Climate
Climate Zones
Predicting Weather
Weather Maps
Potpourri
100
The average year to year temperature, wind and precipitation
What is Climate
100
Name three factors that influence temperature.
What is Latitude, altitude, distance from water
100
These people predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist
100
Isobars connect places on the map that have equal _________.
What is Air pressure?
100
Hurricanes spin this way.
What is Counterclockwise
200
A small area with a different climate from the surrounding climate.
What is Microclimate
200
The zone closest to the equator is called the ______ zone.
What is Tropical zone.
200
Name two instruments scientists use to predict the weather.
What is balloons, computers, satellites, weath stations
200
Isotherms connect places on the map that have equal __________.
What is Temperature?
200
Where two air masses meet is called a ____?
What is A front.
300
The blue front on page 97 is called a ______ front.
What is a cold front?
300
The zone closest to the poles is the _______ zone.
What is Polar zone.
300
On page 94 there is a picture of a cyclone, what country is it over?
What is Ireland and Great Britain
300
The "flags" on page 96 are used to represent _____ speed.
What is Wind.
300
The ________________ is how water moves through the atmosphere?
What is The water cycle?
400
The blue and red front on page 97 is an ________ front.
What is An occluded front?
400
The Mild zone between the equator and the poles is the ____ zone.
What is Temperate zone
400
What planet is in the background on the bottom right on page 94?
What is Earth.
400
The circles on page 96 are used to represent what?
What is Cloud cover
400
High altitude, wispy, feather like clouds are called ______ clouds.
What are cirrus clouds?
500
Look at the map on page 98. What state has the hottest temperature?
What is Texas?
500
There are _____ temperate and polar zones. (the answer is a number)
What is Two
500
All the rain that fell yesterday is __________ into the atmosphere?
What is Evaporating
500
If you get this wrong you fail for the year. Clouds are made of _____ vapor.
What is Water?
500
Rain, snow and hail are examples of __________.
What is Precipitation?
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