Cards in this guide (19)
The conditions in this climate depend on the altitude at which it is located
What is produced when a cold air mass moves into an area where a warm air mass is located
Counter-clockwise rotation of air currents
its low pressure mass for a+
Which of these is a global wind that wraps around the earth
Characterized by dense short vegetation and few trees
Which of these is a high pressure band of air blowing from west to east
What feature is true about air movement
Which of these is a special dry warm wind that blows from the rocky mountains down into the valleys below
What wind blows east to west
An easterly wind blows from the east to west, as opposed to an easterly tide which flows from west to east
Identify the air mass indicated by this description composed of cold dry air
Continental polar is indicated by composed of cold dry air.
The phenomena in the picture indicates the presence of these clouds
if its in a circle around the earth its Cirrostratus
This climate features very little precipitation hot summers and cold winters
What blows at very high speeds at altitudes above 12km
Identify the term indicated by this description mares' tails
Which of these would form from cool air moving off of an ocean and on to dry land
Energy that is transmitted primarily through solids
Does the temperature increase or decrease with altitude in the thermoshpere
The temperature increases like the stratosphere
What is it called when high winds blow toward a continent from the sea bringing heavy rainfall and flooding during the summer months
A monsoon is the term used to define a shifting weather pattern
based on season and temperature. Therefore a monsoon blows toward a
continent from the sea bringing heavy rainfall during the summer
months.
In the northern hemisphere the Coriolis effect causes winds to curve to the what