FINALS Science 🔬6th grade Flashcards
(20 cards)
the water cycle to take place come from?
The sun
What are the three types of heat transfer?
convection, conduction, and radiation 
how does energy from the sun generate winds?
uneven heating causes winds 
how are winds caused? 
Difference in atmosphere pressure
is the coriolis effect?
The bending or curving of wind of the path of a moving object
When’s generally move from areas of _____ to areas of _____.
Low pressure to high pressure
Why do sea breezes happen?
They come from different heating of the land and water
why do land breezes happen?
When land cools down faster than the water, it will cause wind to blow from the land towards the sea
name the order of the atmosphere layers from lowest to highest.
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
layer of the atmosphere is where weather takes place?
The troposphere is where weather takes place
layer of the atmosphere has the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
which layer of the atmosphere is meteors burn?
The mesosphere
The major contributor to the greenhouse effect?
Carbon dioxide CO2
The major contributor to the greenhouse effect?
Carbon dioxide CO2
what weather comes from a cold front?
Strong winds, thunderstorms, heavy rain and sometimes even hail or tornadoes happen because of cold front
The weather comes from a warm front?
rain or drizzle with stratus clouds and fog occur with warm fronts?
what is the weather like around high-pressure?
Clear and fair skies
what kind of weather occurs around low pressure?
Cold rain, snow, or even thunderstorms
Hurricanes get their energy from?
get the energy from warm oceans.
True or false.
tornadoes occur over warm water oceans typically close to the equator.
false
hurricanes go over warm ocean waters typically close to the equator
