Weather
Precipitation
what is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth?
Relative Humidity
What is the amount of moisture in a parcel of air at a given temperature?
snow, sleet, hail
What are types of precipitation that require colder weather?
4 elements of weather
What are:
Wind, sunlight, cloud cover, temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitation?
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
the four forms of precipitation that we discussed
instrument measures the air temperature?
What is a Thermometer?
What is weather?
the temporary state of the atmosphere over a short period of time.
What is climate?
the general state of the atmosphere in a place over a long period of time.
An imaginary line that wraps horizontally around the middle of the earth
What is the equator?
True or False- Weather changes constantly.
True
True or False- Climate takes many years to change.
True.
What are natural disasters that are affected by strong wind?
tornado, hurricane
The main difference between weather and climate
the main difference in weather and climate
A pattern over long period of time versus conditions for a short period
Number of years data must be gathered to be considered climate
30 years
2 reasons that global warming is a problem
changes in temperature and less of a water supply