Clouds
What forms clouds?
Condensation - A gas turning into a solid
What is the amount of heat energy in the air called? What tool measures it? (2 answers)
Temperature and Thermometer
How does wind speed affect the weather? (2 answers: one for high and one for low)
Low Wind Speed = little to no wind (air movement)
High Wind Speed = Stormy Weather
What is climate?
The weather conditions over a long period of time!
A large open area of country covered with grass, especially one used for grazing
Grassland
Puffy, Cotton-like clouds that usually make shapes
Cumulus Clouds
What is the weight of the gases in the atmosphere pushing down on us called? What measures it?
Air pressure and Barometer
How does air pressure affect the weather? (2 answers: one for high, one for low)
Low Air Pressure = more evaporation, cloud formation, higher humidity, and precipitation
High Air Pressure = Clear Skies
What climate zone has lots of precipitation, hot temperatures, lots of plants and animals, and near the equator?
The Tropical Zone!
Difference between a swamp and a wetland?
Wetlands = No trees, just a grassland with a lot of water.
Swamp = forested wetland
Thunderstorm Clouds that are stacked high in the air atmosphere
Cumulonimbus Clouds
What is the amount of water vapor in the air called? What tool measures it?
Humidity and Hygrometer
How does Humidity affect the weather? (2 answers: one for high, one for low)
Low Humidity = Dry Air, Few to no clouds, no precipitation
High Humidity = Wet air, increased cloud formation, precipitation
What climate zone has very cold temperatures, very little precipitation, and are near the top and bottom of the Earth?
Polar zones
Very cold at night, very hot in the day time, very little precipitation, few animals and plants.
Desert!
Blanket-like clouds that cause an overcast day with light rain?
Stratus
What is the name of how fast or slow the air is moving? What tool measures it?
Wind speed and Anemometer
How does wind speed affect the weather? (2 answers: one for high, one for low)
Low Wind Speed = little to no wind (air movement)
High Wind Speed = Stormy Weather
The wind speed determines the category and/or classification of many types of storms including Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Blizzards.
What climate zone has 4 seasons, lots of animals and plants, and is in the middle of Earth?
Temperate Zone
What are the characteristics of a Rainforest? (3-4 answers)
Dense forest, lots of rain, and lots of biodiversity
Thin, Wispy clouds in the air usually on a sunny day
Cirrus Clouds
What is the direction the wind is moving called? What tool to measures it?
Wind direction and Wind Vane
Wind moving air from a cold place, like the north or south pole, carries what kind of air?
Cold air
How do the oceans affect the climate?
Areas closer to water/surrounded by water are going to have higher precipitation and humidity.
A vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen
Tundra!
What are the four types of precipitation called?
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
What is it called when water falls back to the surface of Earth? What tool to measures it?
Precipitation and Rain Gauge
Wind blowing from over land produces what kind of air?
Dry!
How does elevation, the height above sea level, affect the climate? (2 answers: one for high elevation and one for lower elevation)
The higher you are above sea level, the more dry the air and the colder the temperatures.
The closer you are to sea level, the more moist/sticky the air and the warmer the temperatures.
What is a rainshawdow desert?
When a mountain range is close to a coastal area, creating a lush forest on the side of the water and a desert on the other side.