<p>Weather Name: ______</p><p> and Chemistry 2014 Climate Weather and Climate Weather: “______” Climate: “______”</p><p>Measuring Weather Conditions Thermometer = ______Wind Vane = ______Rain Guage = ______Barometer = ______Anemometer = ______Clouds = ______</p><p>Weather Occurs in the ______layer of the Earth’s atmosphere</p><p>Air temperature changes with increase or decrease in the atmosphere: ______</p><p>Term Explaining Reason for the Weather ______Convection is the transfer of ______, usually in ______or ______▸ Since warmed air has more space between the molecules (______), it’s ______and ______▸ Cooled air is ______(condenses) and tends to ______◦ In general, air near the equator tends to rise and air near the poles tends to sink </p><p>It is the atmosphere's ______that brings us our changing weather. Coriolis effect The coriolis effect is caused by the ______of the Earth, causing air and water to be deflected to the ______, ______of the equator and to the ______in the southern hemisphere. This effect results in a “______” Most of our weather in the United states comes from the ______, which means our weather comes from the ______.</p><p>REVIEW 1. Weather occurs in the _____ layer of the atmosphere. ______2. Transfer of heat in liquids or gases is______3. _____ air is dense and tends to sink. ______4. Cold air holds _____ moisture than warm air ______5. The Coriolis effect causes the air and water to be deflected to the _____ of the equator ______</p><p>Air Pressure Pressure depends on the amount of air above the measuring point and falls as you go higher ▸ air pressure changes with weather Air in a high pressure area ______and ______as it descends (drops) ▸ the warming inhibits the formation of clouds, meaning the sky is normally sunny in high-pressure areas; ______might form ▸ the opposite occurs in an area of low pressure High Pressure Areas ▸ When cooler air sinks and is warmed, the air ______▸ This usually means ______▸ ______tend to move ______around a high</p><p>Low Pressure Areas ▸ When warm air rises and is cooled, the air ______▸ Often, these areas are associated with ______weather ▸ ______tend to move ______around the low</p><p>Fronts and Air Masses ▸ An air mass is a ______whose temperature and moisture are ______at a given______▸ (continental polar) : cold, dry stable ▸ (continental tropical) : hot, dry, stable air aloft, unstable at the surface ▸ (maritime polar) : cool, moist, unstable ▸ (maritime tropical) : warm, moist, unstable ▸ Fronts are ______▸ Warm Front : displaces ______: usually ______moving</p><p>▸ Cold Front : advances to are of ______: intensity of precipitation ______, but ______: usually approaches from ______</p><p>▸ Stationary Front : surface positions of the front ______: often a region of ______</p><p>▸ Occluded Front : ______front overtakes ______front : often found close to ______center</p><p>REVIEW 1. Winds in a low pressure system move _____ around the low. </p><p>2. What type of front can be found close to point D ? </p><p>3. Which of these fronts would you expect to have greater precipitation, but be short lived as the front passes?</p><p>4. Give the name of the air mass that would have the following characteristics: cool, moist, unstable</p><p>5. That important weather word that refers to the transfer of heat.</p><p>6. This causes air and water to be deflected to the right, north of the equator.</p><p>7. Which of the weather highways usually controls our weather? </p><p>8. Warm air holds ( more or less ) moisture than cold air?</p><p>9. If there is a big H on the weather map where you live, would you expect fair or stormy weather?</p><p>10. Generally, what happens to air near the equator and air near the poles?</p><p>Bonus: What is wind?</p><p>Clouds Cloud Formation • Rising Air • Lifted Condensation Level / Dew Point • Condensation Nuclei -Small droplets in the atmosphere around which cloud droplets can form • Clouds form from millions of droplets</p><p>Precipitation • Coalescence – ______• Precipitation – ______</p><p>SEVERE WEATHER A. Thunderstorms a. Can produce some of the most ______weather on Earth b. May have ______, ______, ______, thunder, rain and tornadoes c. Supercells = self-sustaining, ______storms with intense, ______updrafts d. Can last for ______with updrafts up to ______e. ______% of storms are considered severe f. Most air ______due to frontal zone lifting, causing ______leading to ______clouds with updrafts g. Severe thunderstorms occur when ______approaches ______B. Lightening a. Electricity caused by rapid rush of air into a ______cloud b. Friction between updrafts and downdrafts separate ______c. Positive atoms at the ______of the cloud d. Negative atoms at the ______of the cloud e. Transfer of energy in form of ______, ______, ______f. Lightening strike has about ______volts of energy g. ______times hotter than the sun C. Tornadoes a. A ______b. Wind speeds can reach ______c. Center of tornado is extreme ______which causes buildings to implode d. Tornado alley is from ______to ______e. Tornado Formation e.i. A change in ______and ______creates a horizontal rotation e.ii. Strong ______tilt the rotating air from horizontal to ______e.iii. A tornado forms within the rotating winds e.iv. Path unpredictable = storm chasers</p><p> e.v. Fugi Scale e.v.1. F0 = ______e.v.2. F1 = ______e.v.3. F3 = ______e.v.4. F4 = ______e.v.5. F5 = ______D. Hurricanes a. Cause most ______and loss of ______b. Wind speeds greater than ______at the center c. Begin over warm oceans of tropics d. Solar Insolation ( water temp over 80 F) provides energy for huge ______, cloud formation, and ______lifting e. Stages of hurricane formation e.i. Separate ______over tropical oceans e.ii. ______which causes them to pick up more ______and ______energy from ocean e.iii. Wind speeds of ______lead to Tropical Depression e.iv. Tropical Storms have lower pressure and higher wind speeds (______) f. Rainfall may exceed ______in ______g. Path can be watched and measured to predict path and when will arrive over land E. Other Weather Phenomenon a. ______b. ______c. ______d. ______e. ______</p>