<p> WEATHER NOTES</p><p>1. What is weather?</p><p>2. Weather occurs in which layer of our atmosphere?</p><p>3. Solar energy affects the amount of______& ______on Earth.</p><p>4. This endless process of water transport, from clouds to ground and back again, is called </p><p>5. Winds occur because…</p><p>6. A large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties throughout is called an…</p><p>7. What happens when a polar air mass moves south?</p><p>Air pressure is caused by the weight of the air molecules</p><p>Pressure Changes Cause Weather Changes</p><p>8. In a high pressure area the air flows ______and gives us </p><p>______skies. </p><p>9. In a low pressure region the air flows ______, cools off and makes______.</p><p>10. What is the Coriolis Effect?</p><p>11. How does it effect our winds? 12. A front is an ______. There are cold and warm fronts.</p><p>13. A cold front brings towering ______and </p><p>______.</p><p>14. A warm front brings ______, ______, and high levels of______.</p><p>MAKING A THUNDERSTORM</p><p>1. The heating of air masses from the earth is called ______.</p><p>2. The warm air is lighter (less dense) and rises.</p><p>3. As is rises it cools and makes ______, creating a larger cloud.</p><p>4. When the drops fall as rain the cloud cools and lowers towards the Earth.</p><p>5. At the same time another updraft is being formed feeding the cloud.</p><p>6. The updrafts and downdrafts work against each adding to the storm.</p><p>EXTRA NOTES</p>