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Cards in this guide (17)
What is thought to have caused the ice ages

Earth's Precession

Ocean and wind currents are both caused by

uneven insolation

Method is a forecasting method based on the idea that the weather on any date will be close to the average of the weather that occurred on that date throughout the years

climatology

What forecasting method uses a cause-and-effect relationship to predict weather

Analog method

As a result of the Coriolis effect an air mass moving from the equator toward the North Pole will

Turn towards the right

The location of the determines how cold it is in the midwestern US

Polar jet stream

The property of water that causes it to moderate the climate around lakes is its

heat capacity

What forms along the boundary where two contrasting air masses meet

a front

What usually means rainy weather because moist air is rising

Decreaseing air pressure

What does the L symbol indicate on a weather map

What does this symbol indicate on a weather map?

low pressure

Which of the following is not a condition requiered for all thunderstorm to form

A rotating updraft, or supercell

What is the effect of erosion and volcanic eruption on earth

change climate.

Which climate zone tends to have cold winters and warm summers

Temperate climates have cold winters and warm summers.

What condition is required for all thunderstorms

For starters, the thing you will need for all storms is Low Air Pressure. So you will always need this for all thunderstorms.

What planet in our solar system features the runaway greenhouse effect

venus

What method is a forecasting method that looks at the conditions that lead to particular weather events.

Analog

What is the Match each measurement tool with what it measures

Hygrometer = Humidity

Thermometer = Temperature

Weather Vane = Wind direction

Anemometer = Wind

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