science weather quiz

hot air balloons/weather fronts/cloud types/ocean currents

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is A?

Parachute Valve

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is B?

Panels

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is C?

Skirt

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is D?

Propane Tanks

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is E?

Burners

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is F?

Envelope

Hot air balloon part labeling: What is G?

Gores

Cloud type labeling: What is A?

Stratus

Cloud type labeling: What is B?

Cumulus

Cloud type labeling: What is C?

Cirrus

Cloud type labeling: What is D?

Cumulonimbus

Continental polar air mass what is it?

Dry and cold

Continental tropical air mass what is it?

Dry and warm

Continental arctic air mass what is it?

dry and very cold

Maritime polar air mass what is it?

humid and cold

Maritime tropical air mass what is it?

humid and warm

An air mass is characterised by?

temperature and moisture

Does low pressure rise or sink?

Rise

Does high pressure rise or sink?

Sink

What front does this symbol represent?

stationary

What front does this symbol represent?

occluded

What front does this symbol represent?

warm

What front does this symbol represent?

cold

what currents flow away from the equator and toward the poles?

warm

what currents flow away from the poles and toward the equator?

cold

what directions do currents go in the northern hemisphere?

clockwise

what directions do currents go in the southern hemisphere?

counterclockwise

why do patterns happen with ocean currents?

unequal heating because the earth is tilted

what is the coriolis effect?

the earth is spinning and this causes wind and water currents to curve and make a circle