Global Weather Patterns Video Notes 

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What is a weather pattern? 
A pattern where it is in order or if it changes. 
 
 
1. What are the 5 components of weather patterns and what do they each mean  
A.Air pressure 
 
 
B.Himunity 
 
C.Jet Stream  
 
D tempeture. 
 
E.wind 
 
2. What are the 5 components of weather patterns and what do they each mean  
Tempature A form of heat and cold air that is produced inside and outise. 
Huminty How much moisture is in the air. 
Air Pressure The ammount of air molicueles packed into an area. 
Wind The movement of air through the atmisphere, 
 
 
 
3. What is another word for “air masses”? 
 
Air pressure 
 
 
4. What does it mean when two fronts collide? 
It has leading edges that can create things such s clouds, precepatation,and even 
tornados. 
 
 
5. What is a warm front? 
A Where the air gets warmer and warmer and is less dense. 
 
6. Which front moves more slowly than the other?   
Warm front moves slower than the cold front. 
  
7. What is the jet stream and which direction does it usually blow? 
Weather patterns typicloy mocing east to weast based on its location. 
 
 
8. How is the pattern of the jet stream driven? What makes it flow the way it does? 
By the rotation of the earth and it flows because it balences the tempature of hot 
and cold. 
 
9. How does the video describe the jet stream? 
As a river of air.