unit 1 weather and climate

How does a laser help direct lightning?

_____________ is the cause of the movement of ocean currents and air masses?

This tropical cyclone hits the Caribbean.

What is the immediate state of the atmosphere called?

Which of these absorbs more heat over all?

Which 2 major factors form a storm cell?

What is the “roof” of all weather?

Which chemical is not used in cloud seeding?

Which of these is the conglomeration of numerous storm cells?

What are lightning rods made out of?

What is  the rise in sea level during a tropical storm called?

Does the equator (area of most intense heat) move on earth?

What is the term that describes the angle at which solar radiation hits the earth?

What is the name of the molecule that makes up the ozone layer?

What does the depletion of the ozone layer mean for the rest of the world?

What do cold currents and air masses do?

The __________ is the cause of most weather events.

Which of these features can block winds?

you count the revolutions of a marked cup to measure wind speed with this tool.

When was the last major blizzard in georgia?

What is cloud seeding?

What is global warming?

Which of these is a major factor in the depletion of the ozone layer?

A storm is made when a ________________________?

Which aspect gives weather humidity and heat?

What is air pressure?

When did we discover the hole in the ozone layer?

Where do currents rotate clockwise?

Which of these causes a tornado formation?

Which of these causes the directional rotation of currents on Earth?

Which coast gets a lot of rain and is very warm?

Which of these is not a common form of cloud seeding?

Which aspect of weather isn’t a direct cause but heavily influences it?

What does the loss of a warm air mass mean for a storm?

This builds charge in a storm for lightning to strike

What's the most common form of fog dissipation?

This air mass formed over land in a cold area. What is it?

What country has an entire department dedicated to weather control

This air mass formed over a warm ocean. What is it?

What is the point where 2 different air masses meet?

What year was research on weather control started in?

What tool measures air pressure?

Which of these is the effect that stops rain from hitting certain areas

Which element increases the greenhouse effect?

Which of these hurts the ozone the most?

How do we measure the severity of extreme weather events?

What is the cause of the seasons we experience every year?

Which of these is the signal that a storm cell has become mature?

What is the overall state of the atmosphere in an area

The area of wind moving up in a storm cell is called ____________.

On weather maps the red lines with half circles on them represent what?

What aspect of weather moves humidity around the entire earth?

What is the graphical representation of meteorological variations called?

What part of the atmosphere is the ozone layer in

Which element is most common in the atmosphere?

What does the ozone layer filter out?

A wind vane needs to be placed somewhere … ?

Which type of current is the most dense?

Typhoons hit this part of the world.

What is a funnel that forms from a thunderstorm to the ground called

What is a warm air mass that originated over water called?

Which coast is next to a cold ocean current?

What part of the earth gets the most heat?

The transfer of energy through electromagnetic waves is ________?

Which of these is the minimum speed of a hurricane?

We look for this when classifying air masses.

Hot shallow bodies of water fuel _______________.