Climate Basics
This term describes the average weather conditions of a region over a long period of time.
This climate zone is found near the equator and is known for being hot and wet.
What is the tropical zone
This is the term for a long-term change in Earth's average weather patterns.
This is a violent storm with strong winds, thunder, and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm
This scale is used to measure the strength of tornadoes.
What is the Fujita scale
This is the main difference between weather and climate
What is the length of time measured
This climate zone has cold winters, warm summers, and moderate precipitation.
What is the temperate zone
This gas, produced by burning fossil fuels, is a major cause of global warming.
What is carbon dioxide
This is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall
What is a drought
This part of a hurricane is calm and has clear skies
What is the eye
The two main factors that determine a region's climate
What are temperature and precipitation
This climate zone is characterized by very cold temperatures and ice or tundra landscapes.
What is the polar zone?
This effect is caused by increased greenhouse gases trapping heat in the atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect
This dangerous weather event brings heavy snow, strong winds, and low visibility, often causing travel to become impossible.
What is a blizzard
What is Tornado Alley
This term describes a region with very little rainfall and high temperatures.
What is a desert
This type of climate is found in areas with low rainfall, such as deserts.
What is an arid climate
This is one consequence of rising global temperatures affecting the polar ice caps.
WHat is melting glaciers and rising sea levels
This type of storm produces rotating columns of air and can cause severe damage ranging from (F1-F5).
What is a tornado?
This scale is used to measure the intensity of hurricanes based on their wind speed.
What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
These are the five major climate zones based on latitude.
What are tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar
This climate zone is found between the tropics and polar circles and is known for four distinct seasons.
What is the continental zone
This international agreement aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
This is the name for a large ocean storm with strong winds and heavy rain, also called a cyclone or typhoon in other parts of the world.
What is a hurricane
This is the minimum ocean temperature (in Fahrenheit) needed for a hurricane to form
What is 80ºF