Air Pressure
The force that air exerts on objects
Air Pressure
What are the 4 seasons?
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
What is weather?
The conditions outside right now.
What is climate
The trends of weather in an area.
What do cirrus clouds mean for weather?
Fair
The higher the altitude, the lower the air pressure.
When the northern part of the earth is tilted away from the sun, what season would it be in the southern hemisphere.
Summer
What is precipitation
Moisture falling from the sky.
Would the climate in Vancouver be similar or different from our own? How?
Different, wetter, more temperate.
What does a cumulus cloud mean for weather?
Fair weather
What tool is used to measure air pressure?
Barometer
What months would the northern hemisphere be tilted toward the sun?
June, July, or August.
What is temperature
How hot or cold something is.
What effect does a large body of water have on climate?
What does a nimbostratus cloud mean for weather?
Rain
When an area has really high air pressure, what does that mean for weather?
High air pressure, means fair weather
Why do we have seasons.
The tilt of the earths axis.
What is humidity
How much moisture is in the air
What other area would have a similar climate to the Arctic
What do cumulonimbus clouds mean for weather
Stormy rain, maybe hail.
When an area has low air pressure, what effect does that have on weather
Low air pressure means stormy weather.
What is the longest day of the year called
Summer Solstice
How is weather different from climate?
Weather changes throughout the day, climate is weather trends in an area.
Humid, warm, temperate.
What part of the water cycle is happening in the air that causes clouds to form.
Condensation