Weather vs Climate
The day-to-day conditions of the air and sky.
What is weather?
These climate zones are found near the North and South Poles.
What are the polar zones?
This refers to a location's height above sea level.
What is altitude?
Massive storms that bring high winds and heavy rain.
What are hurricanes?
The ecosystem associated with a Tropical Wet Climate.
What is a tropical rainforest?
Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are examples of this.
What is precipitation?
This climate zone receives the most direct sunlight.
What are the tropics?
The process where water vapor forms clouds.
What is condensation?
These form when warm air rises and cooler air rushes in.
What are thunderstorms?
The climate region found throughout much of the southeastern United States.
What is Humid Subtropical Climate?
A student says, "It was 80°F yesterday." This statement describes this.
What is weather?
The climate zone between the tropics and the polar zones.
What are the temperate zones?
These constantly moving streams of water can warm or cool nearby regions.
What are ocean currents?
Although smaller than hurricanes, these storms can sometimes be more dangerous.
What are tornadoes?
A grassland dotted with trees found in a Tropical Wet and Dry Climate.
What is a savanna?
This is more predictable because it is based on long-term patterns.
What is climate?
These zones experience four seasons because Earth's tilt changes the amount of sunlight received during the year.
What are the temperate zones?
This warm ocean current helps make Western Europe milder than other places at similar latitudes.
What is the Gulf Stream?
The area of rising air found near the equator.
What is the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)?
This climate has hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters.
What is a Mediterranean Climate?
Name the three major factors used to identify climate.
What are temperature, precipitation, and wind?
This climate region is the only one likely to be found in the Polar Zone.
What is tundra?
A city at sea level and a city at 8,000 feet have the same latitude. The higher city will generally be this.
What is cooler (colder)?
The ITCZ helps create these two seasonal patterns in many tropical regions.
What are rainy and dry seasons?
A desert climate receives less than this much rain per year and is called this.
What is less than 10 inches and an arid climate?