Chapters 24 and 25 Study Notes: Weather and Climate

1 ► Mature, ______, and dissipating are the stages of a ___________.  cumulus  thunderstorm

2 ► A tornado takes a ______ path if it touches down.  haphazard

3 ► A weather event in which the air ____ and flows outward from a center of high pressure, and that brings dry weather is an ________.  sinks  anticyclone

4 ► A ______ begins when warm, moist air rises rapidly and the moisture condenses, releasing energy in the form of _____ _____.  hurricane  latent heat.

5 ► Doppler radar and satellite images provide information to create _______ ________.  weather models.

6 ► Weather stations report data to _________ centers.  collection

7 ► Meteorologists have tried to control ________ with freezing nuclei.  hurricanes

8 ► Symbols and colors communicate weather data on a ________ ______.  station model.

9 ► Weather map symbols H and L indicate air ______ centers.  pressure

10 ► When a ____ forms in a cold front, it begins the process of creating an area of low pressure with _____ wind that moves toward the rising air of the central low-pressure region—a storm known as a _______ cyclone.  bend  rotating  midlatitude

11 ► Weather centers all over the world _____ their data with other centers.  exchange

12 ► Scientists use ____ and _____ to convey information on a weather map.  colors  symbols

13 ► Meteorologists have tried to control all of the following types of weather EXCEPT _____.  cyclones

14 ► _______ use computer models to help them make _______ from data they have input into computers.  Meteorologists  forecasts

15 ► Storms along a ____ front are usually short-lived and sometimes ______, while storms along a warm front produce precipitation over a _____ area, and are sometimes violent.  cold  violent  large

16 ► One weather event that scientists have _____ tried to control is ________.  NOT  tornadoes.

17 ► A front that forms when a cold air mass _______ a warm air mass and lifts the warm air mass off the ground and over another air mass is called a _____ front.  overtakes  occluded

18 ► _____ does NOT change as a result of general circulation models.  Climate

19 ► Changes in ___-_____, precipitation, and global ______ are all possible impacts of climate change.  sea-level  warming

20 ► Sea-floor _______ measures concentrations of 18O to determine past climate changes.  sediment

21 ► Thin tree rings indicate ____ weather and ____ rainfall.  cool  less

22 ► Using public _________, driving a _____ car, and recycling will help reduce CO2 _____ in the atmosphere.  transportation  hybrid  levels

23 ► Global_____, weather pattern changes, and increased _______ can all be caused by _____ change.  warming  precipitation  climate

24 ► Changes in Earth’s ____, tilt on axis, and wobbling on ____ are factors that could cause climate change according to the _________ _____.  orbit  axis  Milankovitch theory

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