Weather
Water droplets that form on grass early in the morning are called...
Dew
How do cities affect local climate?
Cities have asphalt that absorbs heat from the sun which then heats the air.
Freezing cold conditions found at regions near the North and South Poles.
Polar Climate
What is the most powerful storm?
A hurricane.
True or false, water takes longer than air to heat up.
True
Name 3 out of 5 types of precipitation
Rain, snow, hail, ice pellets, freezing snow.
This measures the distance of a location north or south of the equator.
Latitude
Climate type with moderate temperatures - usually found along coastlines, like that of California.
Mild or Mediterranean
Give two or more examples of severe weather.
Thunderstorms, tornados, hurricanes
The earth is tilted on its axis at how many degrees?
23.5
How are clouds formed?
When water vapor in the air condenses.
When warm air bumps into high mountains, air rises and cools. Then, water condenses and rain falls. After the air dumps all of its moisture onto the mountain, the air is left dry, forming WHAT on the other side of the mountain?
Rain Shadow
Climate type found along the equator.
Tropical
This happens when positive charges from the ground rush toward negative charges at the bottom of a cloud.
Lightning
What level is the Alto cloud located?
Mid level or middle
High altitude winds are the result of air temperature differences coming from cold dry air from the north pole and and warmer air from the south cause what? These winds can reach what speed?
Jet Stream
250 miles/hour
In basic terms, what causes El Niño and La Niña?
Seawater in the Pacific Ocean cooling down or warming up more than usual.
List 3 out of 6 climate types
Tropical, Dry, Polar, Mild, Continental, and High Elevation.
What is the greenhouse effect?
What is latitude measured in?
Degrees
Air temperature, wind, humidity, clouds, precipitation
The earth's average climate has been warming at a scary rate. Some effects of this warming are what? Name 3 out of 5 effects
Ice Caps melting, Forest Fires, Sea Levels rising, Habitat changes, Extreme weather events and patterns
There is no water nearby to moderate the temperature.
Meteorologists use natural factors such as temperature, air pressure, humidity, and precipitation to predict the weather. They gather this information from RADAR. What does RADAR stand for?
Radio Detection And Ranging
Name all three types of clouds.
Cirrus, cumulus, stratus