Weather
The weight of the atmosphere on Earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
This climate zone is warm and usually occurs near the equator where the sun is shinning directly overhead nearly all year.
What is tropical?
When a cloud's droplets or snow crystals get too heavy they fall to the ground.
What is precipitation?
Water turns to water vapor and rises into the atmosphere.
What is evaporation?
This tool measures wind direction
What is a wind vane?
When cold air moves UNDER warm air.
What is a cold front?
This climate zone is generally covered in ice and snow. They have cold temperatures and little precipitation.
What is polar?
Water that cannot soak into the ground and instead flows downhill into rivers, stream, and lakes.
What is runoff?
Water can evaporate from leaves of plants.
This tool measures wind speed
What is a anemometer?
This pressure system bring stormy weather.
What is low pressure?
This climate zone has moderate temperatures and varying precipitation.
What is temperate?
How the atmosphere is like at a given time or place.
What is weather?
Water trapped underground
What is ground water?
This tool measures the amount of water vapor in the air
What is a hygrometer?
When warm air moves over the cold air.
What is a warm front?
This ENVIRONMENT is only found in wet warm climates that receive a lot of sunlight year around.
What is rain forest?
A measure of how far north or south a location is from the equator.
What is lattitude?
Form of water that is the most abundant at any time in the water cycle.
What is liquid salt water?
This tool measures air pressure
What is a barometer?
This pressure system brings fair weather.
What is high pressure?
The three factors that affect climate the most.
What is latitude, water, and elevation?
The long term pattern of weather in an area.
What is climate?
Water on top of the soil soaks into the ground, where it is stored as ground water.
What is infiltration?
This tool carries weather tools high up into the atmosphere.
What is a weather balloon?