8.3-8.4 Notes

Question 1

What is the driving force of the water cycle

Answer 1

Suns energy

Question 2

As the water evaporates what increases

Answer 2

Humidity

Question 3

What type of air holds more water and what type of air holds less water

Answer 3

More: hot
Less:cold

Question 4

The amount of water vapor present in the air is dependent on

Answer 4

The amount of water vapor that has been evaporated

Question 5

The amount of water vapor in the air can possibly hold is totally dependent on

Answer 5

The temperature of the air itself

Question 6

Direct proportion

Answer 6

As the temperature of the air increases the amount of water vapor that the air can hold will also increase

Question 7

Relative humidity formula

Answer 7

Present air humidity/saturated air humidity and times 100

Question 8

What determines the dewpoint

Answer 8

Relative humidity

Question 9

Define dew point

Answer 9

The temperature at which air must cool to be saturated

Question 10

Air temp dropping below the dew point causes what to form

Answer 10

Clouds

Question 11

How does snow form

Answer 11

When temperatures are cold that water vapor changes to solid

Question 12

Where does hail form

Answer 12

Cumulonimbus clouds

Question 13

Rain gauge

Answer 13

Measures precipitation

Question 14

Air mass areas are called

Answer 14

Source regions

Question 15

When 2 masses meet what forms

Answer 15

A front

Question 16

And high pressure areas what happens to the air

Answer 16

Descends and doesn’t form clouds

Question 17

What happens in low pressure areas

Answer 17

Air rises and cools and makes clouds

Question 18

What controls the movement of storms

Answer 18

Jet stream

Question 19

What causes flash flooding 🔥

Answer 19

Runoff

Question 20

Most powerful storms on earth🔥

Answer 20

Hurricane

Question 21

Why don’t hurricane form at higher latitudes🔥

Answer 21

Water is too cold

Question 22

How does a hurricane form🔥

Answer 22

Thunderstorm that splits by winds causing the storm to spin

Question 23

Where do hurricane get there energy 🔥

Answer 23

Condensation of water vapor

Question 24

In a hurricane what is around the eye🔥

Answer 24

Eye wall

Question 25

In a hurricane what had the strongest winds 🔥

Answer 25

Eye wall

Question 26

In a hurricane what does the most damage🔥

Answer 26

Storm surge

Question 27

What is a storm surge🔥

Answer 27

A rise in local sea level near the shore due to strong winds from the hurricane

Question 28

Angle of the sun during summer and winter🔥

Answer 28

Summer: 90°
Winter: less then 45°

Question 29

Differential heating of the earth by the sun creates🔥

Answer 29

Convection

Question 30

Cold front and example

Answer 30

Cold air moves under warm air

Thunderstorms

Question 31

Warm front and example

Answer 31

Warm air moves over cold air

Rain

Question 32

Occluded front and example

Answer 32

Warm air is caught between 2 cold air masses

Snow

Question 33

Stationary front and example

Answer 33

Cold front meets warm front but is too weak to move it

Maybe rain

Question 34

What can low pressure bring

Answer 34

Rain

Question 35

What does high pressure bring

Answer 35

Light winds and blue sky’s

Question 36

How do low pressure and high pressure look like

Answer 36

Low pressure

High pressure

Question 37

Why does low pressure systems bring bad weather

Answer 37

As air rises, it moistens bringing rain

Question 38

Why do high pressure systems bring good weather

Answer 38

Sinking air means the drying of air

Question 39

How much is earth tilted in its axis

Answer 39

23.5 degrees