| A | B |
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| A large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops. | Air mass. |
| Low, layered gray clouds that produce light precipitation. | Stratus. |
| High, white, feathery clouds usually associated with fair weather. | Cirrus. |
| When water droplets form around dust particles and become heavy enough to fall out of the clouds. | Precipitation. |
| Thick, puffy clouds. | Cumulus. |
| When gas, oil, and coal are burned what is released into the atmosphere? | Carbon Dioxide. |
| The amount of water vapor in the air. | Humidity. |
| A low area that is filled with an ocean. | Basin. |
| A famous surface current. | Gulf Stream. |
| When denser seawater moves toward and area of less dense seawater. | Density Current. |
| What generates electricity when water pushes against its blades. | A turbine. |
| The Coriolis effect causes most currents north of the equator to move in a _______ direction. | clockwise |
| Movements in which water alternately rises and falls. | Waves. |
| The difference between high tide and low tide. | Tidal range. |
| A current of water that runs parallel to the shore. | A longshore current. |
| Plants and animals that live on the bottom of the ocean floor. | Benthos. |
| The process plants and algae use to make food. | Photosynthesis. |
| One thing that the ocean provides for organisms. | Nutrients in the water. |
| The system of cracks in th ocean floor. | Rift Zone. |
| One thing that effects the height of a wave. | The speed of wind. |
| Where does a hurricane have the most strength? | On the ocean. |
| What percentage of ocean water is salt? | 3.5% |
| How are surface currents helpful? | The climate of places the passby. |
| The measure of solids such as salt dissolved in sea water. | Salinity. |
| Particles of water in a wave move around in a ____. | circle |
| A basic compound used in all life processes. | Water. |
| What is the most upper layer of the earth? | Crust. |
| What is the most inner layer of the earth? | Inner core. |
| Continental drift states that continents have moved___ to their current locations. | horizontally |
| who is the man responsible for the theory of continental drift? | Alfred Wegener. |
| the large landmass that is thought to have once existed. | Pangaea. |
| The evidence used to support continental drift. | Rock clues, Climate clues, Fossil clues, and Magnetic Clues. |
| What is a convergent boundary? | It is when to plates move toward each other. |
| What are the steps for a convection current? | Heating, Rising, Cooling, and Sinking. |
| The theiory that states that the Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called plates. | Plate Tectonics. |
| These are known as tectonic activities. | Mountain building, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes. |
| One place where the Earth's crust varies in thickness. | The mountains. |
| What is a tornado? | A violent swirling storm moving in a narrow path. |
| Gases that increase the greenhouse effect. | Methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. |
| The amount of water vapor in th air compared to the amount that could be in the air at a certain temperature. | Relative Humidity. |
| It forms where two air masses meet. | Front. |
| When severe weather conditions could occur, a _____ is issued. | Watch. |
| When air holds all the water it possibly can, it is called____. | Saturated. |
| What happens in a low pressure systems? | Different types of precipitation and storms occur. |
| Where do low pressure systems form along? | Fronts. |
| They forecasts the weather using data collected from many sources. | Meteorologists. |
| Why can water form on surfaces at night whaen the air is clear? | The relative humidity decreases. |
| Climate can be influenced by what? | Large bodies of water and mountains. |
| What causes weather? | Air, Water, and the Sun. |
| Where do thunderstorms generally form along? | Cold Fronts. |
| What lines keep track of pressure, wather maps are drawn with lines connecting points of equal pressure? | Isobars. |
| What is a hurricane? | Large, swirling tropical storm. |
| Where is the trough of a wave? | The lowest point of the wave. |
| The vertical distance between the crest and trough. | Wave height. |
| The horizantal distance between the crests of two successive waves or the troughs of two successive waves. | Wave length. |
