Elements of weather
Clouds
Water cycle
weather influences
Climate
100
The condition of earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.
What is weather?
100
A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that suspended in the air.
What is a cloud?
100
When you have a snowstorm. This is an example of precipitation, so is anything to do with hail, snow, sleet, and rain.
What are the types of precipitation?
100
The water cycle effects humidity, condensation, and precipitation.
How does the water cycle effect weather?
100
________ is determind by temperature and precipitation.
What determines climate?
200
A thermometer measures...
How is temperature measured?
200
Precipitation, temperature, cools/warms earth.
How do clouds affect the climate?
200
When you get into the shower, hot vapor fills the air, when you get out cold air comes in and makes the water vapor stick to windows, walls, and mirrors.
What is an example of condensation?
200
Air masses change temperature and humidity.
How do air masses affect weather
200
The sun powers the water cycle and wind.
How is the suns energy related to climate?
300
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
300
Solar energy drives the water cycle.
What is the role of solar energy in cloud formation?
300
Tiny water droplets from the air come together and form clouds. The heaver the rain drops get the bigger the cloud gets.
How does condensation make clouds?
300
When 2 air masses meat.
When do fronts form?
300
- winds have to go around mountains. - topography can effect winds.
How do earth's features affect the climate?
400
An anemometer measures...
How is wind measured?
400
Frontal and orographic lifting.
What processes enough to form clouds?
400
When you are making pasta and you boil water. If you measure the water before you boil it, then after, you will have more before you boil it then after you boil it. This is because the stove acts like the sun and heats up the water, the water evaporates into the air leaving less in the pot.
What is an example of evaporation?
400
- A high pressure systme is when air sinks slowly down. -A low pressure systme is when air rises and has a lower air pressure than areas around it.
What are pressure systms?
400
Water helps moderate the temperature of nearby land.
How do large bodies of water affect climate?
500
The force of air molcules pushing on an area.
What is air pressure?
500
_______ forms when moist air at or near earth's surface cools to it's dew point.
How does fog form?
500
The water evaporates faster
What happens when the temperture is high?
500
-Low pressure systms produce rainy weather. -High pressure systms produce clear weather.
How do different pressure systms affect us?
500
-Temperate -polar -tropical
what are 3 major climate zones?
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