Climate and Weather
What is one thing that effects weather?
temperature, air pressure, wind, and humidity
When a form of water falls from clouds
What is precipitation.
What can we use to know the temperature?
thermometer
A puffy fair weather cloud
cumulus
What is the differnce between weather and climate?
Climate is over a period of time, and weather is any second of any day.
When water turns to water vapor and returns to the sky.
What is evaporation
What cloud type is very low and creates fog?
Stratus
If it cold and sunny today, and hot and sunny yesterday. Is this an example of weather or climate?
Weather
When water vapor cools and turns back into water in a cloud.
What is condensation.
What is the water called once it evaporates into the gas state?
water vapor or steam.
A cloud that can get very tall and form thunderstorms
cumulonimbus
The average temperature and climate of Nashvikke is an example of?
Climate
The power source of the water cycle?
What is the sun.
How much of earth's surface is covered in water?
About 70%
Which cloud type is like a blanket covering the sky?
stratus
What is the reason for difference in the northern and southern hemispheres seasons?
Earth's tilted axis and revolution around the sun.
Where does the water go after the precipitation falls from the sky?
Runoff - collection -back into the rivers, streams, lakes, oceans.
What type of weather would you experience with a high pressure system?
Cold and dry
Which cloud type is up high?
Cirrus