This is a layer of gases (nitrogen, oxygen, and many others) that wraps around Earth like a huge blanket.
What is the atmosphere?
100
This is a measure of how hot or cold the air is. It is measured in degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius. It affects the other factors that determine weather, too.
What is air temperature?
100
This type of precipitation is in liquid form, usually about 1 to 3 millimeters in diameter. It forms when frozen precipitation from the clouds melt as they fall through warmer air.
What is rain?
100
This environment can be covered with freshwater, saltwater, or a combination of both. The temperature is most pleasant from Dec. to Apr., while there may be some cold fronts. Summers are hot and humid; afternoon rain storms are common.
What is a swamp?
100
These are the three basic climate zones.
What are polar, temperate, and tropical?
200
The state of the atmosphere at a certain place or time.
What is weather?
200
This is a measure of the amount of water vapor that is in the air.
What is humidity?
200
This type of precipitation falls through cold air all the way down, and lands as frozen six-sided crystals.
What is snow?
200
Temperatures can vary in this type of environment. Winter can last from October to May. The air is fairly dry, but due to high elevations, sometimes snow and rain will be a factor.
What is a mountain?
200
This factor that influences climate measures how far a place is from the equator. It is measured in degrees, starting at 0 degrees at the equator.
What is latitude?
300
A scientist who studies the weather is called this.
What is a meteorologist?
300
This type of air pressure system usually results in clear weather.
What is a high pressure system?
300
This type of precipitation is frozen in the clouds, melts as it falls through warmer air, and then refreezes as it travels through cold air again.
What is sleet?
300
The air here is very dry. Temperatures may change greatly throughout the year, and can be very hot or very cold. Little precipitation falls here, and humidity is low.
What is the desert?
300
This factor that influences climate is the height above sea level.
What is elevation?
400
This is the main gas that makes up our atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
400
This weather factor is measured with an anemometer.
What is wind speed?
400
This type of precipitation starts as frozen ice crystals, melts as it falls through warm air, and then freezes the instant that it hits something, like a car, the ground, or a tree.
What is freezing rain?
400
In this location, some of July's weather data is as follows:
July Temperature: 90 degrees Fahrenheit
July Rainfall: 9 inches
July Humidity: 90%
What is the swamp? (will also accept Florida Everglades)
400
This factor affects climate by slowing the rise and fall of the air temperature. The temperature of air near "this factor" does not change as quickly as air inland.
What are bodies of water?
500
This is the layer of the atmosphere that is closest to Earth's surface.
What is the troposphere?
500
When humidity is high, air pressure is ________. (low or high)
What is low?
500
This type of precipitation forms when very strong thunderstorm updrafts carry water droplets above the freezing level to form a chunk or ball of ice. This chunk or ball continues to grow as more water freezes onto it. It eventually falls to the ground, sometimes causing property damage.
What is hail?
500
This environment often can slow the flow of a storm system or make storms less severe as they move past.
What is a mountain?
500
Florida is very close to the border of these two climate zones.