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HEAT - Coggle Diagram

- - - - If an object has more compact molecules, it has a higher density
  - - - Water absorbs more energy before raising in temperature
  - - - substances shift from a high concentration to a slower, less packed one.
- - - - Warm air rises at the equator and cool air sinks at the poles.
- - - - The foundation for all weather
  - - - Stratus Clouds- Clouds that form in flat layers.
      - cumulus Clouds- Clouds that form less than 2 kilometers above the ground and look like fluffy rounded piles or cotton.
      - Cirrus Clouds- Wispy feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals that form at high levels, above 6 kilometers.
      - Fog- Clouds that form near the ground.
      - Cumulonimbus Clouds- Thunderstorms come from these clouds, also called thunderheads.
    - - happen when hot and cold air start circling above the ocean. They keep chasing each other around, swapping between land and sea, while nearby a storm cloud. They continue the loop, and eventually causes a hurricane.
    - - form in extremely flat areas with no bodies of water. A cold and warm front collide, and the hot and cold air begin to spin rapidly.
    - - when a wall of water washes the shore causing heavy rain during a hurricane
    - - Has cause our weather to become more extreme and violent.
- - - - When a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass
        
        This can cause heavy rain, hail, and even thunderstorms and lightning due to the sudden change in temperature.
    - - When a warm air mass replaces a cold air mass
        
        As the warm air slips over the cold air, this can cause light rain and snow due to the lower layer of cold air.
    - - When warm air gets trapped between two cold air masses. This causes light rain and can be warm or cold.
  - - - Tropical Air Masses
        
        formed in hot regions
      - Polar Air Masses
        
        formed in cold regions
      - Maritime Air Masses
        
        formed over water
      - Continental Air Masses
        
        formed over land