Weather vs. Climate
ATMOSPHERE
When light soaks in...
ABSORB(ed)
These locations affect what weather could happen:
Altitude, Latitude and ____________.
ELEVATION
What layer of the ATMOSPHERE does ALL WEATHER HAPPEN?
TROPOSPHERE
Hot air ________________
RISES
How often does weather change?
Minute to minute (or DAILY)
Something (like a window) that allows ALL light to pass through...
TRANSPARENT
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HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL WHEN IN THE AIR
ALTITUDE
The HOTTEST layer:
THEMOSPHERE
What causes weather on Earth?
UNEVEN HEATING (of Earth's surface)
Climate is...
Weather pattern
OR
Weather over a long period of time
OR
Weather in a place over a year
REFRACT means light that is ________.
bent
Also known as PARALLELS
(Lines of) LATITUDE
As altitude increases, AIR PRESSURE ________.
DECREASES
What heats up slowly and cools down slowly
WATER
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What do we call rain, sleet, hail, snow?
(It's not in the notes)
PRECIPITATION
Sunglasses are _____________ because they allow SOME light to get through.
TRANSLUCENT
A mountain climber will explain their height as ___________.
ELEVATION
As altitude increases the AIR _______________.
Gets thinner (thins out)
OR
Less oxygen (hard to breathe)
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Name the layers of the atmosphere in order
(Ground up)
Tropo, Strato, Meso, Thermo, Exo (spheres)
What ADVISORY
is in Newburgh's weather today?
WIND (warning)
_____________ colors absorb light best.
DARK
The UNIVERSAL measurement for altitude is known as _______.
SEA LEVEL
What decreases, then increases, then decreases, then increases as altitude increases?
TEMPERATURE (Didi)
ZIZAG:)
Why do we have SEASONS on Earth?
AXIAL TILT