Earth's System BYOA

the movement of water throughout Earth's systems

Which natural disasters are hard to predict

A high pressure area on a weather map would generally indicate what kind of weather?

Current temp, pressure, humidity, precipitation & wind in the atmosphere at a particular time

The movement of ocean water in a particular direction and pattern is called a

a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.

What is responsible for the formation of surface ocean currents?

Altitude is a measure of the distance above ________________.

High Pressure atmosphere pressure is

Global winds generally:

Wind moves from an area of __________ pressure to an area of __________ pressure.

Low Pressure atmosphere pressure is

Which natural disasters are more predictable than others

The ozone layer protects people from

One ways that water can LEAVE atmosphere are __________

Warmer air rises and cooler air sinks explains that cooler air is ...

How does the rotation of Earth affect the wind?

The _______causes the path of global winds to curve as the Earth rotates from west to east.

boundary between 2 different air masses, neither are strong enough to replace the other one.

What makes some areas have a higher risk than other areas?

The pattern of vertically moving air, curving horizontal winds, bands of high low pressures:

_average of year-after-year conditions of temp, rain, winds, pressure and humidity for an area.

Presence of particles in the air; cooling of water vapor will form?

Why is the water cycle important because it provides Earth with....

Air masses are large bodies of air that have relatively uniform _______ and _________.

One way that water can ENTER atmosphere are _______.