Climates Zones of Earth
This climate is cold year round, with little to no precipitation.
What is polar climate?
This covers more than 75% of the Earth's surface.
What is water?
The long-term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region.
What is Climate?
This measures air temperature
What is a thermometer?
The most influential factor that affects climate.
What is Latitude?
This kind of climate has large amounts of precipitation and is warm year-round.
What is Tropical Climate?
Once water makes it all the way through the water cycle, the water...
What is starts the cycle all over again?
Low in the sky, create a low gray blanket, also can be fog.
What is Stratus?
Measures the water vapor in the air. Relative humidity.
Hygrometer
The higher the ______ the colder the temperatures. The closer to sea level the warmer the temperatures.
What is elevation?
This is what causes Earth's seasons
What is the Tilt of the Earth?
When water is evaporated from the leaves of trees this is known as ...
What is Transpiration?
This type of cloud is associated with thunderstorms.
What is Cumulonimbus?
What does an anemometer measure?
What is wind speed?
Name the 3 of the 5 influences of climate.
Latitude, elevation, Ocean and wind currents, proximity to large bodies of water, and terrain.
Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all examples of what?
What is precipitation?
High in the atmosphere, Temperatures are cold, made of ice crystals.
What are cirrus?
Points in the direction the wind blows.
What is a wind vane?
These are 2 human activities that are contributing to global warming.
What is Deforestation (cutting down trees) and the Burning of Fossil Fuels?
! DAILY DOUBLE ! Name the 8 terms associated with the water cycle that were included on your water cycle model.
Sun, Ocean, Runoff, Infiltration, Transpiration, Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation
White puffy and can grow tall and wide.
Cumulus
A sealed chamber that expands and contracts , measured in inches of mercury or millibars.
What is a barometer?