WEATHER HAZARDS Flashcards
What is high pressure
When air is sinking
What is low pressure
Occurs when air is rising
Does Air move from high-pressure to low pressure or from low pressure to high-pressure
High pressure to low pressure
What is the biggest desert in the world
Antarctica
The definition of a desert is a place that has less than 1 mm of rain a year
What happens when air is warm
It expands and rises
It is less dense
We get clouds and rain
This is low pressure
What happens when air is cold
It sinks
It is more dense
We get good weather, few clouds or no rain
This is high-pressure
How is wind created
When cool air replaces hot air
What pressure is the North Pole and South Pole
High pressure
What pressure is the Arctic and Antarctic Circle
Low pressure
What pressure is the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
High pressure
What pressure is the equator
Low pressure
What cell is the gap between the equator and the Tropics called
Hadley cell
What cell is the gap between the tropics and the circle is called
Ferrel cell
What cell is the gap between the circles and the pole is called
Polar cell
Name the three types of cells the Earth has
Hadley cell
Ferrel cell
Polar cell
