1. Chapters 24 and 25 Study Notes:
Weather and Climate

2. 1 Mature, ______, and dissipating are the stages of a ___________.
cumulus
thunderstorm

3. 2
A tornado takes a ______ path if it touches down.
haphazard

4. 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

5. 4
A ______ begins when warm, moist air rises rapidly and the moisture condenses, releasing energy in the form of  _____ _____.
hurricane
latent heat.

6. 5
Doppler radar and satellite images provide information to create _______ ________.
weather models.

7. 6
Weather stations report data to _________ centers.
collection

8. 7 Meteorologists have tried to control ________ with freezing nuclei.
hurricanes

9. 8 Symbols and colors communicate weather data on a ________ ______.
station model.

10. 9
Weather map symbols H and L indicate air ______ centers.
pressure

11. 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

12. 11
Weather centers all over the world _____ their data with other centers.
exchange

13. 12
Scientists use ____ and _____ to convey information on a weather map.
colors
symbols

14. 13
Meteorologists have tried to control all of the following types of weather EXCEPT _____.
cyclones

15. 14
_______ use computer models to help them make _______ from data they have input into computers.
Meteorologists
forecasts

16. 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

17. 16
One weather event that scientists have _____ tried to control is ________.
NOT
tornadoes.

18. 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
cold

19. 18 _____ does NOT change as a result of general circulation models.
Climate

20. 19
Changes in ___-_____, precipitation, and global ______ are all possible impacts of climate change.
sea-level
warming

21. 20
Sea-floor _______ measures concentrations of 18O to determine past climate changes.
sediment

22. 21
Thin tree rings indicate ____ weather and ____ rainfall.
cool
less

23. 22
Using public _________ , driving a _____ car, and recycling will help reduce CO2 _____ in the atmosphere.
transportation
hybrid
levels

24. 23
Global_____, weather pattern changes, and increased _______ can all be caused by _____ change.
warming
precipitation
climate

25. 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

26. The End???