Chem study for weather

To study for the weather unit.

Closed system

A system in which there is no exchange of matter or energy with the surroundings, resulting in constant weather conditions.

Open system

A system in which there is an exchange of matter and energy with the surroundings, allowing for changes in weather conditions due to external influences.

Tornado formation

The process by which a tornado is created, involving the meeting of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico with cool, dry air from Canada, the rapid rising of warm air creating an updraft, the rotation of the updraft due to wind shear, the formation of a rotating column of air called a mesocyclone within a storm cloud, and the extension of the mesocyclone to the ground to form a tornado.

Hurricane formation

A hurricane is started from the warm water found near the equator. They can only from at around 80^O fahrenheit. For a hurricane to form, the warm water evaporates creating the warm moist air. It will also need wind to help form a hurricane. The wind helps the warm moist air evaporate higher into the atmosphere. This will cool down and release those water droplets. The water droplets form into clouds, generally cumulonimbus clouds. The winds will be circling around a center (The eye of the storm) And once the winds reach 74 mph it becomes a hurricane. 

Gay-Lussac's Law

A law that relates the pressure and temperature of a gas at constant volume, expressed mathematically as P1/T1 = P2/T2.

Boyle's Law

A law that relates the pressure and volume of a gas at a constant temperature, expressed mathematically as P1V1 = P2V2.

Celsius to Kelvin conversion

The process of converting a temperature from Celsius to Kelvin by adding 273.15 to the Celsius temperature.

Kelvin to Celsius conversion

The process of converting a temperature from Kelvin to Celsius by subtracting 273.15 from the Kelvin temperature.

Kelvin in Gay-Lussac's Law

The exclusive use of Kelvin temperature scale in Gay-Lussac's Law due to its status as an absolute temperature scale, where zero Kelvin represents the absence of molecular motion, allowing for accurate

Convergence definition

This where the warm and cold air meet together. for example where a cold front and warm front meet.