Weather vs Climate
It is going to be rainy tomorrow. (weather or climate)
What is weather?
This is a cooling process that changes water vapor to a liquid.
What is condensation?
This is when cold air overtakes warm air and brings strong, intense storms.
What is a cold front?
When you see a line of half red circles on a weather map, it means that this type of front is approaching.
What is a warm front?
It is summer in the southern hemisphere, but this season in the northern hemisphere.
What is winter?
The average high temperature for North Carolina in July is 90 degrees. (weather or climate)
What is climate?
This heating process changes liquid to water vapor.
What is evaporation?
This is when cold and warm air masses meet and neither moves causing rain for a long period of time.
What is a stationary front?
To predict weather in the United States, meteorologists generally look in this direction.
What is west?
All areas on Earth have four seasons. (true/false)
What is false?
The average amount of precipitation in CT for this time of year is 5 inches per month (weather or climate)
This is the process in which rain/snow falls from the clouds.
What is precipitation?
This is when warm air overtakes cold air and there is a steady rain for a long period of time.
What is a warm front?
High pressure systems are symbolized with this on a weather map.
What is a H?
This climate zone is warm all year long.
What is the tropical zone?
This is the definition of climate
The average temperature and precipitation in a region over the course of a long period of time (30 years)
This is the process the force that causes water to move through the ground and fall from clouds to the sky
What is gravity?
This is when warm air gets caught between two cold air masses. It brings strong winds and heavy rain.
What is the occluded front?
When you see a line of blue triangles on the weather map, it means this type of front is approaching.
What is a cold front?
It is spring in the northern hemisphere, but this season in the southern hemisphere.
What is fall?
This is the definition of weather.
What is the daily temperature or amount of precipitation on a given day in a specific place.
This powers the water cycle.
What is the sun?
This type of air is denser than warm air so it falls.
What is cold air?
What is a L?
This is the cause of seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?