Climate and Weather
True or False
Weather describes the condition of the air outdoors
True
puffy clouds and may look like cotton balls
cumulus
a severe lack of rainfall is a
drought
The amount of water vapor in the air
humidity
How many seasons are there?
Four
winter, spring, fall, summer
Wispy feather looking clouds
cirrus
hurricanes form over ______ water
warm
The downward movement of rock and debris
landslide
The average or typical weather condition of a region year after year is ______?
Climate
small white puffy clouds scattered across the sky
cirrocumulus
Wildfires can be caused by what?
(name one)
lightening, humans, or volcanic eruptions
The cooling of water in the atmosphere
condensation
Tornados are most likely to occur in which two seasons?
Winter and spring
Scariest clouds
cumulonimbus
The _____ scale measure tornado damage
Fujita
______ _______ are extremily dangerous because they often occur quickly without warning
Flash flood
Name three things that can affect the climate.
shape of land, elevation, closeness to equator, gases in the atmosphere, wind, ocean currents, nearness to water
may look like ocean waves
altocumulus
Nearly 80% of all earthquakes occur along the pacific know as the "______ _____ ______"
Ring of fire
catastrophic events caused by nature
Natural Disaster