Earth Science Spring Final Exam Review

What is the composition of Earth's Atmosphere?

What is it called when the Earth is at the center?

A violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.

When a warm air mass gets trapped between two cold air masses is called a

When something spins on it's axis is called

When a warm air mass moves in on a cold air mass is called a

What is the Coriolis effect?

What breeze is pictured?

Evaporation is when

Precipitation is when

What are the names of the ocean zones in order? (starting from top to bottom)

What moon phase is pictured?

The daily rise and fall of all the water on Earth is called?

Global winds cover ...

What does Ozone do?

Local winds cover ...

What moon phase is pictured?

Continental Polar air masses are

What breeze is pictured?

What causes surface currents and waves?

A boundary between two air masses is called a

Which layer has Ozone?

How long is the Earth's revolution?

What moon phase is pictured?

What moon phase is pictured?

Cirro means

What moon phase is pictured?

What moon phase does a solar eclipse occur at?

Which tide are the Earth, moon and Sun at a right angle?

In which tide are the Earth, moon, and Sun lined up?

What is the order of the layers in the atmosphere starting from the surface?

Nimbo means

The molecules in a gas

In a solid, the molecules

When a warm and cold air mass meet, but neither overtakes the other is called a

A large rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm water.

What moon phase is pictured?

What happens to the amount of water in the Water Cycle?

The movement of energy through a body of water is called?

Maritime Polar air masses are

What is it called when the day has 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness?

What moon phase is pictured?

What moon phase does a lunar eclipse occur?

Maritime Tropical air masses are

What causes wind?

How long is the Earth's rotation?

What happens to density as you go higher in the atmosphere?

In a neap tide...

A storm with lightning and thunder. It usually has winds, heavy rains, and sometimes hail.

The longest or shortest day of the year is called a

What has the most FRESHWATER?

What moon phase is pictured?

What happens to pressure as you travel higher in the atmosphere?

Condensation is when

A storm that occurs in the winter that bring frozen precipitation.

What is the percentage of water on Earth?

What is it called when the Sun is at the center?

How much time occurs between each tide?

In a spring tide ...

Cumulo means

Continental Tropical air masses are

When a cold air mass rapidly moves in on a warm air mass and pushes it up is called a