Weather and Climate 1
What is Precipitation?
Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth
What is Relative Humidity
The amount of moisture in a parcel of air at a given temperature
What is humidity
the amount of water vapor in the air
Side of the mountain that experiences wind and rain
Windward
governs the climate of mountainous regions
Rain shadow effect
What are 4 elements of weather?
Wind, sunlight, cloud cover, temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitation
What is precipitation in Spanish?
Precipitaciones
What instrument measures the air temperature?
Thermometer
Bonus * 2
Wet and Dry Bulb thermometer
What is latitude?
Imaginary parallel lines in distance from the equator
Who makes weather forecasts on the news?
Meteorologists
_____________ is the temporary state of the atmosphere over a short period of time.
Weather
_________ is the general state of the atmosphere in a place over a long period of time.
Climate
What instrument measures the wind direction?
Wind vane or wind sock
What is altitude?
The height of an object above sea level.
Where do we gather information about the weather using different instruments?
Weather stations
True or False- Weather changes constantly.
True
True or False- Climate takes many years to change.
True.
What instrument measures the wind speed?
Anemometer
Explain how our atmosphere is heated up
Bonus *2 for excellent answer
Explain how altitude affect temperature and in turn affect weather conditions
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Explain the main difference between weather and climate
What are two factors affecting climate?
Latitude, altitude and distance from the sea.
What instrument measures precipitation?
Rain gauge
What are the three climate zones?
Tropical, temperate, and polar
Explain how latitude affects temperature and in turn affects weather and climate
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