Climate & Weather
Natural Disasters
The Water Cycle
Weather Tools
Climate Zone
100
Geographical areas that have similar weather patterns can be described as a ______.
Climate Zone
100
a snowstorm with wind gusts over 56 km/hr (35 mph) and enough snow falling to reduce visibility to less than one quarter of a mile
Blizzard
100
Water vapor condensed into liquid droplets around particles in the atmosphere.
Condensation
100
Measures air temperature
Thermometer
100
Which climate zone is dry and cold?
Polar Zone
200
Affects the local wind speed, direction, air temperature and precipitation
Water/Oceans
200
An event in nature such as a tornado, hurricane, or earthquake that can cause great damage or loss of life
Natural Disaster
200
What affects the amount of water vapor in the air
Temperature of the ocean/Warm ocean water
200
Measures humidity
Hyrometer
200
Near the equator and typically warm, humid, and rainy
Tropical climate zone
300
Conditions in the atmosphere
Weather
300
A rainstorm with lightning and thunder that can bring heavy rain and cause flooding.
Thunderstorm
300
What is a noticeable difference between sleet and hail?
Size and shape
300
Measures wind speed
Anenometer
300
polar climate zones can be located in what two geographic cardinal directions?
North and South (North and South Pole)
400
True or False
When air temperature decreases, the amount of water that evaporates decreases.
True
400
Dry areas that experience little rainfall are at risk of what type of
Wildfires
400
Liquid water that falls to the ground without freezing
Rain
400
Measures atmospheric pressure
Barometer
400
What Climate Zone is Florida in?
Temperate climate zone
500
Air on the ocean side of a mountain range is______ and air that passes over the side/east of the mountains is ________
Ocean side = Wet
Side/East = Dry
500
Forms near the equator where the ocean is warm and can into a hurricane
Tropical Storm
500
Liquid water droplets are pushed upwards and freeze in clouds, forming large ice pellets.
Hail
500
What is this a picture of and what is it used for?
Rain gauge
measures the amount of liquid precipitation (rainfall)
500
A measure of how far a place is from the equator.
Latitude