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| what are the three main types of clouds |
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| Stratus, Cumulus and, Cirrus |
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| What kinds of weather does each type of cloud predict or bring |
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Cummulus is fair weather
Stratus brings overcast weather and drizzle
Cirrus is fair weather and points in wind direction |
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| `What is the relationship between air temp, dew point and humidity? |
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| Relative humidity changes when temperatures change. Because warm air can hold more water vapor than cool air, relative humidity falls when the temperature rises if no moisture is added to the air. |
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| Clouds will appear when the air temperature is equal to |
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| Compare and contrast the terms climate and weather |
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Weather is the current temperature
Climate is the typical temperature for a certain place over a period of time |
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| What variables define climate of a region |
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| How how the summers are and how cool the winters are and for how long each season is. |
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| The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration |
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| What is a front? What two factors make a front |
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| Alternate bands of warmer and colder air move around the planet in parallel, at different latitudes. When air from one of these bands pushes into an adjoining one, the wavy interface between the two air masses is called a front |
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| Tell the difference between a cold air mass and a warm air mass. What type of weather and clouds does each bring |
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Classifying this air mass can be done in terms of temperature and humidity.If you take temperature,then it can be classified as a warm air mass or cold air mass.In terms of humidity,they can be called as continental or maritime air masses.
If a colder air mass actively displaces a warmer air mass at the surface, then it is called as a cold front.That means cold fronts bring cold air into warm areas.In such a condition,the warm air is forced to move upwards resulting in the formation of a low pressure area or depression. |
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| What does an isobar and isotherm measure |
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| Isobars and isotherms are lines on weather maps which represent patterns of pressure and temperature |
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| Explain the differences between the terms continental, maritime, polar and tropical. What types of air masses do these make and where do they originate from |
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| The Difference of CT and MT Continental Tropical air mass is more hot and dry, and forms over water. Maritime Tropical is more warm and moist and forms over land. |
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| How is thunder and lightning formed |
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| Lightning is a flash of light created by electric discharge. It is extremely bright for a brief moment in time even at great distances Thunder is created by a rapid expansion of air. |
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| What characterisitics are needed to form a thunderstorm |
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| moisture, unstable air and lift. You need moisture to form clouds and rain. You need unstable air that is relatively warm and can rise rapidly. Finally, you need lift. This can form from fronts, sea breezes or mountains. |
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| When do most thunderstorms, tornadoes or, hurricanes form |
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| During the season in which each of these has the best temperatures and pressure for each storm to occur |
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| How do hurricanes form and how are they categorized |
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Hurricanes form when easterly and westerly winds meet over tropical oceans, such as the Pacific and Atlantic
theyre categorized by the wind speed and how much destruction they can cause from 1-5 |
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| What are the basic ingredients for a hurricane to form |
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| Having two opposing winds colliding to form one very fast wave |
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| How are tornadoes formed and categorized |
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| The first thing that has to happen is that you have to have two different patches of air moving toward each other from opposite directions, with a warm one on the bottom and a cool one on the top. The next thing that happens is that the warm air rises. (You may have learned about hot air rising in school.) After the warm air goes up, the cool air comes down to take its place. So now the warm and cool patches of air are moving side to side and up and down. So they make a spinning patch of air along the ground. Theyre categorized by wind speed and the damage they do |
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| What type of air masses are needed for a tornado to form |
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| Which direction does wind tend to turn in the northern and southern hemisphere |
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| what characteristics are needed to cause a blizzard |
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| Cold air (below freezing) is needed to make snow.2. Moisture is needed to form clouds and precipitation. 3. Warm, rising air is needed to form clouds and cause precipitation. |
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| Where does most of our energy come from |
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| Explain what happens to the earth when excess fossil fuels are burned |
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| The fumes are put into the ozone layer and tear holes in it allowed more harmful U-V rays in and heating up our earth to an unhealthy temperature |
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| Compare and contrast kinetic vs potential energy |
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| Kinetic is energy that is in use currently or in motion. Such as a ball that has been thrown. Potential is energy that is being stored for use later such as a ball being rolled off a table before it falls. |
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| List and describe the 5 main types of energy |
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| Mechanical, thermal energy, nuclear energy, chemical energy and electromagnetic energy. |
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| How can energy be transfered from source to source |
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| un, source of solar energy. It transfers thermal (heat) and light energy to plants, humans and animals. |
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| What is nuclear fission and what does it create? |
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| A nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release of energy. It creates nuclear power |
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| what is the law of conservation of matter |
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| a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system. |
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| What is the differerence between renewable and nonrenewable resources |
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| Renewable is a resource that will never be gone nonrenewable is once its been used it can never be used again. |
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| How does combustion occur |
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| Generally organic molecules are heated up until they become vapor. The vapor rises to the flash point and ignites or combines chemically with oxygen. That exothermic reaction raises the temperature which causes more organic compounds to vaporize. That increases the size of the flame and heat. The smoke is the vapor. Fire is the ionized gas or plasma. |
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| What are the types, formation and sources of fossil fuels |
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- crude oil,
- natural gas and
- coal.
- Plants and animals that have been sunk into the soil can be used as a recource. Deep in the earth.
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| Types of alternative energy sources |
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Wind power
solar power
geothermal power
water power
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| A set of electric trains are powered by a 20 V battery. What is the resistence of the trains if they draw 10 A of current? |
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| Draw a parallel and series circuit with the following symbols: 2 light bulbs, one switch, and 2 dry cells. |
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| A material or object that conducts heat |
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| Center and basis of an atom with a neutral charge |
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| How many volts a current has in it |
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| The SI unit of electrical resistance, expressing the resistance in a circuit transmitting a current of one ampere when subjected to a potential difference of one volt |
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| A flow of electricity which results from the ordered directional movement of electrically charged particles |
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| A large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems |
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- The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
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| The atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form |
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| Cloud forming a continuous horizontal gray sheet, often with rain or snow |
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| Cloud forming wispy filamentous tufted streaks (“mare's tails”) at high altitude, usually 16,500–45,000 feet (5–13 km) |
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| A non-renewable resource is a natural resource which cannot be produced, grown, generated, or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate |
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| The SI unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one newton when its point of application moves one meter in the direction of action of the force, equivalent to one 3600th of a watt-hour |
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A substance that does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound
- cotton is a poor insulator |
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| A stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron, but of opposite sign |
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| The SI unit of electric charge, equal to the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by a current of one ampere |
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| The SI unit of electromotive force, the difference of potential that would drive one ampere of current against one ohm resistance |
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| (of an electric charge) Having gathered on or in an object that cannot conduct a current |
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| The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur |
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