Climate Control
Tools of the Trade
Cloud Crazed
Water World
True or False
100
What is the main difference between "weather" and "climate"?
Time
100
What does a thermometer measure?
Temperature
100
Cloud at ground level is called _____?
Fog
100
The layer of rock and soil that groundwater occupies (where water is stored underground and purified) is called a(n) 1. water table, 2. aquifer, 3.resorvoir, or 4.watershed
Aquifer
100
Groundwater comes from rain or melted snow that has seeped into the ground.
True
200
What things affect overall climate?
Any of the following: Landforms (like mountains), Oceans, Latitude (How close or far to the equator a place is), Altitude (how far above sea level an area is), etc.
200
What does a rain guage measure?
Amount of precipitation
200
Low altitutde clouds that cover the sky in layers and make it seem dark out because they let little sun through are called _________.
Stratus clouds
200
The changing of liquid water to water vapor.
Evaporation
200
Salinity levels in all the worlds' oceans are the same.
False
300
What is the period of measurement for climate?
30 years
300
What does a weather vane measure?
Direction of wind
300
Clouds that grow vertically and have rising air in them are sometimes called _____ because they cause thunderstorms.
Thunderheads
300
Snow, hail, sleet and rain are all forms of ________.
Precipitation
300
Air temperature does not affect the steps in the water cycle.
False
400
What is the period of time for weather?
Days, Weeks, or even Months
400
What does a barometer measure?
Air Pressure
400
High-altitude clouds that are very wispy, thin and white are called _________.
Cirrus clouds
400
Water vapor turning into a liquid; such as water droplets forming in clouds.
Condensation
400
Sleet is the same as hail, one is just slang for the other.
False. Hail forms when strong winds blow upward into a cloud, blowing rain drops into the freezing air at the top of the cloud and falling as ice. Sleet is raindrops that meet cold air before they reach Earth's surface, and refreeze into tiny icy crystals.
500
What are the 3 MAIN climate zones on Earth?
Tropics, Temperate, and Polar regions
500
What does an anemometer measure?
Wind speed.
500
Mid-altitude, "fluffy" clouds that often leads to afternoon rainshowers are called __________.
Cumulus or cumulonimbus
500
Ice changing into water vapor without first melting. (Solid to a gas)
Sublimation
500
Forecasters, called meteorologists, look at current weather patterns to predict future patterns.
True
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