Weather and Climate 1
Weather and Climate 2
Weather Instruments
Farmers and Animals
True or False
100
What is Precipitation?
Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth
100
What is Humidity
The amount of moisture in the air at a given temperature
100
What is this and what does it measure?
Wind Vane: direction of wind
100
Why do farmers need to know the weather?
Prepare for bad weather conditions (hail storms, tornados, etc)
100
Tornados occur over the water
False: Hurricanes
warm water evaporates, rises with warm air, hits cold air at high elevations and condenses into clouds.As water vapour rises/falls/condenses, it swirls into a GIANT storm
200
Name 4 elements of weather?
Wind, sunlight, cloud cover, temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitation
200
How does altitude effect temperature?
It gets colder the higher you are in altitude.
200
What is this and what does it measure?
thermometer: air temperature
200
A bear hibernating (sleeping over the winter) signals a change in what?
(weather, seasons, temperature, its cave)
Season
200
Earthquakes are a weather event
False: earthquakes are caused by the earth's tectonic plates shifting
300
Climate/Weather happens over a short period of time.
Weather
300
Name 3 global climate zones. There are 5.
Tropical, dry, temperate, continental, polar
300
What is this and what does it do?
Anemometer: measures wind speed
300
Bees returning to the hive signals a change in?
(weather, climate, seasons, honey)
Weather. Bees return when they sense the weather will change. (eg. storm)
300
Blizzards are caused by cold air, low pressure systems, mountains or another obstacle to help produce winds.
True
400
What causes wind?
Shifting air pressure: high to low pressure
400
What climate zone does Calgary reside in?
Continental
400
What is the device called that measures moisture in the air?
Hygrometer
400
What is conservation agriculture?
When farmers use methods to protect soil, and improve crop/plant production.
This includes: crop rotation, soil protection, reducing soil disturbance
400
Fog is caused by hot sun.
False: fog is caused when water droplets condense in the air that stay suspended from cold air.
500
Explain the main difference between weather and climate
Weather is the atmospheric condition over a short period of time and climate is over a long period of time (average weather pattern of 30years)
500
What climate zone am I?
Low humidity, few plants and animals,
Low rainfall, varying temperature
Dry Climate: dessert
500
What is the device that measures air pressure called?
Barometer
500
Describe how a type of weather could be good or bad for farmers? (e.g. rain)
Enough rain helps plants grow. Too much, drowns plants/crops.
500
Thunderstorms form when cold, dry air rises into warm air. The cold air becomes warmer and forms small water droplets. The warm air drops, warms, and rises again. This rising and falling air creates a thunderstorm.
False:
Thunderstorms form when warm, moist air rises into cold air. The warm air becomes cooler and forms small water droplets. The cooled air drops, warms, and rises again. This rising and falling air creates a thunderstorm.