Clouds
Described as fluffy, white balls of cotton. Produces fair weather.
What is cumulus?
Florida gets lots of these two types of precipitation.
What is hail and rain?
Measures air temperature.
What is thermometer?
Cold, minimal precipitation and low humidity.
What is polar?
This environment is a cold, barren land. Few people live here. There is zero to minimal precipitation and the temperature is very cold.
What is a tundra?
Thin, wispy, feather looking clouds. Produces fair to good weather. Sometimes precipitation will follow within 24 hours.
What are cirrus clouds?
Frozen water. Temperatures must be freezing or below.
What is snow?
Measures wind direction.
What is weather vane?
What is temperate?
This environment receives lots of precipitation and is filled with a variety of vegetation and animal life.
What is a rainforest?
What are stratus clouds?
Liquid Precipitation
What is rain?
Measures rainfall.
Rain gauge.
Warm to hot temperatures, low to high humidity, and minimal to moderate precipitation.
What is tropical?
This environment is characterized with tall grasses and is home to lots of animals. However, it is prone to fires.
What are grasslands?
These are storm clouds.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
Frozen water that forms in layers.
What is hail?
Measures air pressure.
What is barometer?
Elevation, latitude, proximity to bodies of water
What is factors that affect climate?
This environment is warm to hot with minimal precipitation.
What is a desert?
If there are no clouds in the sky, is humidity low or high.
What is low?
Frozen/Liquid Water. Ice crystals melt, then refreeze before hitting the ground.
What is sleet?
Measures wind speed.
What is anemometer?
This is imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemisphere.
What is the equator?
This is environment is wet and warm to hot temperatures. Florida is covered with these. They are vital to our ecosystem.
What is a wetland?