Influencing Factors
Air Temperature
Wind
Clouds
Random Weather
100
The amount of heat in the air.
What is air temperature?
100
The suns energy is absorbed by the earth. The heat from the earth warms the air above it.
What is Radient Energy?
100
Wind created by rising warm air and cool air decneding to take it's place.
What is a convection current?
100
Clouds are made of these.
What is tiny water droplets?
100
This instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
200
The amount of moisture in the air at a certain temperature.
What is relative humidity?
200
Heating of the Earths surface is greatest here because it recieves the most direct sunlight.
What is the equator?
200
Measures wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
200
These clouds are the highest in the atmosphere. Usually they are made of ice crystals.
What is Cirrus Cloud?
200
Evaporation, Condensation, Cloud formation, Precipitation, Surface collection and run off, and back to evaporation.
What is the Water Cycle?
300
Moisture that falls out of clouds.
What is precipitation?
300
As the earths surface is warmed by the sun's energy, the earth heats the air by sending this back into the air.
What is Radient Energy?
300
The measure of the chilling effects on the human body created by wind.
What is wind chill?
300
These clouds hold alot of moisture and can develop into thunderstorms.
What is Cumulus cloud?
300
The average range of weather conditions that can occur in the Calgary area.
What is climate?
400
The force applied to all things on earth by the mass of air molecules in the atmosphere.
What is air pressure?
400
These earth surfaces heat faster than others.
What is land surfaces?
400
The Beaufort Scale rating for Hurrican force winds.
What is 12?
400
These clouds stretch out and cover the sky in layers. The can also produce precipitation.
What is Stratus cloud?
400
During the winter season Canada is tilted this direction in relation to the sun.
What is away from?
500
The most important influence on weather.
What is sunlight?
500
As air heats it becomes less dense and does this.
What is rise?
500
Warm dry winds from the west experienced in Southern Alberta.
What is a Chinook?
500
Clouds grow bigger when surface water on the earth is heated and evaporates into the air and then does this as it cools.
What is condense? (Turn back into water)
500
This precipitation is a mix of rain and snow.
What is sleet?
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