Tools
What does a barometer measure?
Air Pressure
Where are tropical climates usually found?
Name three forms of precipitation.
Snow
Rain
Hail Sleet
What is the definition of weather?
what the atmosphere is like at a given time and place
What does a thermometer measure?
temperature
year-round cold temperatures with little precipitation
What is definition of precipitation?
liquid or solid water that falls to Earth’s surface from the atmosphere
What is the name of someone who studies weather?
Meterologist
What does a hygrometer measure?
humidity
What is a dry climate zone like?
very little rainfall; high temperatures during the day, cooler at night
What form of precipitation forms when snow melts when falling to Earth, then refreezes before hitting the ground?
Sleet
Weather includes which four things?
Precipitation
Temperature
Humidity
Wind
What does a wind vane do?
points in the direction the wind is blowing
What is a continental climate zone like?
found in the middle of climates; varying ranges of temperatures
What is humidity?
the amount of moisture in the atmosphere at a given time
What is temperature?
measures the amount of energy within moving particles which we interpret as how hot or cold something is
What does a anemometer measure?
What climate zone is South Carolina in?
Continental
What is wind?
the natural movement of air
How is weather different from climate?
Climate looks at long-term weather patterns. Weather is at a specific time and place.