[ISCI I] Chapter 26: Weather

The ocean current called the Gulf Stream

carries heat from the Gulf of Mexico to the North American coast and Northern Europe

Suppose that you saw clouds that were high in the sky and that looked like wispy strands of tattered cloth. An hour later, it started to rain. The clouds you noticed were

cirrus clouds

The change of water vapor to a liquid is called

condensation

The dew point is usually ___ on a humid day compared to a dry day

higher

Wind is due to

pressure differences in the atmosphere

When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, Earth is tilted

so that the North Pole tilts toward the Sun

Almost all energy on Earth comes directly or indirectly from

the Sun

The seasons are primarily due to

the tilt of Earth's axis

Earth's surface receives more solar radiation near the equator than at the poles. This uneven heating of Earth's surface produces

winds

As the temperature rises, how does this affect relative humidity?

Relative humidity decreases as temperature rises