Weather and Climate
What is weather?
Weather in a specific place.
What is the person that studies weather called?
Meteorologist.
Name 4 examples of precipitation.
Rain, snow, hail, sleet
Describe a thunderstorm.
Lightning, thunder, strong winds or heavy rains.
What tempurature does water freeze at?
0 degrees celsius.
What is climate?
The weather patterns of an area over an extended period of time.
What measures temperature?
Thermometer?
Name three types of clouds.
Cumulus, stratus, cirrus, cumulonimbus.
Describe what happens when air becomes warmer.
It rises, and spreads out.
What should you wear on a rainy day?
Rain boots, water proof cloths, umbrella, etc.
Describe the climate of Edmonton.
Hot in the summer, cold and snowy in the winter. Lots of snow in the winter time, and winter lasts a long time.
What measures wind speed?
Anemometer.
What is the name of a raincloud?
stratus or cumulonimbus
What should you wear on a hot day?
Sunglasses, sunscreen, hat, etc.
An overall trend of the average tempurature becoming warmer, and risking extinction of many organisms.
What does atmosphere mean?
Mixture of gases that surround the planet.
What measures wind direction?
Wind vane.
Condensed water vapor formed into visible water droplets or ice crystals
Explain why different kinds of clouds form. Why do we get different types of clouds?
There are many factors involved to form clouds, including amount of water vapour, air pressure, humidity, tempurature, wind, etc.
Describe a cirrus cloud.
Thin and whispy clouds, sunny weather.
What causes wind?
Hot air rising and cool air taking it's place.
What measures air pressure?
Barometer
Why does a cloud start raining?
The water vapour comes together so much that it is too heavy and starts to rain.
Describe the water cycle.
Water evaporates from lakes and rivers and turns into water vapour. That rises and forms clouds (condensation). Then precipitation happens (rain, etc.) and repeats.
What is air pressure?
The amount of air particles pushing on each other.