Severe Weather
A severe weather event that typically has lots of rain, wind, and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
Name at least 2 factors that influence climate
What is latitude, ocean currents, air masses, mountains, large bodies of water, etc
Name at least 2 major climate zones.
What is temperate, polar, dry, tropical, continental?
The main difference between climate and weather.
What is the length of time?
Name three ways you can reduce your carbon footprint
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The type of severe weather Nova Scotia faces almost every year.
Hurricanes
Why is it possible to have different seasons at the Northern and Southern hemisphere?
Because different areas receive different amounts of sunlight depending on their location.
Which climate zone gets the least amount of rain on average?
Arid (dry) zone
What is precipitation?
Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth
What is a big factor that affects Nova Scotia's climate?
How close it is to the ocean.
A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds, is visible as a funnel-shaped cloud, and touches the ground?
What is a tornado?
What happens with air masses as they go higher in the atmosphere?
Get colder, condensation, precipitation.
A climate zone that typically has very harsh winters and very cold climates.
What is a polar climate?
Climographs
A landform that affects climate by causing air to rise.
What are mountains?
When the ground is saturated with water and it then begins to rain more what severe weather event can occur?
Floods
The cause of warmer temperatures at the equator?
Direct solar energy.
When climate zones are warmer they are usually closer to what imaginary line on the Earth?
The equator.
How warm or cold the air is, is measured by?
Temperature in Celsius
A result of extra greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
What is climate change?
A natural disaster caused by the shaking of the Earth and not classified as a severe "weather" event.
What is an earthquake?
Indirect sunlight
A climate zone classified as very hot and humid near the equator.
What is a tropical climate?
Name four types of precipitation.
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Name two greenhouse gases.