End Q2 Flashcards
(30 cards)
What impact do the polar and tropical climate zones have on weather in the temperate zone
What is Charleston’s latitude
32 degrees north
What heats up in cools down the quickest (land/water)
Land heats quickest
Water cools quickest
What does having a high heat capacity mean for those areas nearby large bodies of water such as coastlines
Winds are named for where they
Come from
HPS or LPS which type of pressure system sinks or rises
LPS rises
HPS sinks
HPS or LPS which type of pressure system moves inward/outward
HPS or LPS which pressure system moves clockwise/counterclockwise
LPS counterclockwise
HPS clockwise
HPS & or LPS how are fronts and LPS’s similar
The both bring bad weather
What kind of weather do HPS or LPS bring
LPS bad weather
HPS good weather
Does air move from LPS to HPS or HPS to LPS
HPS to LPS
What are the three major prevailing winds
Tradewinds, polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies
What direction do the 3 major prevailing winds travel to/from
Tradewinds-east to west
Prevailing westerlies-west to east
Polar easterlies-east to west
What climate zone are the three major prevailing winds found
Tradewinds-tropics
Westerlies-temperate
Easterlies-polar
Which of the three major prevailing winds brings hurricanes into the US
Polar easterlies
Which of the three major prevailing winds pushes hurricanes back out into the Atlantic
Tradewinds
What are the four fronts
Cold, warm, stationary, occluded
What color is a cold front
Blue
What color is a warm front
Red
What color is an occluded front
Purple
What color is a stationary front
Red and blue
What symbols does a cold front use
Triangles
What symbols does a warm front use
Semi circles
What symbols does a stationary front use
Triangles and semicircles
