Weather
Weather & Climate
Climate Zones
Climate Factors
100
Rain Snow Hail or Sleet
What is precipitation?
100
A long term average of precipitation and temperature.
What is climate?
100

This climate zone has warm, dry summers. They have cool, wet winters

What is a temperate zone?

100
These are lines that run east and west on a world map.
What is latitude?
200

When you make statements about the future based on data.

What is a weather forecast?

200
A short term average of precipitation and temperature?
What is weather?
200

This climate zone has high temperatures all year round and high levels of precipitation

What is a tropical zone?

200
As you move to high ground such as a mountain, the temperature becomes cooler.
What is altitude?
300

Temperature and Precipitation

What are the two factors measured in weather?

300
An imaginary line that divides the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere.
What is an equator?
300

This climate zone has permanent ice and frozen land called tundra

What is a polar zone?

300

Name 4 Climate Zones present in Spain

What is Oceanic, Continental, Continental Mediterranean, Mediterranean, Subtropical, Mountain?

400

A mountain climate has heavy amounts of this all year while a subtropical climate has low amounts 

What is rainfall?

400

Name the Earth's Climate Zones

What are the cold zones, temperate zones, and hot zones?

400

This climate zone has very little precipitation. Temperatures vary from hot during the day to cold at night

What is a dry climate zone?

400

A location near the water will have different precipitation than one away from land.

What is distance from the sea?

500

A climate zone with vegetation including forests with deciduous trees

What is the oceanic climate?

500
The location found at 90 degrees north of the equator.
What is a pole?
500

This climate zone is found inland. Temperatures vary from cold to hot during the year. There is not much precipitation

What is a continental climate zone?

500
The Gulf Stream moves and contains warm water.
What is an ocean current?
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