Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Geography 12: weather review sheet

Earth Matters text chapters:  14, part of 15, part of 16. 

Vocabulary:

air pressure            isobars                 jet stream                ozone layer                ozone
prevailing winds     coriolis effect    convectional flow    trade winds            doldroms
polar easterlies        thermal equator    hadley cells        ferrel cells            polar cells
high pressure          low pressure        pressure gradient    dew point        condensation
environmental lapse rate                altitude                    albedo                    front
air masses              barometer         advection fog        radiation fog         

-differentiate between weather and climate
-know weather station models and symbols
-know different weather fronts (we will review on Thursday)
-know the layers of the atmosphere and what we might find in each
-understand how wind and global circulation affect weather and weather patterns
-how does the jet stream affect weather patterns in our location?                           

I will add some more later this evening

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