Earth's System BYOA

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

The ozone layer protects people from

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

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

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

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

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

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

How does the rotation of Earth affect the wind?

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

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

the movement of water throughout Earth's systems

High Pressure atmosphere pressure is

Low Pressure atmosphere pressure is

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

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

One way that water can ENTER atmosphere are _______.

Which natural disasters are hard to predict

Altitude is a measure of the distance above ________________.

What is responsible for the formation of surface ocean currents?

Which natural disasters are more predictable than others

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

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

One ways that water can LEAVE atmosphere are __________

Global winds generally:

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