Climate and Weather
What is Air Pressure?
What Causes Rain?
How Does Wind Change Weather?
Bonus
100
Climate varies by ________ and by altitude
What is latitude
100
The force caused by the weight of the air_____is called air pressure
What is above
100
When humid air _________, its air pressure and temperature fall
What is rises?
100
Air currents pushed to the west or east by Earth's rotation are called _______winds.
What is trade?
100

When is Ms. Ataide's birthday?

What is July 19, 1995?
200
Areas closer to the equator receive more of ________ radiation and are therefore warmer
What is "the sun's?"
200
Differences in air pressure around the world exist due to differnces in the amount of ________ radiation
What is solar
200
When droplets formed by ________become too large and heavy to stay in the air, they fall to Earth as precipitation
What is Condensation?
200
The ______________causes winds to change direction as a result of the rotation of Earth.
What is Coriolis Effect
200

The differences in Climate and Weather

Climate is the long term average weather pattern of a region, weather is the day to day conditions in an area

300

What are the stages of the water cycle? (must be in order)

1. Evaporation

2. Condensation

3. Precipitation

300

How does a thunderstorm occur?

What is when warm, moist air rises into cold air. 

300

Examples of precipitation (at least 2).

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. 

300
Cooler air is created by _____ pressure
What is high?
300

The directions in which fronts on a weather map move

What is North, East, South West?

400
Some of the factors that make up our weather include temperature, air pressure and __________
What is humidity?
400
A ________system often brings cloudy weather and thunderstorms
What is Low-pressure
400

What is the equator?

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.

400

What is altitude? 

Altitude is the height of an object from sea level.

400

Explain the Coriolis Effect

What is the shift in winds direction?

500

Differences in air pressure and temperature cause

What are Winds, storms, and other weather patterns caused by?

500
A cool, __________ system typically brings clear skies and pleasant weather
What is high-pressure
500

The difference between climate and weather

Climate is long term pattern of weather in a particular region. 

Weather is the state of atmosphere at a place that includes heat, dryness, rain, and wind. 

500

What are 2 things that play a role in climate?

Possible answers: altitude, terrain, latitude, and closeness to a body of water. 

500

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75% or higher in all classes.

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