Climates of Earth
This climate zone includes ice cap regions like Antarctica and Greenland, where temperatures stay below freezing, and tundras such as northern Alaska and Siberia, where only hardy plants can survive the short, cool summers.
What is Polar Climate?
Large body of air circulating with HIGH pressure at its center and lower pressure outside the system
What is High Pressure system?
Which of these is NOT an influence on climate?
A) large bodies of water B) large cities C) ocean currents D) weather
What is B) large cities?
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of this form of water that falls from the sky
What is precipitation?
What school did Ms. Denato go to?
What is Augustana College?
This climate type includes arid regions, such as deserts, and semi-arid regions, such as steppes, both known for very little precipitation and extreme temperature changes. .
What is Dry Climate?
Large bodies of AIR that have uniform temperature, humidity and pressure
What is Air mass?
As altitude increases, what happens to the temperature?
What is the temperature decreases?
What is altitude?
What is the height above sea level?
What is Ms. Denato's cats name?
What is Milo?
The climate zone where it is warm all year round and has very high amounts of precipitation.
What is tropical?
What is it called as moist air rises up a mountain and cools resulting in precipitation on one side of the mountain.
What is the rain shadow effect?
There are how many main climate types?
(Extra points if you can name them all)
What is 5?
(Tropical, Dry, Mild, Continental, Polar)
The atmospheric conditions at a certain place and time is ____
What is weather?
Which teacher loves Mountain Dew?
What is Mr. Tillburg?
At the same latitude, the climate is ___________ in the mountains than on flat land.
What is colder?
What front is it when : Cold air moves under warm air, forcing warm air up
What is Cold Front?
This geographic measurement, which indicates how far north or south a location is from the equator, greatly affects temperature and climate patterns around the world.
What is latitude?
What is the long-term average weather conditions in a region
What is climate?
Which teacher has the best lashes?
What is Ms. Odell?
Climate classification is based on what 3 things?
this type of front forms when a cold mass meets a warm mass BUT neither have enough force to move the other (hint: what is the bike called that doesn't move?)
what is stationary front?
How are weather and climate related?
What is climate is the long term average of any region’s weather conditions?
Often seen on TV as “weather men,” these scientists study the atmosphere and forecast conditions like rain, storms, and temperature changes.
What is a meteorologist?
Who is the tallest teacher in the middle school hallway?
What is Mr. Eastman?