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| The weight of air pressing on an area. |
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| How does water vapor effect air pressure? |
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| Water vapor molecules can displace air molecules causing the area to weigh less. |
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| How does elevation effect air presure? |
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| The higher you go in elevation the lower the air pressure. |
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| How does temperature effect air pressure? |
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| The colder the air, the higher the air pressure will be. The warmer the air the lower the air pressure will be. |
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| an instrument that is used to measure the amount of air pressure. |
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| Wind is caused by unequal heating of the earth’s surface by the sun |
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| What heats up faster land or water? |
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| What holds heat longer land or water? |
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| - shows which direction the wind is coming from |
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| Winds are named from the direction they are coming from. |
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| Does the sun heat the earth evenly? |
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| No, it creates areas of high and low pressure. |
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| True or False - By using this flashcard machine to study I will score an A! |
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| False - you should review your notes and the power points. |
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| How many sentences need be written for a four point question? |
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| Where wather occurs, we live there. |
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| Ozone layer is found here |
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| the exosphere is a part of this layer |
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| Unit of measure for a barometer. |
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| This is how the sun transfer heat. |
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| Particles that are touching transfer heat by _____________. |
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| An example of this is when air heats up, becomes low pressure and rises. High pressure comes in to replace the low pressure air. The low pressure air eventually cools and sinks and becomes high pressure air. |
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