Climate Types
What climate is cold all year long?
Polar Climate
What is this called: what the air is like in a certain place and time and includes things like temperature, wind, and rain?
Weather
What is a collection of tiny water droplets that are visible in the air called?
What is weather that usually includes strong wind and rain or snow?
Storm
What is a tool that measures temperature called?
Thermometer
What climate is cold in the winter and hot in the summer?
Continental Climate
What are water drops that fall from the ground called?
Rain
What cloud is fluffy, tall, and white? It is not a storm cloud.
Cumulus Cloud
What is a storm with very strong winds called?
Windstorm
What is the process of a gas changing to a liquid called?
Condensation
What climate does not get a lot of rain?
Dry Climate
What are balls of ice that fall from the sky called?
Hail
What cloud is long, flat, spread out, and white? It is not a storm cloud?
Stratus Cloud
What is a windstorm that is shaped like a funnel and usually occurs with little warning called?
Tornado
What is the process of liquid changing into a gas?
Evaporation
What climate is hot all year long?
Tropical Climate
What is solid water that falls from the sky when its really cold out called?
Snow
What is a storm cloud that is very long, flat, spread out, and dark in color called?
Stratonimbus Cloud
What is a windstorm that starts as a smaller storm over the ocean called?
Hurricane
What is the temperature where water starts to turn from liquid water to solid ice called?
Freezing Point
What are weather conditions in an area that are similar year after year called?
Climate
What is a cloud near the ground called?
Fog
What is a storm cloud that is very fluffy, tall, and dark in color called?
Cumulonimbus Cloud
What is a windstorm that moves large amounts of dirt and sand called?
Dust Storm
What is the imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth where tropical climates are found called?
Equator