A little bit of everything
Shows how precipitation occurs
The Water cycle
I use this weather tool to tell me the temperature outside
Thermometer
Name the forms of precipitation.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain
This climate zone is near the poles
Polar Climate Zone
The amount of water vapor in the air
Humidity
The stage of the water cycle in which water falls to the ground as rain or snow
Precipitation
I would use this weather tool to learn what direction the wind is blowing.
Wind vane
What type of weather event would cause your family to evacuate?
Hurricanes
This climate zone is near the equator
Tropical Zone
Higher elevations will have
a colder climate
Cool and condensed very small drops of water
Clouds
I would use this weather tool to tell how much precipitation fell at my house over the weekend
Rain gauge
Describe the difference between weather and climate.
Weather is day to day, even hour to hour. Climate is overall long term patterns.
Temperate Climate Zone
A scientist who studies weather is a _________
meteorologist
The stages of the water cycle
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
This tool will predict good and bad weather by measuring high and low pressure
Barometer
The average conditions of the atmosphere
Is this weather or climate?
Climate
The closer an area is the equator, the _____________
warmer it will be
The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount needed to reach saturation
relative humidity
The sun changes the state of water from liquid to gas in what process
Evaporation
This weather tool measures wind speed
Anemometer
The condition of the atmosphere at a place over a short period of time; day to day
Weather
What are the 3 climate zones
Polar, Temperate, and Tropical
Climate and Weather both include which 2 factors?
Temperature and Precipitation