Weather 1
What is Precipitation?
Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth
Why do we have wind?
What is the shifting of high pressure to low pressure?
What kind of front has red half circles?
What is a warm front?
What are 4 elements of weather?
Wind, sunlight, cloud cover, temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitation
What instrument measures the air pressure?
What is a barometer?
What is latitude?
Imaginary parallel lines in distance from the equator
_____________ is the temporary state of the atmosphere over a short period of time.
Weather
What instrument measures the wind direction?
Wind vane or wind sock
What is altitude?
The height of an object above sea level.
True or False- Weather changes constantly.
True
What characteristic of the ocean influences our climate?
What is the ocean's currents?
What kind of clouds are formed during a cold front?
What is a Cumulonimbus?
Explain the main difference between weather and climate
What instrument measures precipitation?
Rain gauge
What are three international climate zones?
Tropical, temperate, and polar