Climate
Clouds
Weather Characteristics
Maps
Weather Patterens
100
Average weather condition observed over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
How high they are.
How do you determine what type of cloud it is?
100
Wind, Temperature, Precipitation, and clouds
What are the 4 characteristics of weather?
100
Located over the oceans between 25 N/S and 60 N/S
What is Maritime polar?
100
Wind blows from North to East.
Which way does the polar Easterlies wind blow?
200
Evaporates
When water is heated it...?
200
Visible mass of liquid or frozen crystals made of water.
What are clouds?
200
Anemometer.
What tool is used to measure wind?
200
Located over large land masses between 25 N/S and 60 N/S
What is Continental arctic?
200
Where the polar easterlies and westerlies meet.
What is Polar Front?
300
The greater the lattitude the colder it is because theirs less direct sunlight.
What is the effect of lattitude?
300
Below 6,500 feet.
What is low level clouds?
300
As big as Texas.
What is the size of a hurricane?
300
Dry dessert, tropical rainy, warm temperature.
What is Australia climate zones?
300
Wind caused by the different in temperature between land and ocean.
What is sea/land?
400
Ocean waves
What causes wind?
400
Formed in altitudes above 20,000 feet because its so cold at that elevation, formed with ice crystals.
What is High level clouds.
400
Something Scientist use to hear a tornado.
What is electronic ear?
400
USA
What country experiences the most tornado's?
400
Winds are light and regular, occasional thunderstorms are where the equator is, and where trades meet.
What are Doldrums?
500
100,000 years to millions of years.
What is the time period the climate changes?
500
Dark grey clouds that produce rain and snow.
What is Nimbostratus?
500
When the trade winds stop blowing and the sun heats up the water around the equator.
What causes El nino?
500
The Atacama desert.
What is the driest desert on earth?
500
30-60 blows from the west, where most of the U.S. weather is from.
What are Westerlies?
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