1 Why do we have seasons in weather? 2 What is the difference between weather an
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1 Why do we have seasons in weather?
2 What is the difference between weather and climate?
3 What is greenhouse effect and how does it deal with CO2 and other gases?
4 What ways to transfer thermal energy?
5 Global temperature patterns – land vs. water, latitude
6 Condensation and types of clouds – which clouds means what?
7 Formation of precipitation and types – what happens
to most precip?
8 What is Coriolis effect?
9 What happens in cyclones vs. anticylone –convergence vs. divergence
10 General (global) circulation cells – where(latitudes) do air masses ascend/descend and what does this do to the climate in these areas?
11 What is a cyclone – what are the different types?
12 How do thunderstorms develop?
13 Characteristics of tornadoes, hurricanes – which causes more damage
Explanation / Answer
1. Earth's orbit around the Sun does play a role in the changing of the seasons.
2. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time. Climate is the conditions of the atmosphere over relatively long periods of time.
3. trapping and redirecting heat back to Earth, increasing temperatures and contributing global warming is known as green house effect.
carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and ozone (O3) are known as green house gases. those greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorbs and emits radiant energy to the earth.
4. Thermal energy may be transferred by means of conduction, convection, or radiation.
5. Lattitude: within different lattitude sun rays fall at different angel that spreads out rays over a larger surface area with less intensity, making these regions experience lower temperatures.
land and sea: water molecules are heated by sun's radiation which may cause evaporation. Due to constant evaporating, increasing the temperature and humidity of the surrounding air. As a result it forms rain and storms which are carried by trade winds.
Due to differential heating on land, cyclone and anticyclone may form.
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