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WH 6th Mrs.Wilson Winds notes
Question | Answer |
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______ in _____ is the highest point in the North Eastern United States | Mount Washington New Hampsire |
___________ exstends for Qubacic ; Canada to Alabama | Appalachian Mountain System |
The highest mountain in the Appalachain Moutain is __________ in________________ | Mount Michael North Carolina |
The greatest windspeed was measured at the Earth's surface was ___ kilometers per hour at the top of _____________ | 370 Mount Washington |
The Appalachain Mountain System extends from ______;_______ to __________ | Qubacic;Canada Alabama |
A hurricane begins at ___ mph | 74 |
Because air is a _____ , it can move _____ | fluid easily |
the force that makes airmoveis caused by a difference of _______ ________ | air pressure |
the rising and falling and rising and falling is called | convention |
____________ are winds that blow continusly in the same direction and are createdby an uneven heating | Global winds |
_____ __ ________ are winds that blow over short distances and change daily | Surface or local winds |
named for a french mathamation who studied winds | coriolis effect |
as the earth rotates it creates and bends global wind patterns | coriolis effect |
________ is a horizontal movement of air from one area of high pressure to an area of low pressure | wind |
all ____ are caused by a difference in air pressure | winds |
Air over_______ surface expand and become less dense | heated |
as the air becomes less dense, the air pressure ________ | decreases |
_____ _____ air has more air pressure | cool dense |
____ air flows under _____ air | cool warm |
wind can determine what ______ really feels like | tempature |
it takes more energy to warm _____ than to warm _______ | water land |
________ is a wind that blows from an ocean onto land | sea breeze |
_________ is a air from land to a body of water | Land breeze |
______ warms and cools faster than _______ | land water |