Weather and Climate 1
Today's forecast is?
Weather
What effect does a warm front have?
Warm and humid
What effect does a cold front have?
Cool/cold and wet
tornado, hurricane
What are natural disasters that are affected by strong wind?
The thing we see in the sky when water vapor condenses.
What are clouds?
4 elements of weather
What are:
Wind, sunlight, cloud cover, temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitation?
the four forms of precipitation that we discussed
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
instrument measures the air temperature?
What is a Thermometer?
An imaginary line that wraps horizontally around the middle of the earth
What is the equator?
a scientist that forecasts the weather
Meteorologists
_____________ is the temporary state of the atmosphere over a short period of time.
What is weather?
_________ is the general state of the atmosphere in a place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
An instrument that measures the wind direction
What is a wind vane or wind sock?
The colder the climate becomes.
What is altitude?
The place we gather information about the weather using different instruments
What are weather stations?
True or False- Weather changes constantly.
True
True or False- Climate takes many years to change.
True.
an instrument measures the wind speed
What is an Anemometer?
Pam a meteorologist is recording daily temperatures in her city and comparing measurements with data collected over several decades. What type of information is she investigating?
Climate ( comparing daily temperatures over a period of time)
Which type of front is followed by warm weather and clear skies?
Warm front
the main difference in weather and climate
What is a pattern over 30 years versus the weather conditions for a short period of time?
Number of years data must be gathered to be considered climate
what is 30 years or more
A family measures snowfall in their yard and records the average. This average is most common when describing what?
Climate
three of the climate zones that we studied
What are tropical, sub-tropical, polar, temperate, dry/desert zones
What happens when a cold front collides with a warm front?
rainfall