50
• Explain in detail why a cold front produces
severe weather
S & F – 50
• Cold is dense and fast moving, bulldozes warm
air causing it to rise quickly forming
cumulonimbus clouds and thunderstorms
Maps - 10
What does this symbol represent?
Maps – 10
• Cold front
Question 5 - 20
What does this symbol represent?
Maps – 20
• Occluded front
Maps - 30
What does the H symbol stand for and what type of
weather is associated with it?
Maps – 30
• High Pressure – clear skies, fair weather
Map - 40
What is heading toward Jackson, TN and what type
of weather will it bring as it passes?
Maps – 40
• Cold front – possible severe weather,
thunderstorms and tornado warnings
Maps - 50
What type of weather is Central Illinois experiencing
and what is causing it?
Maps – 50
• Clouds and moderate to heavy rain because of
a stationary front
Final Jeopardy
• Describe in detail the difference between a
sea breeze and a land breeze ( Draw a diagram
if necessary)