Water Cycle
The Sun's Effect on Climate
Land & Water's Effect on Climate
Vocabulary
Trivia
100
Just before water rises into the atmosphere and condenses it
What is evaporates from the Earth and its oceans?
100
a location's weather conditions over many years
What is climate?
100
This is in general a location on Earth where places stay at relatively a constant temperature and have the same climate
What are islands near the equator?
100
the rise of Earth's temperature
global warming
100
The degrees the Pacific Ocean increased in the 1997 El Nino year
What is 5 degrees?
200
 hail, rain, snow, sleet are examples
What are examples of precipitation?
200
A place's temperature, precipitation, and other conditions at a certain time
What is weather?
200
This is in general a place on Earth, that the temperatures will likely vary the most throughout the year
What is the middle of large open areas of land?
200
a form of energy that travels in long waves 
What is infrared radiation?
200
San Francisco and this city are the same distance from the equator but have different climates
What is St. Louis?
300
water that falls onto land and drains into streams and rivers
What is runoff?
300
Certain gases in the atmosphere absorb infrared radiation from the earth's warm surface leading to...
What is the greenhouse effect?
300
The ocean current affects
What is the climate of the land nearby?
300
to change from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporate?
300
In June the North pole is tilted ____ the sun.
What is toward?
400
the measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
What is humidity?
400
This is what happens to most of the sun's energy that reaches Earth
What is absorbed by Earth's surface?
400
Winds can change the climate of land over which they travel because
What is they carry heat energy and water vapor as they move?
400
water in the form of an invisible gas
What is water vapor?
400
Without the greenhouse effect the temperature on Earth would be ___ colder
What is 33 degrees celcius?
500
State in the water cycle where water changes from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
500
The amount of sunlight that reaches a location on Earth at different times of the year is dependent upon Earth's......
What is tilt?
500
Mountains can affect the amount of ___________ a place receives
What is precipitation?
500
It happens every 2-7 years when the temperature of the water in the Pacific Ocean near the equator increases
What is El Nino?
500
The average temperature of earth's surface
What is 15 degrees celcius?
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