Climate
Weather Factors
Clouds
Precipitation
Remember This?
100
humidity
What is the amount of water vapor in the air
100
humidity
What is water vapor in the air
100
puffy and white
What are cumulus clouds?
100
water (in any state) falling from the sky
What is precipitation?
100
rises and expands
What happens with warm air?
200
days of sunshine
What is something the equator receives more of than the poles?
200
interaction of sun, water, air
What is weather?
200
cloud formation
What happens when warm air rises, expands and cools?
200
water above 0 degrees Celsius falling from the clouds
What is? rain
200
sinks and contracts
What does cold air do?
300
Causes warmth in winter and coolness in summer
What is proximity to water?
300
Actual vs. possible amount of water vapor
What is relative humidity?
300
high, feathery, wispy
What are cirrus clouds?
300
sleet
What is snow that has melted and refrozen?
300
freezing point of water
What is 32 degrees F or 0 degrees C?
400
closeness to equator
What is latitude?
400
as temperature increases, the amount of water vapor
What is "increases"?
400
mid-level cirrus
What are altocirrus clouds?
400
solid water falling in air below 0 degrees Celsius
What is snow?
400
layer of atmosphere where weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
500
three types of climate
What is Polar, Tropical, Moderate, Continental, Dry, Highland? (any three)
500
dew point
What is the temperature at which the air is saturated and condensation forms?
500
means "cloud? in Latin
What is "nimbus"?
500
A cloud with this name means precipitation is coming.
What is nimbus?
500
most telling difference between weather and climate
What is the amount of time of each: Weather is day-to-day (short term), climate is long range period (6 months to 1 year)
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