Science- Test 2: Water Cycle throug Wind Belts
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- What are the two processes that put water vapor into the air
- Transpiration and evaporation
- What are the main 3 forms of light that heat the earth
- Infrared light, ultraviolet light, and visible light
- Gases and liquids both fit under what term
- Fluid
- What is the instrument used to measure wind speed
- Anemometer
- What is the process that forms clouds
- Condensation
- Put the following in order *x-rays *radio waves *orange light *microwaves *blue light from shortest to longest
- *x-rays *blue light *orange light *microwaves *radio waves
- What is -273 degrees celcius on the Kelvin scale
- 0 degrees Kelvin
- What is 0 degrees Kelvin called
- Absolute zero
- What happens at absolute zero
- Molecules stop moving b/c they have no energy
- How is heat transferred in the atmosphere
- Convection
- Air always moves from what kind of pressure to what kind of pressure
- It moves from high pressure to low pressure
- What is most air pollution the result of
- Humans burning fossil fuels
- When heat moves as a result of something cold touching something hot what is it called
- Conduction
- What are three examples of natural air pollutants
- Smoke, ash, pollen, and dust
- What happens to infrared light from the sun once it is absorbed
- It turns into heat
- What happens to radiation from the sun
- It is either absorbed or reflected
- What eventually happens to all the radiation we get from the sun
- It is turned into heat then lost back into space
- What are the three components of photochemical smog
- Hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and sunlight
- Why is earth heated unequally
- Because of the tilt on earth's axis which is called the coriolis effect
- What happens when earth is heated unequally
- It causes global winds
- What wind is closest to the equator
- Trade winds
- Which direction do the trade winds blow
- East to west
- Where are the horse latitudes
- 30 degrees north and south of the equator
- What wind belt are we in
- The prevailing westerlies
- Which direction does the wind blow in the westerlies
- From west to east
- What is the calm spot nearest the equator
- Doldrums
- Why is the air at the doldrums calm
- Instead of moving horizontally, the wind moves vertically
- What direction does a sea breeze move
- Off the coast over the sea then rises and goes back over the coast/land
- How is a sea breeze created
- Land cools down fast and water cools down slow, therefore the air above water is warm so it rises then moves over land and shares the energy then that cool air drops nad more warm air moves in