What's Up With Wind | Full Frontal Air Masses | Head In the Clouds | There's a Storm A-Brewin' | Fun With Climate Change |
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What is High to Low
Air moves from this type of pressure to this type of pressure (name both!)
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What is Temperature (or Humidity)
All of the air in an air mass has approximately the same this measurement.
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What is a Liquid
Clouds are made of droplets of water in this state of matter, condensed around dust or smoke particles.
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What is Thunder
Lightning is the electrical discharge of energy during a storm, while this is the shock wave created by rapidly expanding air in the aftermath
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What is the Greenhouse Effect
Climate Change has recently been driven mainly by excess gases contributing to this effect
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What is Rises
Warm air expands and does this, creating a low-pressure zone
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What is a Warm Front
This type of front is depicted on a weather map by a line bordered with red semicircles and is often associated with slower changes to the weather.
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What are Stratus Clouds
These dark, low-lying clouds often result in light rain or snow.
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What are Tornadoes
These occur during thunderstorms when a strong warm updraft collides with a cool downdraft, resulting in a spinning motion
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What is an Ice Age
Earth experienced one of these extreme cooling events as recently as 11,700 years ago.
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What is a Sea Breeze
The coast typically experiences this type of breeze during the daytime because of the difference in temperature between the water and the land.
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What are Clouds
At any front, warm, humid air rises, creating these weather phenomena along the front.
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What are Cumulonimbus Clouds
Thunderstorms form from these tall, anvil-shaped clouds.
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What is a Cyclone
A hurricane is an example of the tropical variety of one of these swirling storms.
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What are Fossil Fuels
Since the Second Industrial Revolution, carbon emissions have skyrocketed due to the increased burning of these prehistoric combustible materials.
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What is the Equator
The Polar and Hadley Cells blow toward this part of the Earth, while the Ferrel Cell blows in the opposite direction.
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What is a Stationary Front
The boundary between two unmoving air masses is known as this type of front. It's characterized by several days of rainy weather.
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What are Cirrus Clouds
These highest tropospheric clouds are thin and mostly composed of ice crystals.
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What is Latent Heat
Thunderstorms and hurricanes are both fueled by the this type of energy released during the process of condensation.
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What are Heat Waves
These single deadliest weather phenomena may be occurring more frequently and with more severity thanks to climate change.
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What are Trade Winds
The North-East winds in the Hadley Cell are commonly referred to by this nickname due to their role in nautical history.
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What is an Occluded Front
This type of front occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front, separating the warm air mass from the ground.
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What is Twilight
Kristen Stewart may know that Noctilucent Clouds in the Mesosphere are only visible during this time of day.
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What is Storm Surge
Hurricanes can cause lasting water damage thanks to winds producing abnormally high tides, known by this alliterative term.
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What are Monsoons
Climate Change may be changing the timing of these annual storms that bring much needed rain to certain parts of the world.
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