Weather vs. Climate
These are the day-to-day conditions outside in a specific place
What is weather?
This is energy that comes from the Sun in the form of light and heat.
What is Solar Energy?
These specific surfaces absorb more solar radiation and get hotter than light-colored ones
What are dark surfaces?
This zone is found right around the equator
What is the Tropical Climate Zone?
This word describes the climate zone that is "in the middle" and not too hot or too cold.
What is Temperate?
This is the average pattern of weather in an area over a long period, usually 30 years or more.
What is climate?
This describes how heat spreads out and moves around different places on the Earth.
What is Heat Distribution?
This specific location on Earth is hot because the Sun shines directly on it.
What is the equator?
These are found in the tropical zone because it is warm, humid, and receives a lot of rain.
What are the world's rainforests?
Temperate climates are known for having these four distinct periods
What are summer, autumn, winter, and spring?
This helpful phrase is used to remember the difference between the two terms.
What is "Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get"?
This type of heat energy makes objects warm or hot and can be measured with a thermometer.
What is Thermal Energy?
These geographical features are cold because they are high up where the air is thinner.
What are mountains?
This zone usually has temperatures below freezing and is covered in ice and snow.
What is the Polar Climate Zone?
This climate zone receives direct sunlight year-round, which is why it doesn't have a "winter" season.
What is the Tropical Zone?
These are two "key features" or variables used to measure weather.
What are precipitation, wind speed, humidity, air pressure, or cloud cover?
This is a specific characteristic of solar energy that powers plants.
What is photosynthesis?
Places near this stay cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
What is water?
True or False: The Tropical Climate Zone has four distinct seasons.
False (It has no "real" seasons).
Unlike the tropical zone, temperatures in this zone can change greatly between summer and winter.
What is the Temperate Zone?
Between weather and climate, this one is considered "short-term" because it changes frequently.
What is Weather?
This is a characteristic of thermal energy where heat moves from one object to another.
What is transfer?
These two locations are the coldest on Earth because they do not receive direct heat from the sun
What are the North and South Poles?
Antartica is an example of a country located in this cold climate zone
What is the Polar Zone?
Most places in this zone have "moderate" weather, meaning it doesn't usually get to extreme hot or extreme cold temperatures.
What is the Temperate Zone?