Weather or Climate
Weather of a certain area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
Higher elevation usually causes the temperature to do this.
What is get colder?
Name three of the climate zones.
What is polar, temperate and tropical?
A brief storm with rain, strong winds, lightning and thunder?
What is a thunderstorm?
Continuous process by which water moves from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back?
What is the water cycle?
Tells the temperature of the air outside.
What is thermometer?
The conditions of the outside air at a certain time or place.
What is weather?
The imaginary line that circles the Earth, halfway between the North and South poles.
What is the equator?
Climate zone that we live in here in Maryland.
What is temperate?
An electrical discharge between clouds or from cloud to ground.
What is lightning?
The change of state from a liquid to a gas?
What is evaporation?
Tells how much rain fell during a storm.
What is a rain guage?
Average high or low temperature and precipitation in a city over 10 years.
What is climate?
Climates near the poles are warmer or colder.
What is colder?
A climate zone with very harsh winters and very cold climate.
What is polar?
A destructive vortex of rotating winds in a funnel shape that lasts for a short time.
What is a tornado?
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant or tree?
What is transpiration?
What a barometer tells you.
What is air pressure?
Today is sunny and clear.
What is weather?
Long-term weather conditions
What is climate?
Climate zone with 4 seasons.
What is temperate?
A severe, spiral-shaped storm with an eye and strong winds that develops over tropical oceans.
What is a hurricane?
Change of state from a gas to a liquid?
What is condensation?
Tells the wind direction.
What is a wind sock or wind vane?
Maryland has cold winters and warm summers but lacks extreme temperatures.
What is climate?
This determines what plants can grow and what animals survive in an area.
What is climate?
Climate zone located near the equator with warm temperatures all year.
What is tropical?
An overflowing large amount of water caused by drenching rain in a short period of time.
What is a flood?
Form of water that falls from the clouds and reaches Earth's surface?
What is precipitation?
Measures how fast the wind is blowing.
What is an anemometer?