Water Cycle
Water droplets that fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail.
Precipitation
Thin, white, wispy clouds formed in cold air.
Cirrus clouds
Parts of this region are always below freezing and always covered with ice or snow. Other parts have cool summers and bitterly cool winters.
Polar
What is global warming?
A gradual increase of temperature in Earth's atmosphere.
Is there more freshwater or salt water on Earth?
Salt water
The process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas caused by heat.
Evaporation
Clouds that resemble balls of cotton, low enough to look 3D.
Cumulus clouds
This region is cooler than those around it because it is at a higher altitude.
Highlands
What happens during an ice age?
Glaciers cover a large part of Earth's surface and temperatures drop.
What provides energy to heat land and help water evaporate?
Sun
The cooling water in the atmosphere changing gas to a liquid.
condensation
Grey flat layered clouds that can hid the sun from view.
Stratus clouds
This region gets very little rain.
Dry
A tree sample shows rings that are close together, what does it mean for the climate during that time?
Dry or cool
This region is only in the Northern Hemisphere.
Temperate Continental
The evaporation of water in the leaves of plants.
Transpiration
How do clouds form?
This region has parts that are hot and rainy year-round. Other parts have less rainfall and contain savannas.
Tropical
Which two factors influence climate?
Temperature and precipitation
The amount of water vapor in the air is called what?
Humidity
The process by which water moves through the Earth and the atmosphere.
The water cycle
"The particles that water vapor attach to, once the water condenses a cloud can form.: Is the definition of what?
Condensation Nuclei
This region has three sub regions and is humid with mild winters.
Temperate Marine
What are 4 factors that could be responsible for climate change?
Earths position to the sun, changes in the sun's energy, volcanic activity, movement of continents
What is a dew point?
The temperature that condensation begins.